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  “Well, I . . . that is . . .” Mr. Jeffers’s gaze swung between them, and he finally shrugged. “Well, I suppose you’ll see well enough for yourself.”

  He turned the handle, then swung the coach door open.

  A gloved hand clasped Mr. Jeffers’s palm, and then a high, elegant boot flashed into sight.

  “What in the blazes—” William started to say, only to choke on his surprise as a blonde head dipped into view. A body soon followed, stepping down in a froth of blue skirts. She dropped Jeffers’s hand and looked around with bright interest.

  “Your chap’s a lass,” explained a bemused Mr. Jeffers.

  “A lass?” echoed William stupidly.

  And not only a lass . . . a very pretty lass.

  She smiled at them, and it was like the sun cresting over the hills that rimmed Loch Moraig, warming all who were fortunate enough to fall in its path. He was suddenly and inexplicably consumed by the desire to recite poetry to the sound of twittering birds. That alone might have been manageable, but as her eyes met his, he was also consumed by an unfortunate jolt of lustful awareness that left no inch of him unscathed—and there were quite a few inches to cover.

  “Miss Penelope Tolbertson,” she said, extending her gloved hand as though she were a man. “R-reporter for the London Times.”

  He stared at her hand, unsure of whether to shake it or kiss it. Her manners might be bold, but her voice was like butter, flowing over his body until it didn’t know which end was up. His tongue seemed wrapped in cotton, muffling even the merest hope of a proper greeting.

  The reporter was female?

  And not only female . . . a veritable goddess, with eyes the color of a fair Highland sky?

  He raised his eyes to meet hers, giving himself up to the sense of falling.

  Or perhaps more aptly put, a sense of flailing.

  “W-welcome to Moraig, Miss Tolbertson.”

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Excerpt from Various States of Undress: Georgia copyright © 2014 by Laura Simcox.

  Excerpt from Make It Last copyright © 2014 by Megan Erickson.

  Excerpt from Hero By Night copyright © 2014 by Sara Jane Stone.

  Excerpt from Mayhem copyright © 2014 by Jamie Shaw.

  Excerpt from Sinful Rewards 1 copyright © 2014 by Cynthia Sax.

  Excerpt from Forbidden copyright © 2014 by Charlotte Stein.

  Excerpt from Her Highland Fling copyright © 2014 by Jennifer McQuiston.

  SINFUL REWARDS 8. Copyright © 2015 by Cynthia Sax. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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