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THE FORTUNE HUNTER

JASMINE HAYNES

 

ISBN-13: 978-0425219171
Berkley Trade
November 2007
The Fortune Hunter (Berkley Sensation)


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Synopsis:

A proposition that's anything but businesslike…

If she wants to realize her lifelong dream of having children, heiress Faith Castle had better find a husband—pronto. But there are two roadblocks on her road to happiness: she knows no eligible men, and she's not exactly Miss California.

Then she meets Connor Kingston. He's yummy. He's available. And he thinks she's sexy…

But he's also honest. After a kiss that leaves them hot and bothered, Connor offers to marry Faith, but purely as a career move. It's far from romantic, but it's as good an offer as she's going to get. Each has a caveat, though. She requires his fidelity—and he wants a no-holds-barred sex life.

From their wedding night on, they get more and more adventuresome—and Faith starts feeling different about herself and her body.  And somewhere in the midst of ecstasy, they come to know the most foreign, exciting aphrodisiac of all—love…

 

Excerpt:

Connor followed Faith Castle into the moonlit gardens, giving her plenty of lead to disguise the fact he was tailing her. When he caught up, the meeting would appear accidental.

Over the past few weeks, as he’d dutifully squired her around town, Trinity Green told him everything there was to know about Faith. She was almost thirty, a schoolteacher, and she loved children beyond anything. She also happened to be the heiress to Castle Heavy Mining. According to the Trinity gospel, Faith was a paragon. Could there actually be such a thing? Trinity had extolled her virtues as if she were putting the woman on the auctioning block. The question was why. What was the benefit in touting Faith?

Whatever her reasons, Trinity had told him everything important about Faith. Or so he thought. She hadn’t mentioned Faith’s abundant body. Far from a model-thin beauty queen, Faith was round and curvy. A man could hold Faith in his arms and not worry about breaking her. Her breasts were a bounty. Her derriere begged for a man’s caress. Her hair, cascading past her shoulders, was the color of an exploding sun, all reds and golds.

Faith lacked the classic aristocratic features revered in today’s world. Her face was round, her nose a tad snub, and her mouth small, but beauty was so much more than bone structure. It was the whole package, inside and out. Trinity had given him a hint of Faith’s soft center, but her full impact hit him when she laughed. From across the dance floor, the throaty sound shot straight to his cock. That’s when he started imagining her on her knees taking him into her mouth, when he’d envisioned sinking his fingers into her hair and holding her to him as he came.

Yes, Faith Castle was a pleasant surprise. A lush creature begging for him to plumb the depths others casually dismissed. He hadn’t imagined that seducing her would be so pleasurable.

Ahead of him, she stopped at a hedge, leaning forward slightly to peer around it.

Connor stole closer. Hushed voices reached him, then indistinguishable sounds. Faith seemed rooted to the spot like a statue hewn in place. She didn’t hear him as he circled, coming up on her left. The fingers of her right hand found purchase in the hedge branches, as if to steady herself.

Then he saw what so fascinated her.

Well, well, well, Faith Castle was indeed a bundle of contrasts. Knee-length cocktail dress, well-hidden cleavage, moderate heels on her shoes. One thought prim and proper.

But there she was standing in the flower-scented garden watching a woman go down on her lover. A breath whispered from Faith’s lips as the man drove his cock deep. Her hand left the hedge and skated down the front of her dress, brushing her abdomen, then pressed between her legs.

The sight sucked Connor’s breath from his lungs, and his cock surged. Her breasts crested against her dress. Diamond-tipped nipples begged for his mouth. That luscious body was meant for loving, and if Trinity was to be believed, Faith hadn’t seen much of that lately. Fucking idiots, the men who passed her over because of a mere body-type fad. She wanted passion, hell yes, she wanted it badly.

He wanted to give it to her. He’d stumbled onto the perfect supplement to his plan, the ideal stratagem to draw her in.

He hadn’t imagined securing his future could be this sweet.


 

Read Julie Kornhausl's review of The Fortune Hunter here.

 
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