You can’t teach a dog not to bark, for ’tis God’s will that they do,
When you’ve tired of me, she said softly, precisely, Apollo will still be my brother. Will still be there for me.I’ll never tire of you, he said, knowing with every thread of his soul that he spoke th...
Now I’ll just have to do without.She raised her eyebrows. I’m sorry?Then Maximus did something very strange: he went on one knee before her.This isn’t right at all, he said, continuing to glare as if...
Not only had his housekeeper attempted to steal from him, but she'd refused to answer his questions, and- he surveyed the servants sent to wait upon him- if he wasn't mistaken she'd made sure to hide...
I’m not a maiden. You took that. And I would again, he growled. I’d steal you away and keep you in a castle far from here. Far from any other man. I’d guard you jealously and every night come to your...
He smelled the scent of roses and it nearly maddened him. Or perhaps he was already mad. Run now, he whispered. She stared at him, refusing to move. Very well, he snarled, and took her into his arms.
He pulled back, staring at her in the dim carriage, his brows still knit. Megs?Oh, right. She still hadn't told him. Well, it was his own fault; his mouth was simply delicious.I love you, she said, sp...
He opened his eyes to see her licking her lips nervously. I... er... We should remove your banyan. At least the upper portion.If he were a man given to mirth he might've grinned then. She was playing...
Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin.Wanting a man who was sin itself.
At her gesture Michael cursed and caught her hand, falling suddenly atop her.She stared up at him wondering what bedchamber faux pas she’d committed.He groaned at her look. I’ll let ye pet and play al...
One can't live without falling now and again.
She was already in his palace, in his life. He couldn't go back--and wouldn't even if he could. She was so close to him now that it was as if he held her in his palm like a glowing ember--and gave tha...
She could hear him swallow, and then his face was against hers, his own damp. I'm so lucky you would have me, my Phoebe, as my wife and my love. You've brought the sun into my lonely, gray life. (Capt...
If she’d been quizzed as to His Grace’s eye color, she would’ve had to reply simply that they were dark. Which they were. Very dark, nearly black, but not quite. The Duke of Wakefield’s eyes were a de...
I've never been particularly fond of the artifice of flirtation.
His knee pressed between her thighs, bunching the linen against her woman's place, spreading her and rubbing into her folds.She found herself undulating against that knee, pleasuring herself with his...
Do you think you love that fellow?I don't know. She closed her eyes, but the tears overflowed nevertheless. All I know is that he opened a door into a whole new world I never even knew existed. I've s...
There would be repercussions should I not return.Montgomery's eyes widened, blue and guileless. You see, this is the difference between you and me. When you make a statement like that, you think it wi...
The face that was revealed had once been as beautiful as an angel's but was now horribly mutilated. A livid red scar ran from just below his hairline on the right side of his face, bisecting the eyebr...
She moaned, long and low, wanting to arch, to thrash, to scream. Instead she opened her mouth and bit his shoulder, tasting salt.Tasting want.Then she gasped. Please.What do you want? he whispered in...