Never taking her eyes from the ship, she said, 'I have to get some things before I go.' 'Leaving today,' she mumbled again, her face pale. He hesitated, tempted to remind her that she was in no position to make demands, but finally answered, 'Just long enough for Miss Scott to see a doctor.' 'We're leaving today?' she questioned softly as though she didn't believe it.

When he descended, he found her dressed, staring at the Keveral. This time instead of making a derisive comment about propriety, she grabbed her clothes and dashed from the room. 'I believe you were touching me quite enthusiastically as well.' 'You keep saying that, and yet you keep touching me and kissing me.' She was looking away, bundled in her cover, knees to her chest. Scrubbing a hand over his face, he cast about for something to say.

Would I betray a confidence?' He ambled away, snickering. Ian turned and placed a hand over his heart. 'I can trust you won't say anything about this?' 'I live to serve.' Ian flashed one last grin and turned to go. Since Miss Scott's on board, have her choose some clothes for Victoria from the trunk I brought.' Grant snapped, 'We'll be in the camp shortly. She gave him a fierce look, slapped at him, then tumbled away. Now, with her cheeks rosy from sleep, her hair curling in thick white and golden strands all about her shoulders, the dip between her breasts bare-he had no defense against this. Even Ian seemed taken aback and looked to Grant for direction.

He'd seen her smirks and sneers, but her smile.Her teeth were perfect and white, her eyes lit up, and God help him, she had a beguiling dimple in her cheek. 368 pages.'She is, indeed.' Victoria smiled then, beaming at Ian as if he were some hero of old.

Grant struggles to control his own savage passions - and fails, Tori must decide what she wants more - her unfettered independence or the only man who could tame her wild heart. A man who desires her but won't take what she offers. As Grant tries to convince her to leave her island home, she begins to see in him a man hungering for more. Even more so when a proud, cold British captain arrives to rescue her, though she has no wish to be. But one look at a grown Victoria and Grant has never felt less like one.Tori relishes freedom, untamed passion, and spontaneity above stifling order. He's given her ailing grandfather his word - as a gentleman - to find and protect her. Kresley Cole returns with a breathtaking romantic saga of love, honor, and passion unbound - as a man of duty faces his greatest trial, and a young castaway discovers her greatest desire.A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl lost at sea a decade before.

The price of pleasure by kresley cole