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In a moment of pure weakness, of absolute, lust-driven insanity, Bishop allowed some forbidden thoughts about his young ward to spill over from behind the dam in his head. Taboo ideas he should never allow himself to consider. He'd hidden those thoughts away. Tried to suppress them so deeply he could pretend he'd never had them. But, oh god, giving in to them now, letting himself explore the dark depths of those terrible fantasies while Penelope's hand was where it should never be--wrapped tightly around his erection--nearly made his eyes roll back in his skull.

He wanted to f*ck the girl more than he wanted to breathe. He wanted to take her so badly that living in the same house as her, now that she was finally of age, just might kill him. Lately, he could think of nothing else except burying himself inside her.

But knowing such a thing would be wrong on so many levels, and walking away from his ward's dangerously willing body, were two different things entirely, and Bishop wasn't sure he could hold out much longer.
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Bishop Cole is not fit to be around a young woman, let alone be in charge of one. Especially an innocent girl like young Penelope. However, fate has other plans.

While dealing with the death of his mentor--the father he never had--Bishop, a brilliant but reclusive college professor, suddenly finds himself the unwilling guardian of an enticing young woman he's never met. The daughter of his dead mentor. She's flirtatious, rebellious, and hell-bent on tempting him into being a very, very bad father-figure.

Thank god Penelope attends boarding school far away from Bishop's reach. Too far away for him to ever touch her.

But Penelope is as tenacious as she is tempting, and soon she's back, and living right under his roof. And Bishop is barely holding it together.

His own father was a sexual deviant, and an act Bishop himself committed in his youth is unforgivable. He's determined to spend the rest of his days working hard, keeping his head down, and making up for his monstrous past by exercising the utmost control and restraint.

The key to his restitution is remaining alone and celibate, because the evil that's in his father, the thing that makes his dad a predator of young women, just might be in Bishop too.

And even though Penelope's now an adult, Bishop knows he must still honor the wishes of his deceased mentor. He promised to act as Penelope's guardian. She is totally off-limits to him.

Not his to touch.
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Penelope Sullivan is pissed. Bishop had the life she should've had, and now her dad went and died without ever giving her what she needed from a father. Oh, but not Bishop. He had all her dad's love and attention--things that should have been hers. And now Bishop, her dad's visually-impaired research partner, is her guardian? She's under the man's thumb? Under his full control? F*ck that.

So, she figures, the least she can do is make the man's life hell.

Beautiful, curvy Penelope's got daddy issues for days, and now that she's of age, she's not afraid to explore them, especially given how hot her new guardian is, and how determined he is not to touch her the way she so desperately craves.

But can she handle it when the sexually-deprived Bishop gives in to temptation and lets his dark side take over?"},"textReviewsCount":20,"publicationDate":"","toBePublished":null,"editions":"2 editions","editionsUrl":"/work/editions/56750914-not-his-to-touch"}}],"seriesHeaders":["Book 1"]}

Not His Series

Book 1

Shelve Not His to Touch