A Gentleman Never Tells (2016)
“But Oliver didn’t. There was no question but that he was ferociously competitive. He had dropped out of the game, and if he wasn’t going to win, she was.
Obviously, winning wasn’t his only goal.
He kept putting his arms around her, telling her that she was holding the mallet incorrectly. Every time their eyes met, it sent a thrill down her spine because the look in his eyes . . .
Adrian had been nearly as round as he was tall. But Oliver’s body was hard and muscled, his stomach flat. When he put his arms around her, she felt protected, which made her realize that she hadn’t felt safe since the moment her father walked her to the altar and left her there.
She had felt safe as a child. She and her friends at school had spent their free time reading novels and pining for the music master, who hadn’t the faintest interest in any of them.
She’d always known that she would have no hand in choosing her husband.
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