Quinn couldn’t get the sweet taste of Rowena out of his mind. That kiss had not been planned and it had been unwise given his resolve to keep his emotional distance from any future bride. Yet when he’d given in to that irresistible desire, all the pain, all the memories that weighed him down seemed to fade like shadows before a rising sun.
unwiseThere was only Rowena and her enthusiastic sensual response to his passion. He was not so foolish to lie to himself; any wife he took would expect her husband to visit the marriage bed and he would, but he would not lose his heart to his new wife, not like he had to Maura. The guilt he felt at desiring to pick a comely wife made his skin itch. But he needed one.
neededAs the motorcar pulled up to the front entrance of Hampton House, he assisted R
