The Willing Wife — Claudia Dain

HUSBAND #5

She was a wife most willing -- Four previous arranged marriages had taught Nicolaa the necessity of allowing a strange man access to her bed, her body. Now King Henry had gifted her with yet another new husband. Would he be overeager, undersized or just plain underfoot, as she had found the males before him?

She was a bride most eager -- Anxious even to get the bedding over and done with. Rowland had expected a timid girl in need of gentle wooing. What he found was an experienced lover whose obvious indifference to his romantic legend challenged him to wring a response -- any response -- out of her disturbingly tempting body.

She was a woman most unready -- Nothing had prepared Nicolaa for a mate who actually meant to stay, a companion who really wanted to know her thoughts, a bed partner who shockingly sought to bring her pleasure. Could it be that she had finally found a man capable of love?

Hero: Rowland the Dark
Heroine: Nicolaa of Cheneteberie