The Seduction Charade

Book excerpt: Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author PennyJordan, originally published as Substitute Lover in 1987 Gray Chalmers needed Stephanie to pose as his lover to help him resist the attractionsof a beautiful but married woman. Gray knew Stephanie, knew she didn't even like beingtouched. Yet he insisted she return to play the part of the femme fatale. Gray had never pried into the bitter marriage Stephanie had endured to his cousin. He'doffered only comfort in the ten years since its tragic ending. So Stephanie agreed to hisdemand, only to find her long buried feelings—and her body's dormant desires—fullyawakened…