The Scarred Heart (The Rakehell Regency #5)

Book 5, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series
Sorcha MacMurrough

Living and loving on a razor's edge...

Lovely Elizabeth Eltham, beloved sister of the Duke of Ellesmere, travels to her estate in Ireland with her brother to try to put the past behind them after the tragic death of their sister Jane.

Romance is the last thing on her mind as she helps set to rights the run-down estate. But a chance meeting with a dashing stranger in a mysterious cave is enough to awaken Elizabeth as a woman ripe for passion, and the love of the right man.

Everyone she meets longs to marry a Duke’s daughter; she must trust her instincts to choose the one man who loves her body and soul. Elizabeth is presented with a dazzling array of suitors--which one's kisses and embraces in the cave set her body afire and promise an eternity of sensual bliss?

An eternity put at risk all too soon, as Elizabeth and beloved must move heaven and earth to uncover the nest of traitors that has been operating in the area, and stop an invasion of her home by Napoleon's troops...


AN EXCERPT FROM THE SCARRED HEART:
“Elizabeth,” the mysterious man murmured, her name upon his lips sounding like a tender vow that the most sensual delights would soon be hers. “I shall see you again soon, my most beautiful Elizabeth. Just promise me, darling, you’ll never tell anyone about this place, our secret haven. If you promise, then one day soon, you shall be mine.”

She would have asked a million questions, and yet only one: Will you make me yours now?

Her enigmatic lover had stilled, waiting for her answer, one hand now poised around her tender throat.

She whispered, “I promise. You and the cave are mine. I don’t want to share you with anyone. I want you.”

His hand between her thighs stroking her, and his mouth descending upon hers once more, silenced her utterly. She had no urge to ask him any more questions. All she wanted was to let the incredible sensations wash over her like the thundering tide.

Elizabeth felt a flood of heat fly upwards to her face, downwards toward her hips. As one of his fingers pressed in deeply, she dug her nails into the bare flesh of his back and mewled like a kitten.

He laughed tenderly against her lips, and moved his finger and thumb. An inward quiver so strong it shook her from head to toe rippled through Elizabeth, causing her to gasp and pull away, open-mouthed with desire.

“Don’t be afraid. It’s only the beginning. A bit of light loving. I won’t damage you. Enjoy this, and keep it locked in your memory until next we’re alone, my love.”

His hand moved again, and a rainbow sparkled in her head. Elizabeth gasped, writhed, and panted, her eyes tightly shut, swirling like a feather wafted by a hurricane….

Setting: Ireland, 1814
Word Count=82,000 (approx 300 8.5 x 11" pages)
Rating: Very Sensual, several explicit love scenes throughout the novel

The Rakehell Regency Romance Series
Book 1-The Mad Mistress
2-The Missed Match
3-The Miss Matched
4-The Matchless Miss
5-The Scarred Heart
6-Guardian of the Heart
7-The Mistaken Miss
8-The Model Master
9-The Model Mistress
10-Innocence
11-Innocence Afire
12-Ravished
13-Experience
14-The Model Husband
15-Ruthless
16-Madness