Title: The Venetian portrait
Description: Was there a way out or was she trapped?

The castle was silent and dark. Marianne crept along the hallway, searching for the stairs.

Suddenly she noticed a shaft of light coming from under a door. She turned the handle and stepped into the room.

Immediately a figure lunged at her. She screamed and a rough hand was clapped over her mouth.

All too late she realized her mistake--she'd stumbled into Robert de Larsanay's private domain!
Subjects: Fiction, romance, erotica, Single mothers, Fiction, Chief executive officers, Christmas stories