She reached out and lovingly caressed a plump limb. The odalisque’s large gray eyes were soft as she gazed upon the baby. “How sweetly she sleeps,” Majida whispered, oblivious to Eve’s distress. Now she yearned for those nights as she yearned for him, this man who would become her husband in a week’s time.Įve felt a moment’s panic, and raw guilt constricted her throat. He had spent every third night with her since she had been brought to this house long, passionate nights she had once dreaded. She watched as Majida crossed the shaded courtyard on strong, silent feet and knelt beside the marble couch where she was sitting. “Is all in readiness, Majida?” Eve asked quietly, careful lest she wake the baby sleeping so peacefully in her arms.
Majida’s lithe, broad-shouldered frame filled the narrow archway leading from Eve’s private apartments. She ceased her gentle crooning and glanced at the striking Circassian odalisque, a slave woman who had been purchased from the teeming Damascus slave market on the same day as she, six months ago. Majida’s simple words elicited a nervous fluttering of excitement in Eve Gervais’s breast. Yea, though she sink to hell, he’ll seek her there. Or lie on down or dust, or rise to heaven? Or if the loved one silk or sackcloth wear, To lovers true, what matters dark or fair? Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Originally published by Avon Books, March 1991Ĭover Copyright (c) 2010 by Hot Damn Designs
With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from the author. Emotions so strong that you are pulled into the pages and into their lives.” - Inside RomanceĬopyright (c) 1991 by Miriam Minger. “Miriam Minger is a master storyteller who illustrates the full gamut of emotions felt by her characters.
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