By Susan Johnson
Via 11 nationally bestselling books, award winner Susan Johnson has received a legion of enthusiasts for her lushly romantic ancient novels. Now she grants her such a lot exciting story yet--a searing combination of rousing event and wild, forbidden love...Married opposed to her will to the brutal Russian common who conquered her humans, Countess Teo Korsakova hasn't ever recognized what it potential to need a man...until now. Trapped at the back of enemy traces, held captive by way of her husband's so much bold foe, she should still worry for her life. But all Teo feels generally Andre Duras's shattering presence is breathless passion. France's so much triumphant commander, Andre understands that he should still do the honorable factor, understands too that at the eve of conflict he can't have the funds for so luscious a distraction. Yet whatever approximately Teo lures him to do the unthinkable: to seduce his enemy's spouse, and to enable himself love a lady who can by no means be his.
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He spent the remainder of the day with Bonnay organizing the withdrawal. The headquarters at Sargans were ordered to pack up and retreat to the west. The greater part of the army still marching up from the Tyrol had to be redirected. His instructions to the quartermaster were extensive and the quartermaster corps worked overtime requisitioning supplies from the local inhabitants. Of the 4,200 men who'd survived Bregenz, all were in need of rations and medical supplies while additional transport was required for the walking wounded.
Closing his eyes, he shifted upward in a fluid stirring of muscle and she gazed for a moment at the pure beauty of his face and form and didn't wonder that his governess had been unable to keep her mind on her duties. His lips were warm and smooth when her mouth touched his and chastely closed. Balancing herself on her knees, she placed her hands on his shoulders to steady herself and felt the tension in his body. It gave her a strange sense of power. Exerting a mild pressure on his mouth, she forced his lips open, slid her tongue past his teeth, licked his tongue with a flickering caress.
During the night, Duras with six thousand men had crossed the marsh protecting Bregenz and now faced the strongly entrenched Austrian positions. His artillery was still thirty miles west, making wretched progress through the wetlands, but most of his cavalry had managed to navigate across narrow tracks through the swamp and they waited in readiness for his order to charge. He had little time to contemplate the possibilities; in any event there were few possibilities beyond a deadly frontal attack.