A Gift of Love
by Wendy Stone
http://www.eternalpress.ca/agiftoflove.html
Historical Romance
$3.95
Heat rating: 2 flames
Cover Art © 2009 by Dawné Dominique
Edited by Stephanie Parent
Copyedited by Moss Bliss
Layout and Book Production by Ally Robertson
eBook ISBN: 978-1-926647-64-7
Print ISBN: 978-1-926647-72-2

Blurb:

Danielle had no idea what would happen to her when her cruel stepmother called for her. She didn’t know she was being sold in marriage to a man she’d never met. And when she did meet him, she couldn’t see beyond the foreboding mask he wore.

Christopher would pay any price to win Danielle as his own, even respecting her request for separate bedrooms. But can his gentleness win her over, or will she always see him as the beast?

Excerpt:

"My Lord," she said, her words almost whisper soft and breathless with
nervous anticipation of his reaction. "I...I need to ask something of you."

Christopher sat down his fork, wiped his mouth with his napkin, and
gave her his full attention. "Whatever I can do, Danielle, you have but to
ask," he said simply and with a gentle smile.

Danielle could hear David's insidious voice in her ear, his words of
previous wives and the horror of her husband's perversions making her
even more nervous. And confused. His actions with her, his manner had
been kind and gentle, not that of a horrible beast who planned
abominable things that she couldn't even imagine.

"What is it, my Lady?"

"I... I don't want to share your bed." The words blurted from her
mouth quickly and without thought. As soon as they were spoken, she
wished she could call them back. She saw the look in his eyes grow
bitter, and he stared down at his gloved hand with animosity. Did he
think his scars were....

"No, Christopher. Oh, God, no, it's not that." She flew from her chair around the small table until she knelt by his legs,looking up at him. "I just mean, we have only just met and don't knowhow we will deal with the other yet. A few days, time for both of us to
grow accustomed to the other." Her hand reached out and touched his
face, her fingers gentle on his unscarred cheek. "Can you not give me this, Husband?” ( )