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eBook Category: Erotica/Romance
eBook Description: Lindy James seems to have the perfect life. Position, security, comfort. It isn't until a stranger comes into her life that she realizes just how lonely she is. Rogue Fitzwilliam has come to New York with a grudge and a plan. But he slowly finds that things aren't as he expected, too late to prevent being caught in a net of his own making. They cross paths in a small cafe for the first time with electrifying results, launching them on an affair that will leave them both forever changed. But when disaster strikes, can they ever find a way to begin again?

eBook Publisher: Linden Bay Romance, LLC, Published: lindenbayromance.com, 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2005

80 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [1.9 MB], eReader (PDB) [372 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [371 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [329 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [305 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [347 KB], hiebook (KML) [861 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [437 KB], iSilo (PDB) [303 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [380 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [436 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [478 KB]
Words: 114836
Reading time: 328-459 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 1-905393-02-4

"What They Call Sin by Philippa Grey-Gerou is a wonderful tale of revenge, lust, love and discovery. Artfully written with great characterization, this story emphasizes the blazing power of love and reveals a situation where passion rewrites someones destiny.... I liked Ms. Grey-Gerou's voice, and highly recommend this story for those who like their romances stories both sweet and hot. I'll be looking for more from this creative author."--MissJax, Ecataromance

"The love scenes in this book are beautifuly done ... I found myself rooting for Rogue and Lindy's romance to turn into a happily ever after."--Kate Long, The RWA Erotic Chapter

Lindy poked disinterestedly at her salad, letting her companions' conversation flow over her. Jade and Cara were good friends, but their lives were so different from hers that sometimes she couldn't help wondering why they were even acquaintances. They both had careers of their own, Jade as a software designer and Cara as an interior decorator. They both were mothers of young children, with all the boasts and complaints that went along with that. They both had lives of their own.

Lindy just had Gabriel.

As though reading Lindy's mind, Jade turned to her. "So, where is Gabriel taking you for your anniversary this year? It was Tahiti last year, wasn't it?"

Lindy nodded, nibbling half-heartedly at her lunch. "This year we're just going to Aruba. He can't be gone from work too long, so we can't go far."

"Kathleen Fallon just went to Aruba," Cara said, sipping at her iced tea.

Jade rolled her eyes. "Who'd she go with this time?"

Cara grinned. "Not the same person she came back with."

Lindy drifted out of the conversation again as her friends fell into their favorite hobby of discussing Kathleen Fallon's indiscretions. She actually liked Kath, but she didn't want to get into an argument with them. She saw them little enough as it was.

That's when she noticed him.

He was sitting a few tables away, a coffee and the New Yorker on the table in front of him. But he was paying no attention to either, his intense gaze instead locked on her. He was handsome in an almost feminine way, high cheekbones and black, wavy hair emphasizing his pale eyes.

Disconcerted, she glanced quickly away, trying to focus on the conversation at her table. But whenever her eyes flicked back, which they did often now, he was still watching her.

His attention made her feel uneasy, but she couldn't stop looking his way. What was he doing? What was he thinking?

He waited until he was sure he had her attention before allowing his eyes to scan slowly up and down her body before meeting her own again, his lower lip caught between his teeth. Lindy spun back to the table, blushing furiously. Okay, she knew what he was thinking.

She was just working up the courage to look back and see what this forward man was doing now when Jade and Cara startled her by pushing away from the table. "Wait!" she protested. "Where are you going?"

They both looked at her in confusion. "Shopping, remember?" Cara said with her usual impatience. "You needed new shoes to go with your dress for the party on Wednesday?"

Jade looked more concerned. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I just..." Lindy floundered until she saw a waiter go by with the dessert tray. "I want dessert first. You don't mind, do you?"

"Oh!" Cara dropped back into her chair. "This place has the chocolate cake everyone says is better than sex."

Lindy and Jade laughed, and Jade sat back down. "Well, if you think it's better than sex, it must be good," Jade teased. "I'm in."

"Great!" Lindy flagged down their server and ordered three slices of the ganache cake, aware of the good looking stranger still studying her.

Cara was right, the pastry was to die for. Lindy couldn't help moaning softly as the first taste of it hit her tongue. "Oh my god, that's the best thing ever!"

She didn't hear her friends' noises of agreement, for at that moment she glanced over at her admirer. His playful expression was gone, replaced with an erotic fervor that heated through her.

Feeling suddenly brazen, she lifted another forkful to her mouth, slowly closing her lips over it to slide it off the tines, making a show of her tongue as she cleaned all the chocolate carefully from the fork. His eyes never moved as he watched her with darker intensity.

And then suddenly his own tongue flashed out to run slowly over the contours of his lips in sensual promise.

Lindy's fork clattered to her plate as the sensation she hadn't been able to name before burst forth as full blown arousal. He noticed her reaction, grinning ferally at the power he knew he had over her now.

She pushed quickly away from the table, startling her companions. "I have to go to the ladies room," she muttered faintly. "I'll be right back."

If they acknowledged her departure, she wasn't aware of it.

She managed not to race to the restroom. It was a single unit, so she was justified in throwing the lock behind her before leaning against the door and looking at herself in the mirror for the first time. She was shocked at what she saw. That couldn't be her, face flushed and eyes wide and dilated. She knew it was reaction to him, to a complete stranger who had never even said hello to her. What was wrong with her?

The soft knock on the door sent a flood of excitement through her again. Lindy waited for the woman's query she knew wasn't coming. Her body knew who was on the other side of the door, moisture soaking her panties and dampening her thighs, preparing her.

Unable to stop herself, she reached out and unlocked the door.

He opened the door and quickly slipped in, closing it behind him silently so as not to draw attention. She stood frozen, her breath already coming more quickly as she read his arousal in the darkness of his cobalt eyes and the bulging line of his trousers. The knowledge that he wanted her as much as she wanted him electrified her.

When he reached out to wrap his hand around the back of her neck and draw her closer, her mouth was already open to welcome his kiss.

She had never been unfaithful to Gabriel. She just didn't have casual sex, had even waited for marriage to give up her virginity, as unfashionable as that may have been. None of that mattered with this man. He pushed her back against the door, his hands already working the buttons on her blouse as he kissed her hungrily. She responded with eager abandon, her tongue toying with his as her hands skirted over his back and into his hair. Nothing in the world mattered except this man's hungry mouth, his eager hands exploring, the feel of his erection pressing into her.

It wasn't enough. She needed to feel more of him, all of him.