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BLURB:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"BetrayingCan she be more than a mistress?<\/span><\/p>\n

With a tarnished reputation, Mercy Lyndhurst expected to become the Earl of Rochford’s mistress, not his wife. Immediately abandoned by her husband after their wedding, Mercy transformed herself from commoner to countess, vowing to protect the lands and people her husband was forced to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past six years, William has restored the family fortune all the while tortured by his memories of Mercy\u2026and the dark night he killed a man. When a threat draws him home, William learns just how much has changed\u2014including his wife. While the passion still flares between them, he fears he has wounded her too badly to regain her trust. But as the danger grows they must unite to save the estate\u2026and possibly their marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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EXCERPT<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

William stopped beside his horse, staring into the gray hills.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack there,\u201d Beck said. \u201cMy lord, it was murder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His heart squeezed tight. Murder. \u201cHe was going to hurt her. You saw it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was drunk and unarmed but for a piece of glass. You came to the house with a pistol. It will look like revenge. There are limits to what the law will accept, even for a peer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

William paused, swallowed. \u201cNo. There aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A part of him wished Beck was right, that someone would punish William for what he had done, that someone would protect this young woman from his misuse. But that part of him was very small and William spoke the truth. That was the problem with being an earl, even a poor one\u2014there was no one to stop him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The young woman crossed the marshy grass in her thin nightgown\u2014already halfway to translucence in the rain. She faced him with a blankness he recognized in himself. Shock at what had happened. Acceptance of what was to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet little Mercy Lyndhurst, and here he was to defile her.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time he\u2019d seen her she\u2019d been a waif of a girl. Now she was all woman. And why shouldn\u2019t he take her? He could have her and help her at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

A poor excuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

He examined her, struggling for detachment. Already the rain was clearing some of the fog from his mind, allowing rays of sanity to peek through. The thought of going home alone to the empty cavern of a house chilled him. He might as well be a stranger in his own lands for all that he knew anyone here.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was selfish to take her this way, but concern whispered, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

What would she do here? Jasper may have been a poor excuse for a caretaker, but a young woman with no means could starve in the next cruel winter. She deserved better than him for a rescuer, but he was all she had.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another excuse. The simple truth was, he couldn\u2019t quite bring himself to leave her here, in a place that reeked of death.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDid you send the note?\u201d he asked suddenly. He didn\u2019t know where the idea had come from, but he knew the answer even before she nodded.<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019d sent the note, because she knew there was trouble. She\u2019d used code from their childhood, so that he would understand. And that was as good a reason to take her as any\u2014there were very few people he could trust.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just her, perhaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"AuthorPic_Betraying<\/a>Amber Lin writes edgy romance with damaged hearts, redemptive love, and a steamy ever after. Her debut novel, Giving It Up, received The Romance Review\u2019s Top Pick, Night Owl Top Pick, and 5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies. RT Book Reviews called it \u201ctruly extraordinary.\u201d Since then, she has gone on to write erotic, contemporary, and historical romances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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