{"id":38480,"date":"2026-09-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?p=38480"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:57:39","slug":"book-hooks-petunia-and-the-pearl-diver-miss-im-afraid-of-my-own-shadow-would-waste-his-time-regencyromance-historicalromance-london-mfrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?p=38480","title":{"rendered":"Book Hooks: Petunia and the Pearl Diver. Miss I\u2019m-Afraid-of-My-Own-Shadow would waste his time. #Regencyromance #historicalromance #London #mfrw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Petunia and the Pearl Diver: <\/strong>A hot Regency romance. Petunia needs money to save her aristocratic family. The pearl diver needs a woman to save him, body and soul. Their night together at a London brothel could solve both problems. But can their relationship survive in the real world?Because walking away becomes impossible when one night leaves them craving more\u2026and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Hook:<\/strong> The pearl diver looked at the fidgeting Mistress. When she\u2019d first come into the room he\u2019d thought\u2026no fucking chance. Miss I\u2019m-Afraid-of-My-Own-Shadow would waste his time and his money. However, he\u2019d underestimated the sheer brazen determination of the woman, because she was still in this room with him, when he\u2019d have bet another strand of pearls that she\u2019d have turned tail and run in the first three minutes. Hell, the other two girls were seasoned prostitutes and they\u2019d run after getting no reaction from him, due to equal parts of disbelief, frustration, and his howling anger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d He didn\u2019t expect an answer, but he\u2019d startled her into a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPetunia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked more shocked than he was that she\u2019d blurted out what he assumed was her real name. Street walkers, even high class ones, used stage names. The two girls before had called themselves Strawberry and Plum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She seemed horrified, perhaps even terrified, over her mistake, which made him wonder what the hell she was hiding. If she was employed here, she\u2019d have called herself\u2026another fruit? Pineapple, or lemon? Her expression was sour enough to have sucked lemons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn.\u201d She waved at guard number one, the big man with an obvious liking for male physiques. \u201cTurn him over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pearl diver glared at the guard, but they tossed him to his stomach as if he was a lump of meat thrown into a frying pan. \u201cShit.\u201d He kicked backwards, but missed. The whip cracked near his bare backside and he yelled. \u201cHoly mother of God.\u201d He tried to look at his backside to see if it was marked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m your mistress, so you don\u2019t speak unless spoken to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whip cracked a second time, but thankfully only stung a little as her aim was so crooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat will remind you,\u201d Petunia announced, \u201cthat I\u2019m here to do a job. I need those pearls. So you\u2019re not leaving until I\u2019ve earned them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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