The Man in the Railway Carriage: Sensual BWWM Historical Short (The Respectable Black Lady Series)
By Stacy-Deanne
Matilda Clay knows the rules. A respectable Black woman in Victorian society doesn't sit alone with a stranger, doesn't drink from his flask, and doesn't let his gaze linger longer than propriety allows.
But when a countryside train stalls for the night, trapping her in a private carriage with Nathaniel Reed, an American industrialist who has never once bowed to English manners, every rule she's lived by starts to feel like a cage.
Nathaniel doesn't flatter. He doesn't perform. He simply l...
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Matilda Clay knows the rules. A respectable Black woman in Victorian society doesn't sit alone with a stranger, doesn't drink from his flask, and doesn't let his gaze linger longer than propriety allows.
But when a countryside train stalls for the night, trapping her in a private carriage with Nathaniel Reed, an American industrialist who has never once bowed to English manners, every rule she's lived by starts to feel like a cage.
Nathaniel doesn't flatter. He doesn't perform. He simply looks at her like a woman worth wanting, and asks her, again and again, what she actually wants.
With nowhere to go and no one watching, Matilda discovers just how far she's willing to fall for a man who makes her forget every reason she shouldn't.
Tropes: Forced Proximity, Stranger on a Train, Forbidden Attraction, Slow Burn to Explosive Passion, Opposites Attract
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