Goddess and the Gaiety Girl Author:Barbara Cartland Larentia felt the Duke's eyes upon her, as though he were speaking to her without words. "Look at me, Larentia!" he said unexpectedly. Now she could not take her eyes from the Duke's and knew that she was his prisoner whether she wished it or not. Very slowly, the Duke put his arms around her and drew her against him. Closer still, then his lips... more » were on hers. She was kissed for the first time in her life. It was not only the Duke who held her captive. It was also the mystery of the Castle and the Knights who had lived in it, the legendary magic... all her secret dreams rolled into one. She felt as if a sudden shaft of sunshine swept through her. "You have bewitched me!" the Duke cried out. "And whatever you have done in the past, your future is with me... "« less