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    The Piano Tutor: A Spicy Regency Story
    The Piano Tutor: A Spicy Regency Story
    The Piano Tutor: A Spicy Regency Story
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    The Piano Tutor: A Spicy Regency Story

    By Anthea Lawson

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    Encouraged by her scandalous friend to take a lover, Lady Diana Waverly finds that the new piano tutor is more than he seems - especially when it comes to passion...

    Sensuality level: SPICY - kisses, explicit lovemaking.

    "LOVED IT. A delightful and satisfying quickie read!" -Historical Romance Book Reviews

    This spicy Regency-set short story by RITA-nominated author Anthea Lawson originally appeared in the Mammoth Book of Regency Romance. The Piano Tutor is 7,500 words (20 pages).
    BONUS MATERIAL: The file also includes the first chapter of Anthea's new historical romance novel, Sonata for a Scoundrel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFiddlehead Press
    Release dateMay 12, 2011
    ISBN9781458114785
    The Piano Tutor: A Spicy Regency Story

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      The Piano Tutor - Anthea Lawson

      THE PIANO TUTOR

      A Spicy Regency Short Story

      By Anthea Lawson

      Smashwords Edition copyright 2011 Anthea Lawson. Originally published in The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance, Running Press, July 2010.

      Cover image Lev Olka, via fotolia. Used with licensed permission.

      Discover more Anthea Lawson at http://www.anthealawson.com

      Anthea also writes Young Adult fantasy as Anthea Sharp - http://www.antheasharp.com/

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Amazon.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. To obtain permission to excerpt portions of the text, please contact the author at anthea@anthealawson.com.

      All characters in this story are fiction and figments of the author’s imagination.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      THE PIANO TUTOR – Short Story

      Excerpt of PASSIONATE

      Excerpt of ALL HE DESIRES

      The Piano Tutor copyright 2010 Anthea Lawson. Originally published in The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance by Running Press, July 2010.

      Excerpt of Passionate copyright 2008 Anthea Lawson. Mass market paperback published 2008 by Kensington Books.

      Except of All He Desires copyright 2009 Anthea Lawson. Mass market paperback published 2009 by Kensington Books.

      THE PIANO TUTOR

      My lady. The butler tapped at Diana Waverly’s half-open door. The piano tutor is here. He hesitated, a furrow marring his usually placid brow.

      "Well, it is Wednesday. Diana laid her last black dress in the trunk she had been filling, then carefully closed the lid. Tell Samantha it’s time for her lesson. I’ll be down directly."

      The butler remained in the doorway, shifting his weight from foot to foot. Forgive me, my lady, but it … er, it is not the customary piano tutor. It is an altogether different gentleman.

      She blinked. But—Mr. Bent is Samantha’s tutor. We have no other.

      I tried to tell him as much, but the gentleman insists.

      Diana stood, frowning. I’ll see to him. They had few callers—the inevitable result of turning down a season’s worth of invitations—and never unannounced visitors.

      Tucking up a stray auburn curl, she started down the hallway toward the wide second floor landing. Mr. Bent had said nothing of this. He was quite reliable—if a bit dour to be tutoring a girl still recovering from the loss of her father.

      At the top of the stairs she halted, pulled from her thoughts by the sound of music pouring from the parlor below. Someone very skilled was playing the piano.

      She rested her hand on the mahogany banister and listened. Note after note tumbled through the entryway, reverberating between the high ceiling and marble floors. Sunlight streamed through the landing windows, making the dust motes swirl and glitter like gilded dancers.

      Her stepdaughter Samantha joined her, her wiry twelve-year old body leaning over the railing. "I didn’t know Mr. Bent could actually play the piano."

      It’s not Mr. Bent. That much was clear, though who it might be and why he was in her parlor was a mystery Diana could not fathom.

      She descended the stairs, the music growing fuller and more present with every step. She paused a moment at the parlor door, then, with a fortifying breath, went in. The instant she crossed the threshold, the music ceased. The magic that had been spilling into the house

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