Margaret Moore - A Lover's Kiss

She looked very charming wearing a pretty green gown, with a shy expression on her face.

He rose and kissed both of her cheeks.

She stiffened as his lips brushed her warm, soft skin. No doubt she was surprised—as he had been by the difference in her attitude as well as her appearance.

“Good morning,” he said.

“Is this all for me?” she asked, looking up at him questioningly, her full lips half parted as if seeking another kind of kiss.

Desire—hot, intense, lustful—hit him like a blow to the head.

In spite of his tumultuous feelings, his voice was cool and calm when he spoke. “After your ordeal, I thought it would be easier for the dressmakers to come to you.”

“It is very kind of you, monsieur,” she murmured, looking down as coyly as any well-brought-up young lady.

He could keep cool when she was angry. He had plenty of experience with tantrums and tempers and had learned to act as if they didn’t affect him in the slightest.

But this affected him. She affected him.

A Lover’s Kiss

Harlequin ®Historical

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“Margaret Moore knows how to serve up the perfect medieval tale.”

—A Romance Review on Knave’s Honor

“Fans of historicals…will be unable to put Ms. Moore’s story down. The story is fresh, fun, fast-paced, engaging, and passionate, with an added touch of adventure.”

—The Romance Readers Connection on

The Notorious Knight

“Filled with fast-paced dialogue and historical details that add depth and authenticity to the story. Readers will be well entertained.”

—Romantic Times BOOKreviews on My Lord’s Desire

“Colorful and compelling details of life in the Middle Ages abound.”

—Publishers Weekly on Hers To Command

“Margaret Moore is a master storyteller who has the uncanny ability to develop new twists on old themes.”

—Affaire de Coeur

“An author who consistently knows how to mix just the right amount of passion and pageantry.”

—Old Book Barn Gazette

“When it comes to excellence in historical romance books, no one provides the audience with more than the award-winning Ms. Moore.”

—Under the Covers

* A Warrior’s Heart #118

China Blossom #149

* A Warrior’s Quest #175

** The Viking #200

* A Warrior’s Way #224

Vows #248

** The Saxon #268

* The Welshman’s Way #295

* The Norman’s Heart #311

* The Baron’s Quest #328

† The Wastrel #344

† The Dark Duke #364

† The Rogue’s Return #376

The Knights of Christmas #387

“The Twelfth Day of Christmas”

* A Warrior’s Bride #395

* A Warrior’s Honor #420

* A Warrior’s Passion #440

* The Welshman’s Bride #459

* A Warrior’s Kiss #504

The Duke’s Desire #528

* The Overlord’s Bride #559

* A Warrior’s Lady #623

In the King’s Service #675

A Lover’s Kiss #908

Other works include

Harlequin Books

Mistletoe Marriages

“Christmas in the Valley”

The Brides of Christmas

“The Vagabond Knight”

HQN

Bride of Lochbarr

Lord of Dunkeathe

The Unwilling Bride

Hers To Command

Hers To Desire

My Lord’s Desire

The Notorious Knight

Knave’s Honor

With many thanks to all those who wanted Drury

to get his own story. I’m very grateful

for your support and enthusiasm.

A Lover’s Kiss

is the long-awaited sequel to

Kiss Me Quick

and

Kiss Me Again

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The third in Terri Brisbin’s Highlander miniseries. Honor, promises and dark secrets fuel this medieval tale of clan romance.

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Author’s Note

Considering Drury’s life in general, I suppose I shouldn’t really be surprised. It’s unfortunate the young woman was French, though. We all know how he feels about the French.

—from The Collected Letters of

Lord Bromwell, noted naturalist and

author of The Spider’s Web

London, 1819

Panting, Juliette Bergerine lay on her bed in a tangle of bedclothes and stared at the stained ceiling above her.

It had been a dream. Just a dream. She was not in France, not back on the farm, and Gaston LaRoche was far away. The war was over, Napoleon defeated. She was in London. She was safe.

She was alone.

Except…what was that scuffling sound? It could be rats in the walls, but it seemed too distant.

And what was that noise? A shout? A cry of pain coming from the alley outside?

Kicking off her sheets and thin blanket, Juliette got out of her narrow bed and hurried to the window, raising the sash as high as it would go. Clad only in a chemise, she shivered, for the September air was chilly and tainted by the smells of burning coal, of refuse and dung. The half-moon illuminated the hastily, poorly constructed building across the alley, and the ground below.

Four men with clubs or some kind of weapons surrounded another man who had his back to the wall of the lodging house. She watched with horror as the four crept closer, obviously about to attack him. The man near the wall crouched, ready to defend himself, his dark-haired head moving warily from side to side as he waited for them to strike.