Having Patience

the long version

Throughout their long engagement, James Camplyon, Earl of Somerset, hasfantasized about Patience Hadley Mims’ silken skin and voluptuous curves. He expectshis witty, beautiful bride to be timid on their wedding night. But Patience is far morethan shy. She’s terrified.James presents his reluctant bride with a box of risqué novels, ordering her tochoose a passage each night for them to act out. Despite her fears, Patience thinks beingbound and blindfolded will undo the hard-learned lessons of a li