What a dichotomy she was! She seemed timid until he spoke derisively of her title, and then she spoke in an icy ferocity. A few minutes later, with a few words artfully couched to sound like a threat,...
The imposter's long, sturdy traveling cloak covered plain, dark, modest traveling clothes. Like the duchess, she was tall and well-rounded, and she spoke with the duchess's aristocratic accent. Also l...
The consequence of the duchess of Magnus is so great, even arriving at a ball on your arm, Mr. Knight, cannot damage it. She smiled as she made the claim, as if she were amused by her own temerity. Un...
After all, what was the point of showing trepidation? It would merely be another proof that, although Eleanor had traveled across war-torn Europe as the duchess's companion, she hadn't acquired the ve...
I'm Lady Codell-Fitch, and like so many of us, I wish to offer congratulations on your betrothal.Yes, congratulations. Congratulations! Amazing betrothal!The felicitations were insincere and accompani...
Look, Madeline, Lady Gertrude said, everyone's gaping at you!I know. The future duchess stared straight ahead, her shoulders stiff, her back straight.Never had Remington seen a woman less comfortable...
She heard nothing but experienced a sensation that prickled along her spine like a warm touch caressing her skin. Slowly, with the care of prey beneath a predator's survey, she turned her head- and me...
He did not need to be distracted by a woman.A gorgeous woman, yes, but just a woman.He didn't understand her. That was the problem. She was beautiful but unaware of her beauty. She was rich but not gr...
Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.
His duchess rode like a woman born to the saddle, moving gracefully with the horse. Here, on the riding path in Green Park, her smooth mask of serenity slipped, and she became a woman saturated in bli...
I don't... we can't...His white teeth flashed in his tanned face, and he pulled her up against him so that she stood on her toes, so that her balance depended on him. I can't believe I've managed to w...
It's that when the best hostesses pluck someone to be their new original, they can sometimes drop him as swiftly.I hold in my palm a guarantee they will not. Lifting her hand to his again, he pressed...
I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.
Life is too short to dance with ugly men
Staring into his cold, pale eyes, she felt the chill of the future.Slowly, as if irresistibly drawn, he slid his fingers into her hair, loosening the already drooping chignon at the base of her neck....
Now that you're here, you cannot leave. He leaned close and whispered, My future wife stays in my house- with me..Eleanor was trapped in this man's house. I can't stay here. She shrank from Mr. Knight...
And you’re prickly enough about being young.She was amusing him. More than ever, I feel as if I’ve robbed the cradle.But she knew how to puncture his mirth. You are very old, she agreed demurely.He pu...
Again he reached for her. Again he brought her up against him. But this time he showed her how very much he'd restrained himself before.Sliding his hand along the base of her neck, he thrust his finge...
So you know you're a ghost? I looked at my hands; they were transparent and glowed faintly. Can you think of another explanation?
When I break a rock open with my pick, I'm a prophet. I see the past. I see the future. I know where the world is going, and where it's been. And I always, always want to know more.
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