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    Say Yes

    By Dahlia Rose

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    One fateful night, she was sent away in a carriage from Duchess Carrington’s house. Not because of something she did, but because she was coveted by the duke, who took women to his bed at every turn. The duchess sent her off to protect her from a man whose appetites would use her up until there was nothing left. She'd been taken from the West Indies as a child, and that house was the only home she knew. Now Kaila Badaeu would be the ward of Lord Garrick Hadley, and he would ensure her safety and her innocence. She didn’t expect that she would be drawn to Lord Garrick like a moth to the flames. The intensity of his eyes and one smoldering kiss caused desire and passion to burst forth from them both. How could she understand the feeling he brought out from somewhere deep inside her when she’d never been kissed? But even in her innocence, Kaila knew it was the ecstasy of his every touch that she craved.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDahlia Rose
    Release dateAug 10, 2011
    ISBN9781936668915
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    Dahlia Rose

    Dahlia Rose is the best-selling author of contemporary, military and paranormal romance with a hint of Caribbean spice. She was born and raised on a Caribbean island and now currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her five kids, who she affectionately nicknamed “The Children of the Corn,” and her biggest supporter and longtime love. She has a love of erotica, dark fantasy, sci-fi, and the things that go bump in the night. With over six dozen books published Dahlia has become a reader favorite. Not only because of her writing but her vivacious attitude in talking to her fans online and at various events. Books and writing are her biggest passions, and she hopes to open your imagination to the unknown between the pages of her books. http://hearttoheartwithdahliarose.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/author.dahliarose www.twitter.com/dahliarose1029

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    Say Yes - Dahlia Rose

    Say Yes

    By Dahlia Rose

    Published by Dahlia Rose at Smashwords

    www.authordahliarose.com

    Copyright © July 2011 Dahlia Rose

    Cover Art by For the Muses Design

    ISBN 978-1-936668-91-5

    This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Chapter One

    The carriage moved with speed as lightning cut a swatch of light through night sky across the countryside. Kaila made a little sound of fear and closed the curtain when she saw the jagged lightning and heard the roar of the thunder. Storms had always scared her, ever since she was a child. A storm such as this had almost taken her life on the ship that brought her from the Indies. The island of Grenada was a home she could still remember, with the smell of fruit in the air and the salt of the sea. She could still remember playing in the river with her brothers and catching crawfish with a bucked trap made of strips of bamboo and baited with boiled chicken neck. That was a lifetime ago, because now she lived on the Queen’s isle, a lady in waiting to the duchess—or at least she was until tonight. A flash of lightning took her back to the memory of what had taken place only hours before.

    The lightning stuck just as her room door was slammed open. It woke her from her sleep, and she saw the looming figure coming toward her. It was Duke Carrington, and as he came closer, she saw his face was contorted with lust and she could smell the drunkenness on him.

    You can’t hide from me tonight. I’ll be between your legs one way or another. His words were slurred.

    None of his mistresses from the servant quarters were enough to appease him, not this time. She’d seen his eyes traveling over her body more than once. It was her job to tend to her mistress after his nights in her bed or after she’d been forced to watch their coupling. He rutted like a dog in the streets, and when she was there, it seemed even fouler. This was what he meant to do to her. The duke wanted what he was forbidden to have…her. The thought made revulsion claw at her throat.

    You will not touch her! Duchess Carrington said and grabbed his arm.

    She’d apparently heard the commotion from her own bedroom, which was right next door to Kaila’s. The petite, soft-spoken woman raised her voice louder than Kaila had ever heard before.

    You don’t tell me what to do in my own home! the duke snarled.

    For her disrespect, he slapped his wife in the mouth, and Kaila watched her mistress fall to the floor. Anger like nothing she had felt before bloomed in her chest. For the lady now on the floor sobbing had always been kind, had taught her and given her an education.

    Kaila barely recalled moving from her bed and taking the walking stick that had dropped on the floor in her hand. She snuck up on the duke looming over his wife on the ground, and with all her strength she struck him in the head. He fell to his side, and she ran to her mistress and they clung together, expecting his rage. He didn’t move; Kaila poked him with her toe, and still nothing. Finally he moaned and then scrambled back.

    Ring the bell, Kaila, so it will bring Lucy and Sara, the mistress said quickly. Two more of her ladies in waiting came in soon after, and together they all moved his heavy frame to the duchess’s bed.

    He remembers nothing when he is like this. He fell and we cared for him in my bed, the duchess explained hastily as she cleaned his wounded head. Even so, this cannot happen again. Kaila, you are not safe here. She looked at Lucy and rushed to her table and scribbled quickly on some paper. She rolled the note up and put it in one of the silver tubes to guard it from the rain. Take this to one of the stable boys. Tell them to ride hard to Lord Hadley’s house—he is my cousin, and he will take Kaila in. She turned her attention to Kaila. Pack your things. You must leave tonight.

    The order broke her heart, but she did as her lady bid. She rushed to her room and threw all she had in the small case that was kept under the bed for traveling.

    Duchess Carrington explained to her as they loaded her up in the carriage in the middle of the rain. Lord Hadley is a good man. You will be protected there until he can find you safe passage back across the sea to your home. I should have left you when I found you as a child, but even then you held my heart, and I wanted you to replace the children I could never have. A small sob came from the duchess, and Kaila clung to her hand tight. "It was selfish of me to take you. I cannot hold the duke back any longer. I

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