David’s brows shot up. “As your lover?”
“Mmm. He has evidently guessed. Do you mind?”
“Not if you don’t. I don’t care about any of that. I have what I want.”
“You are content with your position.” Richard slid his thumbs over David’s mouth, felt his lips move. “I fear I am not at all content with mine.”
David frowned. “What’s wrong?”
Richard smiled into David’s eyes and then, carefully, because he’d had a glass of wine more than usual, went down to his knees.
“You’re right,” David said. “That is a better position. Oh, yes. Oh, my lord.”
“My fox,” Richard mumbled.
David gasped at the touch of Richard’s mouth. “My God.”
“Now, that is overstating it.” Richard took tighter hold of David’s thighs. “Stop laughing, damn it. I am attending to you.”
“You have my undivided attention,” David assured him as his fingers tightened in Richard’s hair. “All yours.”
His. His valet, his passion, his redheaded secret. His truth that could never be lightly shared because it would not be understood. The world would have nothing but contempt for his love affair or for his lover.
The world knew nothing, not how David’s skin felt under Richard’s fingers and lips, or the sound of his gasps at Richard’s touch. He was Lord Richard Vane with Cyprian at his side, where he belonged, and if the world was fool enough to get in their way, it would just have to be dealt with. Be damned to meeting the demands of rank and society; Richard, with David all shuddering pleasure under his hands, had better things to do.
For Alexis Hall, who is unstinting with his help and doesn’t hold back on the crit. Thank you.
Acknowledgments
Alexis Hall, Natalie Shaw, May Peterson, and Joanna Chambers held my hand and read my drafts with extraordinary generosity and patience. Jonathon Green’s Timelines of Slang are invaluable to any historical writer and especially the sweary ones. Find him on Twitter @MisterSlang. I am very grateful to Sue Grimshaw and the whole Loveswept team and to my wonderful agent, Deidre Knight. And I’d like to personally hug every one of the KJC Chatters, whose support, enthusiasm, and fun mean so much to me. Cheers to you all.
BY K. J. CHARLES
Society of Gentlemen
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The Editor’s Corner
April is a promise of spring and Loveswept romance is here to warm things up.
L. P. Dover continues her edgy, emotionally gripping Second Chances series with the story of a beautiful widow who can’t resist a chiseled NFL player in Catching Summer. The Society of Gentlemen series from K. J. Charles continues with the sizzling A Gentleman’s Position. For a new series, ladies, meet Micah, a man who takes what he wants—until he meets the one woman he needs in Stacey Kennedy’s Bound Beneath His Pain. An epic love affair steals the show in Stina Lindenblatt’s This One Moment. Annie Rains continues her small-town Hero’s Welcome series with a cowboy turned marine in Welcome Home, Cowboy. Gillian Archer is hot on the trend of MC romance, introducing her True Brothers series with Ruthless. And MC Sons of Odin returns with Violetta Rand’s irresistible novel about a sexy-as-sin biker who tempts a good girl to go bad, Possession.
Off the Hook from USA Today bestselling author Laura Drewry is the first in her Fishing for Trouble series featuring three unforgettable brothers—each of whom is a great catch. Then the swoon-worthy McKinney Brothers series from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Connor continues with J.T. in Worth It All. USA Today bestselling author Alexis Morgan kicks off her new Sergeant Joe’s Boys series with Always for You: Jack, where a foster son learns about love and life in record time. And the new Fireside series tells a story of an old love reunited in His to Love from new Loveswept author, Stacey Lynn. USA Today bestselling writing duo M. J. Fields and Chelsea Camaron are back with the Caldwell brothers in Jagger, which is not only full of swagger and sensuality but also packs an emotional punch as the last bachelor standing fights for a woman who’s worth every ounce of trouble. And yet another Aces Hockey romance from Kelly Jamieson releases this month featuring pro hockey hunk Duncan in Icing. There’s also something naughty for you from New York Times bestselling author Jen McLaughlin in Lust Is the Thorn where a soon-to-be ordained priest has to decide who he loves more. Then prepare yourself for razor-sharp suspense from New York Times bestselling author Patricia Rosemoor with His Deception. Two words for you: secret bodyguard. And for fans of the hit TV show Empire, Lisa Marie Perry’s Sin for Me kicks off the sizzling Devil’s Music series.