Excerpt: Folly

"You startled me!" Maria scolded, as Roger took her hand, raised it to his lips and kissed it briefly, gently, before replying, "Sorry, Maria. Forgive me," His voice dropping to a slightly lower register.

Maria couldn't help but feel the frisson of pleasure shoot from her hand to her heart, and her belly. This man had magnetism, and even though she told herself she was happily married, she couldn't deny the effect he had.