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  “So where’s yours?”

  Marsden was getting an extra smack on the arse later for that cheeky comment. Then again, knowing his friend, it would only encourage him. “My coat is in the carriage. Unlike you, I only had to walk twenty feet to reach the hell.” He stopped at the streetlamp and flicked his fingers, motioning to his driver waiting for him a few buildings down the road.

  His team of four bays pulled up next to him. “Lord Oliver’s apartments,” he informed his driver as he stepped into the carriage.

  Marsden’s knees brushed his as he settled on the bench opposite him. The driver snapped the whip, and the carriage lurched forward. Only the soft light from the streetlamps they passed broke the darkness, the golden glow cutting across Marsden’s profile; it illuminated the long curve of his lashes behind his spectacles, the high arch of his cheekbones, and the slightly parted full lips. How had Vincent managed to go four weeks without those lips wrapped around his cock?

  “God, I missed you.” The desperation in Marsden’s whispered words sent a thrill through him.

  Marsden shifted forward, as if to move to sit beside him. Aware of the open shade on the window, Vincent lifted one leg and pressed a foot over his groin, holding him down, keeping him on the opposite bench. Marsden instantly submitted, settling back, yielding to the pressure, his legs falling open. Vincent rotated his foot, rubbing the sole of his evening shoe over Marsden’s rapidly hardening cock. “Were you good, boy, in my absence?” he asked, voice pitched low but with a hard edge that would have Marsden panting in no time.

  Marsden’s tongue darted out, a quick swipe across his lower lip. “Yes.”

  He pressed harder, pulling a grunt from Marsden. “Yes, what?”

  “Yes, milord.”

  “Hmm.” He passed a hand over his jaw as he continued to rub Marsden’s cock through the placket of his trousers, the soft wool sliding easily over silken skin. It didn’t feel as though Marsden had worn drawers. One less piece of clothing for the man to remove when they reached his apartments. “Are you certain? Did you take yourself in hand?” He knew the answer, but couldn’t resist the urge to voice the question. To torment Marsden. To make the man squirm with a mixture of embarrassment and pure, stark need. To ratchet up the anticipation hanging in the air between them, so heavy he could feel it.

  “Ah…I…”

  “Yes or no, Marsden. Did you pleasure yourself in my absence?”

  He lifted his hips, seeking even more pressure, and speared Vincent with a hot stare. “Yes.”

  “And what did you do, exactly?”

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  All In with the Duke (Gambling on Love #1)

  Max Arrington, the Duke of Pelham, vows to never again let a handsome face blind him to a man's true intentions. But ten months of celibacy and lonely nights drive him to a decadent brothel, where a beautiful young man arouses his illicit passions as never before.

  Tristan Walsh has grown tired of being used for men's pleasure. But his latest client is different: commanding yet generous, Max makes him feel cared for as well as wanted. Yet Tristan knows he'll never have the choice to leave the brothel and submit only to Max.

  So when Max invites him to be his guest at his country estate, Tristan eagerly agrees to his terms—days to do as he pleases while Max tends to the dukedom, and nights spent together in wicked play. But when the "business arrangement" begins to deepen into something more, Tristan must face the fact that he has no true place in Max's life—or in Max's guarded heart…

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  Other Books by Ava

  The Bound series

  Bound by Deception

  Bound to Him

  Deliberately Unbound (free short story)

  Bound Forever

  Deliberately Bound (free short story)

  The Bound Series

  Brook Street series

  My True Love Gave to Me

  Brook Street: Thief

  Brook Street: Fortune Hunter

  Brook Street: Rogues

  The Brook Street Collection

  Gambling on Love series

  All In with the Duke

  Sharp Love

  Viscount’s Wager

  London Legal series

  Convincing Arthur

  Convincing Leopold

  Convincing the Secretary

  Non-Series books

  Beyond Reckless

  From Afar

  His Client

  His Request (free short story)

  Object of His Desire

  Pleasures of Somerville Park (free short story)

  ‘Twas the Night, in the O Come All Ye Kinky anthology

  About Ava

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