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Happy Hump Day!

Here's today's passage, courtesy of Celeste Bradley's "Seducing the Spy," a romance novel about royalty, mistresses and -- you guessed it -- spies.

He didn't dare contemplate what he wanted to do with Lady Alicia herself. The thought of taking her over his knee crossed his mind, leading him into dangerous territory occupied by lingering thoughts of a soft womanly bottom bare to his touch...

He jerked his mind back to simple seething fury.

PERFECT.