Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.

Red Seas Under Red Skies: The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Book Two (ed. Hachette UK, 2009) - ISBN: 9780575085909