"A slow, molten heat spread like spilled honey through her veins as she gripped the edge of the silk-draped chaise, her breath coming in shallow, helpless gasps. Before her, the pulsating magenta-and-black dupioni shimmered in the low light - soft, knowing, patient - as if it could already feel the fever taking hold of her body, her unspoken need twisting tighter with every passing second. She licked her lips,her skin humming, her thighs clenching, and when she finally reached for it, the silk slid over her bare skin, and that was when she knew she was utterly, deliciously lost…"

- excerpt from the forthcoming Silk Baron harlequin romance novel entitled "Satin Sins," a part of our "Velvet Anthology" series