About Lady Caroline's Reward
by Berengaria Brown
47 pages / 10250 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-088-6
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Lady Caroline Eversley, the only child of the Earl of Blackshire, needs a
chaperone so hires Miss Dinah Watkin, a distant relative she feels she can
rub along well with. As they deal with unwanted suitors, Dinah teaches
Caroline far more than how to rebuff an unwanted man.
The earl is getting forgetful, though, and the estate still needs to be
dealt with, so the Earl's heir announces he is coming for a visit. And the
problem of Caroline’s less than suitable chaperonage refuses to go away. Is
there any way Caroline and Dinah will find their own happy ever after?
Sample
Later that evening, the women sat by the fire in the book room, their
fingers moving diligently as they sewed. Hugh, Thomas and John were all
upstairs with Caroline’s father. His suite of rooms was always heated
warmly and he was never left unattended even for a moment.
Dinah gazed at Caroline. She really did look lovely in the firelight,
her pale cheeks slightly flushed by the warmth of the fire, the long
hair coiled neatly on her neck and gleaming with reddish highlights, her
slender fingers busily employed mending one of her father's shirts.
Dinah's heart lurched. She could fall in love with this woman. Not only
was Caroline beautiful, but she was also highly intelligent and
courageous in the way she was facing the adversity of her father's, and
therefore her own, situation.
"Have you ever been kissed?" Dinah asked suddenly.
"Well, just a few quick pecks by boys who shouldn't have when I was
younger. At family gatherings and such. And one or two of the suitors
have tried. That's why I made sure Hugh Howel was always with me. They
totally ignored the fact my maid Betty was in the room!"
"Would you like to be kissed? Properly kissed?"
"But who-- What? You--"
"Yes, me. May I kiss you?" Dinah put her needlework down on the side
table and slid along the sofa to the end where Caroline sat.
Caroline's hands dropped to the sofa. With no objection forthcoming,
very gently, Dinah turned Caroline's head toward her and kissed those
ripe pink lips. Softly, gently, sweetly, but with enough heat and
passion to warm their lips. Very soon, Caroline responded, one hand
reaching up to rest on Dinah's arm.
Caroline's lips softened under Dinah's caress, and Dinah licked along
the seam, urging her to open her mouth. Caroline did, and Dinah’s tongue
slipped inside, very gently running along Caroline's teeth and all
around the warm wet cavern.
Dinah's hands firmed on Caroline's head, tilting it slightly as her
tongue thrust into the younger woman's mouth.
Caroline groaned and responded more passionately, kissing back with
enthusiasm.
Dinah increased the heat by sucking a little on Caroline's tongue
pulsing in and out before retreating again.
Caroline melted into Dinah, leaning against the older woman and holding
both her shoulders as she returned the kisses very passionately now.
Deliberately, Dinah took one hand off Caroline's head and placed her
palm against Caroline's breast, smoothing it up and over the nipple. A
nipple that was standing up, a hard, excited little peak.
Caroline's tongue delved into Dinah's mouth, exploring the roof, the
sides, the teeth. Dinah responded by sucking on it as her hand slid down
inside the bodice of Caroline's gown, hot on her flesh, to rub the globe
of her breast and tweak the nipple between her fingers.
"I... Oh... More." Caroline then returned to kissing Dinah, her arms now
grasping the older woman firmly.