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.They had reached the ship, drifting past the anchor chain to the tangle of ropes waiting to haul them and the boat back aboard.“You’d better not think of jilting me now,” he said.“It’s a long voyage ahead of us.Weeks at sea with little to do, unless we are newlyweds with the private cabin.”“You already have the private cabin!”He shrugged and got to his feet.“Yes, but I won’t share it with you if you won’t marry me.” Even though the boat rocked alarmingly from side to side, he didn’t seem bothered or unbalanced as he reached for a rope trailing in the water along the hull and gave it a few hard tugs.“That is coercion,” she protested.“You did not even ask properly.”He laughed.“Marie-Louise Genevieve du Marchais d’Orvelon, will you do me the very great honor of becoming my wife, to live a very dull but happy life with me, far away from the frontier and spymasters, with only the excitement of building a family together?”“I am sure we will find other excitements, in addition to that one,” she told him, “but yes.I will.”Nate laughed again.“Somehow I don’t think life with you could ever be dull.And that’s why I can’t live without you.” He swept her into one arm, pulling her close for a deep kiss so passionate, she almost toppled out of the boat when he released her.The crew of the ship had lowered a sort of sling from the deck, and now Nate reached out and grabbed it.Together they hefted her trunk into it, adjusting the ropes until it was secure.Nate called up to the crew, and slowly it was winched up, the ropes creaking above them.With a quiet splash, Prince pulled his boat alongside them, and when the sling came back down, he and Nate sent up one trunk, then the other from his boat.When Lisette climbed into the sling, Prince attached some trailing ropes to his boat, then winked at Angelique before grabbing another rope and climbing it right up to the deck.Then it was just the two of them, sitting in the small punt and waiting for the sling to come back down to take her up.“Last chance,” Nate told her.“Once you’re on my ship, you’re not getting off until Boston Harbor.”She raised her eyebrows at him.“Once I board the ship, you will never be rid of me.Perhaps it is your last chance.”He pulled her to him, resting his cheek against her temple.“Angelique, my darling…I was lost weeks ago.I never had a chance at all.And I’ve never been happier.”She smiled at him as someone on the ship deck above them hooted and whistled.“Then we are equal.As always.”About the AuthorCAROLINE LINDEN earned a math degree from Harvard before turning to fiction.Eight years, seven books, two Red Sox championships, and one dog later, she has never been happier with her decision.Please visit her online at www.carolinelinden.com.Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins author.Romances by Caroline LindenYOU ONLY LOVE ONCEFOR YOUR ARMS ONLYA VIEW TO A KISSCopyrightThis is a work of fiction.Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real.Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE.Copyright © 2010 by P.F.Belsley.All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen.No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.First Avon Books paperback printing: September 2010EPub Edition © July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200891-610 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1About the PublisherAustraliaHarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty.Ltd.25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321)Pymble, NSW 2073, Australiahttp://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.auCanadaHarperCollins Canada2 Bloor Street East - 20th FloorToronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canadahttp://www.harpercollinsebooks.caNew ZealandHarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) LimitedP.O.Box 1Auckland, New Zealandhttp://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.nzUnited KingdomHarperCollins Publishers Ltd.77-85 Fulham Palace RoadLondon, W6 8JB, UKhttp://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.ukUnited StatesHarperCollins Publishers Inc.10 East 53rd StreetNew York, NY 10022http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com
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