Excerpt from One Naughty Night.....


     .....Renzo could not, should not, would not, get any more involved with Esme.  The whole charade had been ill conceived and it would be least embarrassing for all parties concerned if he simply said good night to her right now.
     Just as soon as he knew she was safely inside her room. 
    Once they cleared the Moulin Rouge Lounge and hit the bank of elevators, she paused, fishing in her purse.
     "I'm on the fourth floor in the Sensualist's Suite.  Maybe I'd better find my key."  She shook her purse as the elevator arrived.  Apparently convinced the key lay within the white satin bag, Esme began the search with determination etched on her delicate jaw line.
     "The Sensualist's Suite?"  He had no idea why he tortured himself by asking as they stepped inside the elevator. 
     Maybe because liars deserved to be tortured.
     Withdrawing the plastic card from her bag as they soared up to the necessary floor, Esme's cheeks flushed lightly.  "It's the kind of room that has to be seen to be believed.  I had no idea the accommodations here were so…"  Her eyes darted about the tiny elevator cabin--outfitted in soft brown suede walls and decorated with a fake leopard print covered bench-- as if in search of the right word.  Finally, her gaze landed on him.  ". . . so sexy."
     His body twitched in reaction to the word rolling off her tongue.  In reaction to their proximity in the quiet privacy of the small space.
     The torture had officially begun....


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One Naughty Night coming in November 2003
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From the book: One Naughty Night
by Joanne Rock
Harlequin Temptation
ISBN # 0-373-69151-3
© 2003 by Joanne Rock
The edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.
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