Lessons and Lovers

Lover after dark...
What happens when a perfectly civilized bedroom arrangement turns into a minefield of turbulent emotion?
Wealthy widow Hettie Miller misses her dead husband terribly, but is still beset by a gnawing physical desire. Lonely and confused, she turns to Starr, her late husband's personal assistant, who discreetly supplies an after dark solution. At night, he comes to her bed and thrills her with intense, breath-taking lovemaking, even though by day, their employer/employee relationship is scrupulously formal and hands off.
But Starr loves Hettie. With all his heart. He's loved her since the first time he ever met her, but until now, he's always managed to conceal it beneath a mask of immaculate manners and rigidly controlled reserve.
During a summer getaway at her secluded country mansion, it finally dawns on Hettie that her feelings for Starr are far more than simply carnal, and the parameters of their relationship start to change…

Portia Da Costa is a SUNDAY TIMES best-selling British author of romance, erotic romance and erotica, whose short stories and novels have been published in the UK and elsewhere since 1991. She loves creating stories about sexy, likeable people in steamy, scandalous situations, and has written for various publishers over the years, including Black Lace, HQN, Spice Briefs, Samhain Publishing, Carina Press and a good many others. Though her best known titles are mainly contemporary erotic romance, she also enjoys writing super hot Victorian historical romance, and erotic paranormals. She's even turned her hand to a bit of erotic sci-fi and horror on occasion.
In 2012, her Black Lace contemporary erotic romance IN TOO DEEP, reached Number #5 in the Sunday Times paperback fiction chart, with only books by E L James and Sylvia Day outselling her!
When Portia isn't writing she's usually to be found loafing around watching the television or reading a wide variety of fiction and non fiction. She lives in the heart of West Yorkshire in the UK, with her long suffering husband and their four beloved cats: siblings Mork and Mindy, cranky but lovable Felix, and Monsieur Le Prince, a rescue cat from France.