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...
I can’t take this kind of suspense. Decide now. He untied the ropes around her wrists. Walk out the door. In a year you’ll be free of any entanglements with me. Or stay and be my wife. My real wife. M...
Holding her tight against him, he said, I am the blood in your veins, the marrow in your bones. You'll never go anywhere without knowing I'm inside you, supporting you, keeping you alive. I am a part...
He could plan an attack, prolong a siege; those abilities could be trained to deal with the female mind. She considered him her passionate lover. She consented to marry him as the protector of her lan...
Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most.
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....
Don’t you have any respect for your betters?I do. That’s why I’m going to help her up the stairs and put her to bed with a cup of hot tea. You can just sit here and . . . jangle your manacle!
But she is a woman, and a haughty woman at that. That’s a bitter dose for haughty men to swallow, Saura answered with humor. You show a formidable insight. His humor acknowledged hers.
With great care, Amy opened the cellar door.With ladylike demeanor, she descended the stairs. And as her reward, she had the satisfaction of catching His Mighty Lordship sitting on the cot, his knee c...
That’s the master bedchamber, remember? You’ve been there collecting my underwear.That’s right. You’re the swine who sent me on a fool’s errand when you could have gone yourself. She observed his expr...
Miss Prendregast! He rapped on his desk with his knuckles. You were never in any danger!Except from the wild animals.His lids swept down as if he needed a reprieve from looking at her. Alert me if you...
If Amy had one ounce of romance in her soul, she would be sighing with gratification. Instead, she said acerbically, All that’s missing is the love poem.Jermyn deposited her in a chair by the table. I...
Her legs were clutching at him now, twining around him. She was trying to draw him in, and she didn't even know what she was doing. She was drowning in instinct, and he loved it. Loved knowing that th...
For as long as I could remember, I had always been the girl who had watched her father kill her mother.
You did this on purpose.For the first time, he saw the flash of anger in her blue eyes. Of course. Did you really think I would meekly wear the clothing you had procured for me, as if I were some ligh...
Why do we have to go to Summerwind Abbey tonight? Why couldn’t we have waited until I at least combed the sand out of my hair? She heard the whine in her voice and realized she’d been reduced to petul...
When we're married, we'll make a place for your cousin in the household. Never fear, dear duchess. I will love her as you do.Eleanor flushed. Mr. Knight had a way of saying the right thing and lightin...
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...
She glanced over her shoulder at him. So until the wedding ceremony in your chapel, we’ll be chaste?Her smile flirted and taunted, and he marveled at how quickly Amy had learned to entice. There is an...
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...