He doesn’t like making others uncomfortable.-Helen to Sophia about Alistair
Where are we going? she asked. Mr. Durbin’s sheep have begun to lamb, and I wanted to see how the ewes are doing. He cleared his throat. I suppose I should have told you about today’s outing earlier....
Diana, he murmured in her ear, licking. Diana, you are everything I’ve ever wanted and shall never have.Tears pricked at her eyes and she opened her mouth to sob.That’s it, he said. Weep for me. Bear...
Maximus, she whispered, all moonlight and strength. I love you. Never forget that.
Whatever else came tomorrow and for the rest of her life, she would have this moment: this one point in time when she was intimately linked to Maximus.Maximus the man.
But… Both men looked over inquiringly when Maximus spoke. But I never asked you to help me with Noakes.Makepeace nodded, his expression grave. You didn’t have to.You never had to, St. John concurred.
A smile flickered across Coral’s face. Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets—raspberry trifle is my own despair—it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not t...
She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. And I love him more for it. Do you hear me? He was a good man when he went away to the Colonies. He came back an extraordinary m...
He glanced up at her and somehow he’d come back to himself, contained all that terrible sorrow and anger and fear, enough to make ten strong men fall down like babes. Maximus held it all inside of him...
She caught his wrist, stilling the hand on her thigh. Her eyes were alittle desperate. What do you mean to do?I'd like to show you my way of making love, he said gently.
It's strange, but I find myself more disillusioned by a man who has such easily persuaded views than I would be by one whose views were entirely opposite but passionately held. Isn't that quixotic of...
