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Sometimes giving in to temptation is the best thing you can do...

Goodman Thomas Marlowe needs a wife. He loves his neighbour’s bondswoman Rosalind Abramson but for all the wrong reasons. The carnal passion he feels for her is at odds with his vision of the perfect marriage—something shaped by the memory of the pure, pious union he shared with his late wife. Valiantly, he fights to keep his feelings hidden.

Rosalind yearns for the handsome Goodman Marlowe. Yet beneath his kind action lies a cool distance that tells her he cannot forgive Rosalind’s shameful past. She’s determined to deny an infatuation with a man who will never respect her.

However, Thomas cannot focus on finding a bride while the unsuitable Rosalind is always so close and so alluring. Now he’s about to take a teaching position in another town. It’s the perfect escape for a man tormented by unacceptable desire.

Late one night, in the midst of a summer’s hot spell, Thomas spies Rosalind in the woods, clad only in her shift, dancing in the moonlight. It’s really more than a man celibate for three years can bear. Thomas is in danger of falling into a sin so powerful, it threatens to challenge everything he believes in...

Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of sensual spanking and issues surrounding previous death and grief.

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Book Details

Number of pages	64
Genre	Historical
Book Length	Novella
Erotic Rating	Total-e-sizzling
Sexometer	3
eBook Format	ePub/HTML/PDF/Mobipocket(prc)
eReaders Supported	All current eReaders
Send direct to Kindle?	Yes
Cover art by	Posh Gosh
ISBN#	978-1-78184-043-6

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Excerpt From: A Midsummer's Sin

New Balcombe, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Summer, 1690

She was clad in only her shift.

Moonlight illuminated the thin cloth into a shimmering veil. The glowing ivory of her gentle, generous curves, hints of rose-pink nipples, a shadowy triangle between her long, lithesome legs—all teased Thomas' imagination.

Blood rushed from his head to fill his cock.

Heart thundering, he leaned against the tree. He barely dared to take a steadying breath lest the vision of that girl dancing in the clearing might disappear and prove itself a mere figment of his long-starved lust.

Dear sweet Christ.

Not since his days at Oxford had he seen a woman's body displayed so wantonly, then only in dimly lit, rented chambers. Never in brilliant moonlight.

The wind calmed. The rustling leaves of the tall trees grew silent. Her laughter carried to him. The sound—so free, so girlish—sent pleasurable shivers through him, sensual and immediate, as if a woman had raked her nails softly down his back. His erection throbbed, getting bigger, stiffer, straining his breeches. Sweating, he grasped himself and gave his aching shaft a firm squeeze.

God. It was more than a man, a widower of over a year, could bear.

More so for Thomas. Physical passion had repulsed his wife. For his beloved Patience's sake, after the conception of his son, he'd left her in peace. Now he'd been three years without the ease of a woman's soft, warm body...

That girl—Rosalind Abramson—was everything he craved.

She was within reach.

They were alone.

He wanted to go her. To seize her. To crush that beguiling body against his own.

No! He released his cock and took a deep steadying breath. He'd learned how to master his passions. He was a Puritan now, no longer a libertine.

He would not yield.

He closed his eyes, but all he saw was hair burning like flames in the noon sun. He was taken back to a little over a year previously when he had been riding in a carriage on a seedy London street.

He had been with his family, on his way to board the Abigail for Boston. His son had taken ill from the stench of the docks and had forced the stopping of the vehicle. Thomas stood outside the vehicle, talking with the driver as they'd allowed the interior to air.

He looked up and saw her. Rosalind. She had worn no head covering—her curls had bounced wildly as she'd run towards him. She'd held her skirts—the most garish hue of green he'd ever beheld—high enough to display trim ankles and well-turned calves clad in pale pink silk stockings that gave her legs the appearance of being completely bare. She had lifted her knees and run like a boy. A fine sheen of sweat had sparkled on her flushed face and on the exposed tops of her generous breasts.

Thomas inhaled deeply and pinched the bridge of his nose, willing the memory away. But the image only intensified.

She had increased her pace, though it didn't seem possible for anyone, much less a woman, to move that quickly.

She'd come upon him so fast and close, he'd thought she meant to crash into him. His man's body, so starved for the touch of feminine flesh, had longed to feel her body colliding with his. Such desire—it had held him immobile. At the last moment, as she'd turned, bypassing him, her eyes, dark brown and large, had caught his—full of terror—he could feel it reverberate in his own bones... His heart had contracted with sympathy. A whoosh of air, scented with roses and musk, had blown over him as she'd hauled herself into the open carriage.

The carriage where his wife had waited.

