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A FREE HEART’S DESIRE SPIN-OFF NOVELLA
His love is forbidden…but irresistible
Mrs. Amelia Sartin helms her late husband’s business and implicitly trusts her secretary, Matthew Bellamy. Occasionally, she indulges her desires, but only if the gentleman poses no risk to her heart. However, as Amelia cedes control of the company to her heir, Bellamy finally persuades Amelia to act on their mutual, forbidden passion. Can Bellamy also convince her he is the one thing she cannot leave behind?
*Mrs. Sartin’s Secretary first appeared in the 2019 anthology Second Chance Love, A Regency Romance Set. It has been edited and slightly expanded.
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Review Quotes
“Amelia and Matthew gave me all the right feels... and I shed happy tears for their Cinderella HEA.” -Estela Reads Romance
“his was such a delightful story as they came to know each other.” -Cheryl, Goodreads
“Older woman & younger employee made for a riveting read as they both have fallen for each other” -Janet, Goodreads
“hearts cannot be denied as they really get to know each other and find that nothing can stand in their way! Wendy writes wonderful stories that always capture my heart!” -Lori D., Amazon
Excerpt
Bellamy strode back to the door, breathing hard. Placing his fists against the door posts, he bowed his head, back muscles straining.
He had no right to dream of becoming her lover.
He was what he was.
A loyal employee.
A dependable, overlooked, cane.
A man who knew for certain he had found the perfect woman, but the perfect woman could never be his.
On the other hand…
What if he was wrong?
What if she wasn’t just the perfect woman for him? What if he was the perfect man for her?
A vision sprouted to life—he and Mrs. Sartin. Amelia. As a couple, they’d be as invincible in life as they’d been in commerce.
Such a dream, however, required more than a matchmaker, such a dream required a gifted fairy godmother…or, at the very least, a bold presumption.
But even if he could not have her forever, couldn’t he have her for one night?
“Bellamy?” Her whisper drifted through the wall.
“Here.”
She opened the door visibly trembling. He’d sworn to be there whenever she needed him. She needed him now…and he would not fail.
He gathered her close. With a long, uneven exhale, she sagged against his chest.
He filled with shock, then heat, and then need so violent his knees turned to gelatin. He wrapped one arm about her waist—an unmovable anchor. With his other hand, he brushed back her curls.
“Invincible,” he whispered into the faint blue-pools of her eyes.
If only she would allow.
She removed his glasses and set them on a shelf in the bookcase beside them. A fold appeared between her brows. He placed his lips over the wrinkle—a soothing gesture. As she relaxed, he moved his mouth across her forehead. Her lashes feathered against his nose. He kissed her cheekbone, just below her eye, and then he touched his temple to hers.
Her breath warmed the scant air between them.
Women were a mystery he hadn’t taken the time to unravel. He’d never been interested in pleasure for pleasure’s sake. Now, he understood the real reason behind his reluctance.
All he cared for was this woman. Amelia.
Their mouths touched, light and sweet. They touched again. Elated thrill tugged an invisible string from his lips to his groin, and sweetness turned to spice.
Then, with urgency, he repeatedly claimed her mouth until he could barely recall a time their mouths had been distinct.
Invincible.
Just as he’d always known.
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