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Authors: Jina Bacarr
Cleopatra�s Perfume
Selected praise for award-winning author
JINA BACARR
THE BLONDE GEISHA
“An astounding, wonderful debut novel from Jina Bacarr, an author not to be missed!”
—The Mystic Castle
“Erotic romance fans should be prepared for lots of teasing.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A highly sensual coming-of-age story that, when read, one should focus on Bacarr’s gift of writing.”
—Romance Reader at Heart
“Ms. Bacarr’s voice is like a songbird; many will fall under its sensuous currents…[a] remarkable book.”
—A Romance Review
“
The Blonde Geisha
had me spellbound…. Ms. Bacarr pens a rare work of art…an extraordinary tale.”
—Coffee Time Romance
NAUGHTY PARIS
“Rich in historical detail and dialogue, sizzling with sexual energy…a lush and sensual novel of one woman coming into her own.”
—Erotica Romance Writers
“Ms. Bacarr once again demonstrates her talent of erotic pencrafting that is not only titillating, but wantonly different. With a voice so naturally sensual, Ms. Bacarr is in a class of her own. It is decadence, superbly delivered, fresh and highly creative.”
—ParaNormal Romance
“
Naughty Paris
is a read that I will not soon forget…. I love the touch of magic instilled in this great read.”
—The Romance Studio
“A humorous, erotic tale…a beautifully written love story…[it] will make readers believe in love in all its major transformations.”
—Romance Junkies
“This book is fantastic! It is erotica combined with a hint of paranormal time travel, featuring sex scenes that will run away with your imagination. Bacarr is brilliant as she masterminds a true tale of sexual exploration.”
—Romance Reader at Heart
“
Naughty Paris
is a fascinating journey…a magnificent view into a time and place that many can only imagine…breathtaking!”
—Coffee Time Romance
SPIES, LIES & NAKED THIGHS
“The talented Bacarr delivers another strikingly original, fast-paced romp highlighted by a smoking-hot hero and a sassy heroine.”
—Romantic Times BOOKreviews
“Filled with action, [this] is a fun chick-lit thriller with a touch of romance to add spice to a fun tale of intrigue.”
—Harriet Klausner
JINA BACARR
Cleopatra’s Perfume
An Erotic Novel
For my husband, Len, who took the journey with me.
And never looked back.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
War is hell. Ask anyone on the front lines. The fighting, the bombing, the killing. But there was another kind of war fought during World War II. A war behind the scenes in elegant hotels, loud cabarets and dark alleys. Brave men and women standing up to Hitler’s war machine and giving everything they had to keep the world free.
A few years ago I found myself in the Latin Quarter in Paris on a cold winter night, the chilly wind whipping my coat around me, footsteps behind me seemingly coming out of nowhere. I looked up and saw a plaque on the wall of a building proclaiming that on this spot two French Resistance fighters lost their lives fighting against the Nazis in 1942. I shivered, their presence very real to me. As if it was
their
footsteps I heard and they still guarded this spot. I knew then in my heart I wanted to tell a story about the intrigue of that war and the lives that were changed forever.
I became fascinated with the men and women who dared to take on the dangerous job of working for the underground. I pored through first-person accounts, letters, newspapers, magazines, history books and newsreels of spies, Resistance fighters, downed pilots and ordinary people who gave up everything they held most dear to fight against the Nazi invasion. I thank them for their sacrifice and dedication to freedom.
I also wish to acknowledge the tireless efforts of my editor, Susan Swinwood, who gives me the freedom to explore my worlds and who guides me with her expertise. And finally, I wish to thank my wonderful agent, Roberta Brown, a classy lady in any era and my dear friend, for her encouragement and for staying the course with me.
Cleopatra’s Perfume
CONTENTS
A secluded lake outside Berlin
April 29, 1941
B
londes always did get him in trouble. This one could get him killed. Tall, statuesque, with big breasts and a seductive walk that communicated with the world in a way he’d never seen. Slow and easy, with just enough wiggle to let him know she was all woman.
This blonde also had a sharp-nosed Nazi squeezing the soft flesh of her arm in a tight grip.
“Strip her!”
the German officer yelled, pushing the woman toward him.
“I don’t assault women.”
Even if she is a fraud and a liar,
he finished silently. A strange, hot light burned in the SS officer’s eyes, sending a driving itch up his backside. He stood his ground, his legs spread apart, his hands on his hips, though he longed to overpower the man.
“I said, strip her.
Now!
” The sun-bleached blond Nazi cracked his whip so close to his skin it scorched the hairs on the back of his neck with heat. He swallowed, choking on his own saliva, a rotten taste in his mouth turning his stomach but not his courage. No doubt the German fueled his obsession with power with cruel, lascivious acts, setting up a bitter rivalry between the two of them, but why? And who would win?
