Earl Power

My best friend may be the Cinderella type, but I'm ... not. While she swans around English castles, I work overtime. I plan to be her maid of honor when she marries Alex, Duke of Fernborough and to hot foot it home again in time to punch the clock Monday morning. Fairy tale endings are for other girls.The last thing on my mind was falling into the powerful arms of the gorgeous best man.I'd glimpsed Sebastian Belgrave, Alex's brother, once on Skype. He runs the family estate with an iron fist, and in the past year alone, doubled the Belgrave's worth. One look and it's clear he's a man not used to hearing the word 'no'. Tall, muscular and commanding, I fall hard for him even before my friend says 'I do'.Still, a weekend is a weekend, right? And fantasy is fantasy.Nothing prepares me for the way I feel myself awakening to his presence, and to his touch. I submit to his sexy games but when he demands I change my plans to stay with him, I tell him I'm no one's plaything. Guarding my fragile heart, I steal away without a backwards glance.I return home, but Sebastian comes for me, storming into my life like a dark, avenging knight. I can't escape him. With a single touch, he makes it clear. He owns me.And he's all done playing games.♦♦♦Earl Power is a full-length standalone romance novel with a HEA.