Customer Reviews

Review From Romance Book Junkies

Reviewed by Ava

I'm truly hooked on Natasha's works! I've not read much historical in my life, but have read a lot of romance and erotica. She meshes them all into sensual, seductive and touching stories that she has perfected telling ;)...This is a very powerful, short and satisfying read that I recommend to all and any that enjoy a sensually thrilling, historical story

March 2013

Review From Goodreads

Reviewed by Patricia Green

I love Natasha's writing. It's full of emotion without getting sappy, and chock-full of historical details without losing sight of the story. Her characters are rich and believable. In this particular book, I was at first afraid that the heroine was too bad to be redeemable, but that notion was quickly squashed. She learns a lesson instead.

I loved the hero, flawed but incredibly masculine and passionate. I highly recommend this book to others who love historical romance with a seriously erotic kick.

March 2013

Review From Salacious Reads

Reviewed by Sharonda

A Midsummer's Sin is just an erotic and compelling as Natasha's other books. And it's just as engaging and entertaining. In this novella, you have two people Thomas and Rosalind who are desperately in love with one another and want each other just as disparately. Presently puritans, they both struggle with their pasts of sins more so Thomas than Rosalind. As Thomas struggle with is demons and his lust for Rosalind, will he lose her? or have her to hold forever?...

If you have not read a book by Natasha Blackthorne, then you simply must. You are missing out on some of the most sensual, sexual, historical writing ever...

March 2013

Review From Ecata Reviews

Reviewed by Candy

Natasha Blackthorne spins a sweet tale of love and sin on a Midsummer’s night...two unlikely lovers together for one glorious night of sex.
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March 2013

Review From All Romance eBooks

Reviewed by Lady Rhyleigh

I quite enjoyed this quick afternoon treat. Rosalind is a woman determined to give up her hopes and dreams rather than live a life in the shadow of Thomas’s dead wife. Giving in to his desires, Thomas realizes he cannot give up his hopes to be with a woman who he needs in his life more than any other before. Their emotional struggle to find their happiness while giving in to their arousal gave this novella the intensity to keep me clicking through pages at a rapid pace. Take an afternoon break or make this a bedtime snack and enjoy...

March 2013

Review From Two Lips Reviews

Reviewed by Icy Snow

...a very sensual and romantic love story, and having the hero as a Puritan with specific views of sex and marriage, and the heroine a person with the same views though skewed by her own experiences only makes their struggle to find some common ground that much more dramatic.
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March 2013

A MIDSUMMER'S SIN by Natasha Blackthorne

Reviewed by AprilR from North Carolina

A MIDSUMMER'S SIN by Natasha Blackthorne is an interesting erotic historical romance set in Colonial America. It is book #1 in the "Bodices and Boudoirs Collection". A hot, sexy,quick read full of passion,secrets,longing,forbidden love,late night passions,religious restrictions,and love. Follow Rosalind Abramson and Goodman Thomas Marlowe on their journey to find love. While, this is the story of a Puritan and a bondswomen,who was a harlot and their late night passions in Colonial America it is an interesting plot and engaging characters. If you enjoy historical and erotic romance,Colonial America, the Puritan religion,and finding love you will enjoy "A Midsummer's Sin". This author knows how to write erotic and historical romance which pulls the reader into the story.Received for an honest review from the author. Details can be found at the author's website,Total-E- Bound Publishing and My Book Addiction and More.

RATING: 4

HEAT RATING: HOT,SEXY

REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction and More/My Book Addiction Reviews

October 2012

Sensual Tale! Must read!

Reviewed by Dawn Sullivan

Another mesmorizing take by Natasha Blackthorne
In this new sensual tale she takes you into the world of Thomas and Roslind.
The emotion in this wonderful tale finds a place in your heart.

Thomas a widower,a handsome, god loving man with strong beliefs.
He loves Rose and tries to fight his intense passion for her until one day it becomes to much and he lets his guard drop to finally fulfil his every fantasy with her.

Rose, a beautiful, smart, emotionally wounded woman, who loves Thomas ever since he helped her escape her horrid past.

They both secretly love eachother. Thomas fighting the passion inside him feeling like its a sin. Rose believing Thomas just thinks shes a harlot.

I loved this sensual tale from beginning to end. Both characters touched my heart. Natasha writes historical erotic romance that sizzles and heat up the pages. Her writing blends together perfectly. The details take you into her world and make you want to stay there. I really enjoyed the religion twist in this wonderful tale.

This story will stay with me for a long time to come. A must read!

August 2012

Steamy Summer Sizzler

Reviewed by Melissa from Vermont

One of the things I love about a Natasha Blackthorne historical is her unusual time periods and locations - this one takes place in Massachusetts Bay Colony's Puritan congregation, 1690. I enjoyed the back story of how Thomas and Rosalind ended up on a ship from London to the New World: what Rosalind was running from, what happened to Thomas' family on board the ship and the realities of Thomas' marriage. Brought together once again in this ultra-religious community, their union is strictly forbidden, so each encounter takes place either in the woods or the barn, making this the steamiest of summer sizzlers!

August 2012

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