“Since you’re so reluctant to do what the Nazi officer asks,” she said, her voice calm and precise, “I’ll show you how to undress a woman.”
She unfastened the ornate buttons on her dress then slid her fingers across them as if wiping off the sticky sweat. Then she wiggled out of the blue silk garment, kicked off her Sunday-white pumps and removed her sheer silk stockings and garters. Underneath she wore nothing but a nude-colored slip. Her breathing ragged, her eyes squinting against an approving sun overhead, she waited for him to say something.
“You
want
me to fuck you,” he said, disbelieving.
“Yes.”
“Then why this silly game?”
She smiled. “It makes it more interesting.”
“You’re crazy.”
"
You’re
crazy if you don’t take advantage of the situation.”
“I don’t get it. After what happened in Cairo when I—”
“That’s in the past.” Her eyes warned him not to say anything more, though her lips invited his touch when she moistened them with her tongue. He reached out to grab her, but before he could wrap his hands around her waist, she
raced over to the edge of the lake and climbed up on a large granite rock.
Poised on the edge like a mermaid, the platinum beauty wiggled her firm breasts and smiled, coy, teasing, as if she were about to divulge to him a hidden entry into her. He smiled. Soft and wet and smelling of the salty sea, he had no doubt he
would
fuck her before this strange scenario came to an end.
She stretched her arms over her head as if reaching up to rip through the dark clouds of war overhead. He was in too deep now to retreat, escape. Only by the whim of a forgotten water nymph had peace survived in this tranquil setting. But not for long.
A flash of red sparked from the huge ruby and pearl ring she wore on her forefinger, guiding his eye in his appraisal of her, up and down, in and around every curve, as if she were already nude. The slip fit so tightly around her body he swore it was a second skin.
“I must warn you,” cooed the audacious, powder-white blonde, pushing down a thin strap over her pure ivory shoulder. “Contrary to what the Nazi believes, I’ve never met a man who could satisfy me.”
“I remember the first time I heard you say those words. I proved you wrong then and I’ll prove you wrong now.”
“Will you?”
The other strap came down next, her gesture deliberate and slow, gauged to make him sweat. Tempting him like an odalisque, but every inch a female with her own mind, she pushed her breasts together to emphasize her ample cleavage. He went numb, his emotions shaken, knowing what he did about her. How she used men to satisfy her lust.
Anger rushed through his veins like quicksilver, the foul taste of her perversities lingering on his lips, but he remained silent. Instead, he let out a low whistle, making her smile. Without so much as a hint of embarrassment at the boldness of her statement
or
her actions, she went one step further with her challenge.
“Many men have tried to tame my hunger, including you…” She paused, the faint memory of a hot night in a smoky nightclub sparking both their imaginations, then it was gone. “But none have succeeded.”
“I don’t get it. What the hell kind of game are you playing?” He pulled in his breath, then before he could reach out and grab her she slid off the rock with the grace of a mythical water creature and, as if by fairy-tale magic, stood before him on two beautiful bare legs. She turned around, her back facing him.
“Would you mind?” she said, her voice hot and breathy. A long, delicate zipper snaked up and down her spine, tempting him. She’d issued him a challenge, knowing he couldn’t resist taking her up on it. The thought of bringing the blonde to her knees had obsessed him since the moment he saw her in Cairo two years ago. A beauty with a cold heart, he knew, and he hated her for it. She proved it to him again when they met up in London a few weeks ago. He shivered, a cool breeze rising off the lake. He remembered they weren’t alone. A pair of flickering silver-blue eyes, cold and hungry, watched everything they did, no matter how intimate. And waited.
“My pleasure,” he said, drawing down the finely sewn zipper in one pull. “
And
yours.”
She turned around and moved in a manner he could only
describe as a shimmy. Down came the slip, sliding over her breasts then down around her hips and off, forming a satin puddle of expensive femininity at her feet. She stood tall, though she was barefoot, with shapely legs he ached to wrap around his waist. She stepped out of the slip and posed for him. Hands on her hips, legs crossed, one foot in front of the other, she pointed her right toe and dug it into the soft brownish-colored sand at the base of the rock as if drawing a line and daring him to come closer.
He held in his breath. She was nude. Big, beautiful breasts curved and round. Large nipples, pointy and brown. Slim hips, flat stomach. She tilted her head toward him in a coy manner, something she did often, he remembered, and gave him a look that said his reaction pleased her. That look aroused him more, heightened his desire in a manner he’d never experienced. He always thought of sexual desire as a summer storm, created by combustible changes in the atmosphere, and just as unpredictable.
