Tis knowing God created Eve from Adam’s rib, the spot that protected his heart. ’Tis knowing without that rib to protect him, a man is vulnerable. ’Tis knowing you’re created to be at my side, not und...
I think that’s Miss Victorine now with your breakfast. Are you hungry?Do you expect me to sit here like a bloody fool and eat a meal?You’ll always be a bloody fool, there’s nothing to be done about th...
You really owe me a lot for locking you up. It’s improved your character immensely.She didn’t giggle well. It wasn’t in her character and it showed him only too clearly the fight he had ahead to keep...
No matter how they fought they had always been like this: balanced between anger and passion, between hurt and glory. When they first got together, she didn't understand how two people who had so litt...
Amy’s disagreeable tone shredded his fantasy. My lord, you have been staring at the chessboard for a full five minutes. Would you like me to make your move for you?He jumped like a lad with his finger...
I've been dead over seventy years and still when I hear a woman scream, I find myself standing, listening, wanting to help and unable to do anything except watch.
The more I know you, the more I wonder who you are. He counted off her qualities on his fingers. You have the accent of a lady. You dress like a peasant. You shoot like a marksman. You view the world...
We're lucky. He slipped his hand around her waist and splayed it in the small of her back. Most couples have only one first kiss. We'll have two.
All I wanted was a man who could love and who loved me, who I could share my secrets with and know his.
When at last he could lift his head, he asked, What have you done?What have I done? She lifted a mocking brow. Why, I’ve kidnapped the marquees of Northcliff.You dare to admit it? Inch by painful inch...
Are you a man?'' The question slipped out, and she regretted it. Regretted injecting reality into this delicate, lovely dream of passion. ''I thought I had conclusively proved my manhood to you. Shall...
What in Hades were you doing, lady? I almost hit you.Remington rose to confront him, but before he could say a word, Madeline came up like an infuriated wasp. What was I doing? What were you doing? Yo...
He imagines himself a wit, but he's only half that.
Lady Shapster pointed a long finger at Eleanor. You don't aspire to marry .Eleanor wanted to leap at her, to stifle her and that dreadful, smooth, accusatory tone.Mr. Knight's lips drew back from his...
I’ve been a foul-mouthed knave. Well, I don’t know. A beetle-headed malfeasor. Nothing so— A base, proud tottyhead. He paused, but she said nothing. Aren’t you going to object? No, she drawled the wor...
When she thought of how Lord Northcliff was ruining the life of a poor, sweet, old lady, she wanted to shriek with frustration. She wanted to shake him until he saw sense. She wanted to . . . she want...
That’s ridiculous. So ridiculous. He’s an adult. All adults know how to apologize. I beg to disagree, Your Highness. Only half of the adults know how to apologize. The other half aremen, and speaking...
Elizabeth understood as she never had before. Everyone, all of them had lived secure in the belief that the earth was stable, unchanging, eternal. Now no one could trust the ground beneath their feet....
Saura nodded, bemused by the code of ethics that allowed for murder and kidnapping but balked at a lady touching a lord outside of the state of wedlock.
What an expression of relief, my dear fiancée. However did you make your way through London society with such a revealing face? Not that I object, you understand. Leaning toward her, Mr. Knight smiled...
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