My Lady Captor. Hannah Howell

      

      KISSED BY HER CAPTIVE

      “Ye need something,” Ruari said. “I can see it in your eyes. They are huge, dark pools of longing.”

      “I need ye to release me before I reopen a few of your wounds,” she said, but knew her threat lacked strength. Her voice was low and husky, robbed of the steel needed to relay a warning.

      “Ye need the heat of passion in your blood to burn away all the delusions besetting ye.”

      Before Sorcha could reply to his arrogant statement, he brushed his lips across hers. All thought fled from her mind. Sorcha uttered a soft, low moan as he began to kiss her thoroughly. She greedily opened her mouth when he prodded her lips with his tongue. The slow, heated stroke of his tongue caused her to tremble from the strength of desire racing through her…

      Books by Hannah Howell

      The Murrays

      HIGHLAND DESTINY

      HIGHLAND HONOR

      HIGHLAND PROMISE

      HIGHLAND VOW

      HIGHLAND KNIGHT

      HIGHLAND BRIDE

      HIGHLAND ANGEL

      HIGHLAND GROOM

      HIGHLAND WARRIOR

      HIGHLAND CONQUEROR

      HIGHLAND CHAMPION

      HIGHLAND LOVER

      HIGHLAND BARBARIAN

      HIGHLAND SAVAGE

      HIGHLAND WOLF

      HIGHLAND SINNER

      HIGHLAND PROTECTOR

      HIGHLAND AVENGER

      HIGHLAND MASTER

      HIGHLAND GUARD

      HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN

      The Wherlockes

      IF HE’S WICKED

      IF HE’S SINFUL

      IF HE’S WILD

      IF HE’S DANGEROUS

      IF HE’S TEMPTED

      IF HE’S DARING

      IF HE’S NOBLE

      Seven Brides for Seven Scotsmen

      THE SCOTSMAN WHO SAVED ME

      WHEN YOU LOVE A SCOTSMAN

      Vampire Romance

      HIGHLAND VAMPIRE

      THE ETERNAL HIGHLANDER

      MY IMMORTAL HIGHLANDER

      HIGHLAND THIRST

      NATURE OF THE BEAST

      YOURS FOR ETERNITY

      HIGHLAND HUNGER

      BORN TO BITE

      Stand-Alone Novels

      ONLY FOR YOU

      MY VALIANT KNIGHT

      UNCONQUERED

      WILD ROSES

      A TASTE OF FIRE

      A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY

      HIGHLAND HEARTS

      RECKLESS

      CONQUEROR’S KISS

      BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

      HIGHLAND WEDDING

      SILVER FLAME

      HIGHLAND FIRE

      HIGHLAND CAPTIVE

      MY LADY CAPTOR

      WILD CONQUEST

      KENTUCKY BRIDE

      COMPROMISED HEARTS

      STOLEN ECSTASY

      HIGHLAND HERO

      HIS BONNIE BRIDE

      Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation

      HANNAH HOWELL

      MY LADY CAPTOR

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      Contents

      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

      Chapter Twenty-One

      Chapter Twenty-Two

      Chapter Twenty-Three

      Chapter Twenty-Four

      Epilogue

      About the Author

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      Copyright © 1996, 2009 by Hannah Howell

      My Lady Captor was previously published by Jove Books in 1996 under the pseudonym Anna Jennet.

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-4201-4376-8

      ISBN-10: 1-4201-4376-X

      eISBN-13: 978-1-4201-1093-7