21.   Heart beating even faster, she shook her head.

22.   Her heart beating erratically, she obeyed, clasping her hands together to prevent her fingers from straying into his black hair.

23.   Her heart was beating so fast that she felt out of breath.

24.   Shakily Ruth raised her glass of wine to her lips, her heart beating despondently within her.

25.   Her heart beat erratically at that but she managed to shake her head in disbelief.

26.   Then she spun, staring back at that hard-faced, powerful man, and felt her heart beat with abrupt violence.

27.   Her heart beat with abrupt violence, sexual attraction crackling between them like electricity.

28.   And suddenly her heart was beating very fast, slamming against her ribcage like a demented hammer.

29.   Her heart was beating a slow, hard rhythm.