THIS IS PART OF A INSTALLMENT SERIES!!! NOT A COMPLETE BOOK!!!! Is Arienne Chevalier, Lady Rienne to one and all, vicious? Undoubtedly. Is she wicked? Without a doubt. Is she evil? You can bet on it. But what made her the way she is today? The deep origins of her villainy may never be known, but how she climbed to power is a riveting ride. Told in snippets from the first m THIS IS PART OF A INSTALLMENT SERIES!!! NOT A COMPLETE BOOK!!!! Is Arienne Chevalier, Lady Rienne to one and all, vicious? Undoubtedly. Is she wicked? Without a doubt. Is she evil? You can bet on it. But what made her the way she is today? The deep origins of her villainy may never be known, but how she climbed to power is a riveting ride. Told in snippets from the first moment Arienne met her own Chevalier man, witness Lady Rienne’s rise to power, and see all that she lost on her way to the top. “Go clean yourself in the bathroom over there,” he instructed, climbing to his feet to fetch another drink. He didn’t refasten his pants, he was a long way from being done. “And Arienne, be completely bare when you return. Might as well take advantage of the Mrs. being out tonight.” His lips curled in a rueful smile. Why nor ruin her night a little before taking her again and again? It would give her something to mull over when they were done Something other than him and his fucked up life. “Oh and Arienne sweet, you may be a too late in getting your hooks into the boss man, as pretty as they are. Seems he’s taken. Beautiful colored woman, sweet and gentle. I’d bet my fortune she’s never been with a man- before Baptiste of course.” Arienne froze, staring back at him with a mixture of horrified fascination, along with the beginnings of true, unadulterated rage and something else. Something elusive and altogether frightening. Baptiste may never know how close he came to a brush with a true, unrepentant sociopath because Archer didn’t doubt at that moment this woman would kill to get what she wanted. “Who? Who is she and how did you find out?” The words were hissed through clenched teeth; her entire face had turned molten. If Archer gave a shit about his life, he might’ve been scared. “Run along, Arienne. We haven’t all night. I have somewhere to be.” She snatched her clothes of the ground, stomping from the room. She thought she would just walk away, in search of Baptiste and his woman no doubt. Too bad Archer had no intention of letting her go just yet. It was the last time they would be together like this, he had every intention of making it last. Arienne wouldn’t soon forget Archer Sinclair Laurent, but there wouldn’t be a damn thing she could do about it.