Zoë Archer - Sweet Revenge

She had to admit, that made sense. Still she pressed, “Then why’d you come out here?”

He grinned, and she thought she heard some of the other women sigh. “Maybe I find a nice bit of sunshine in your company.”

He tipped his cap at her, and then at the other bal-maidens, before strolling back to the engine house. He didn’t look back.

Once he’d gone, Alyce felt dozens of eyes on her. She stared them all down, until everyone returned to their hammering, shoveling, and carting. She, too, got back to work, but the arm he’d touched continued to pulse with the echo of sensation, and she turned the words over and over, like pretty, smooth stones.

Much better than yielding and weak. I find a nice bit of sunshine in your company.

Careful, she warned herself. He’s still just a stranger . A flirtatious stranger, but unknown, just the same. And if the eyes of the law were on him, she needed to keep a protective distance. She couldn’t make a difference at the mine if the managers and constabulary watched her every move. Better to keep away from Simon—the bright blue of his eyes and his warm grins and the way he matched her, thought for thought, the way no other man in the village had ever been able to.

It was the right choice to hold him off. Yet when she swung her hammer again, it felt a little heavier, as if the pull of gravity had grown stronger.

Praise for SWEET REVENGE

“ Sweet Revenge is an intense, fast-paced read. A strong plot, memorable characters, genuine emotions—not to mention plenty of heat. What more can a reader want?”

—Sherry Thomas, author of Tempting the Bride

“ Sweet Revenge is a sexy, action-packed romance with a to-die-for hero and a true love that will make you swoon.”

— New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan

“A dark, riveting tale from beginning to end. Zoë Archer’s books are not to be missed!”

— USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Hawkins

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Zoë Archeris an award-winning romance author who thinks there’s nothing sexier than a man in tall boots and a waistcoat. As a child, she never dreamed about being the rescued princess, but wanted to kick butt right beside the hero. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she now applies her master’s degrees in Literature and Fiction to creating butt-kicking heroines and heroes in tall boots. She is the author of the acclaimed Blades of the Rose series and the paranormal historical romance series, The Hellraisers. She has also written the steampunk romances, Skies of Fire and Skies of Steel. Zoë and her husband, fellow romance author Nico Rosso, live in Los Angeles. Please visit her on the Web at http://www.zoearcherbooks.com.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

SWEET REVENGE

Copyright © 2013 by Zoe Archer.

Excerpt from Dangerous Seduction copyright © 2013 by Zoe Archer.

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