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Authors: Christina Dodd

BOOK: A Knight to Remember

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“Of you. And me.” Careful of his breaks and bruises, she stretched herself along his length. “Locked in an embrace.”

Two bodies could not get closer, but he felt a niggle of dissatisfaction. With his hand on her chin, he pushed her head up and looked into her eyes. “I say you waved a white flag.”

“It was a shift.”

“It was a sign of surrender.”

“It was a token of love.”

That was it. That was what he had waited to hear. “Which I would have taken.” He tightened his grip around Edlyn. “At least I have you safe.”

Wharton’s gaze met Richard’s, and Wharton grinned. He didn’t blame Richard for looking appalled. He didn’t want to stay for this pottage of love words either. Too bad Richard couldn’t leave.

Wharton walked to the door. Richard glared balefully.

Hugh touched Edlyn’s lips. “And I have your love.”

Edlyn slipped her hand over Hugh’s heart. “As I have yours.”

As Wharton shut the door behind, he heard Richard make muffled gagging noises.

The couple on the floor didn’t notice.

About the Author

Christina Dodd’s novels have been translated into ten languages, won Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart and RITA® Awards, and been called the year’s best by
Library Journal
. Dodd is a regular on the
USA Today
,
Publishers Weekly
, and
New York Times
bestseller lists.
The Barefoot Princess
is the second book in her classic new series, The Lost Princesses, following her enormously popular novel,
Some Enchanted Evening
.

Christina loves to hear from fans. Visit her website at www.christinadodd.com.

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Credits

Cover art by John Ennis

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER.
Copyright © 1997 by Christina Dodd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, 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 hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books™.

ePub edition January 2006 ISBN 9780061746352

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