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“Come….come with me,” Roxanne whispered.

She turned and headed for the staircase, acutely aware of him behind her—her heart pounding as she led him into her room. Briefly she saw him glance around in surprise and she thought that the fairly featureless little bedroom must look so very different to his own, back in the great house.

Outside, their lives were so dissimilar, she thought. But in this anonymous little room, those differences didn’t matter. He might be a duke and she might be a singer who’d fallen on hard times, but in this one very fundamental act, at least—they were equals.

“Is this better?” she questioned as she went into his waiting arms.

“Much. And this is better still.” His mouth brushed over hers with a featherlight tease. “Don’t you think?”