She caught her breath on a sob. He was going to London to bed another woman.
Maude was still scowling. What’s wrong with him? Can’t he talk? No, he can’t, Indio said simply, saving Apollo from having to do his dumb show. Oh. Maude blinked, obviously taken aback. Has he had his...
I won’t marry you, she repeated.Why not? You were eager enough to fuck me.Anna winced. I do wish you would stop using that word.Edward swung around and assumed a hideously sarcastic expression. Would...
I love you, Godric St. John, and now I'm breaking my word. I will not leave you. You may either come with me to Laurelwood or I'll stay here with you in your musty old house in London and drive you ma...
He looked down the table again and felt an irrational urge to push poor Mr. Watts out of his chair when Miss Greaves tilted her head toward him to hear something he’d said. He caught her eye briefly a...
Briefly, he tried to imagine any of his previous, male secretaries daring to comment on his appearance. It was impossible. In fact, he couldn’t think of anyone, save his current female secretary, who...
She was lost. He broke their kiss and laid his forehead against hers. Make me stop. I can’t, she whispered. Then… we’re doomed, he said, his voice husky and low.
I control your funds. I don't control you. And I think, Mr. Harte, that had you all the money in the world, or sat penniless in a gutter, I still would not find you very likable.
I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you.He closed his eyes.And when he opened them the ice had melted. He was looking at her with tears in his crystal eyes.Iris, my Iris, he whispered, and drew...
He smiled slowly, as if particularly pleased with her question, and she couldn’t help smiling in return. He reached around her, his arms nearly embracing her, and wrote in the notebook on her lap, Ver...
BUT HOW, EXACTLY, did one go about seducing a husband one hardly knew?
Then I suppose our discussion is done.She turned to go, but he had a hard grip on her upper arm, pulling her back.Not yet it's not, he growled.She fought down the old, nauseous fear. Let go of me.Why?...
Tell me the truth, Raphael. Now. Tonight. No more evasions and lies. What is it you feel for me? Is it affection- or merely indifference?He finally moved then, snatching the sketchbook from her hand a...
THERE WERE THOSE who compared Bedlam to hell—a writhing purgatory of torture and insanity. But Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne, knew what Bedlam really was. It was limbo. A place of interminable wa...
Still, he watched intently as she began her descent, ready to grab her arm should she waver. You’re hovering, she said without turning. Hovering is my job. That’s debatable. No, actually, it isn’t, he...
So it was understandable that Lily didn’t at first notice the very large man in her bed when she entered the room assigned to her. When she did, she stopped dead and hissed, You can’t be in here! The...
She threw back her head, riding him hard, the sweat sliding down between her breasts. He lurched up, half sitting, his arm propping him up, and licked the sweat from her body.She cried out, gasping, h...
She stood still a moment, watching him, and he had no idea at all what she was thinking. Finally she laughed quietly, gesturing with her free hand at the marble figure. It’s a minotaur. I suppose that...
One gray eye opened, staring at her warily. She felt as if she were looking at a wild thing- some animal much more powerful than she, deciding whether to trust her or to devour her.He must have made a...
Melisande blinked rapidly, then looked back to the little box with garnet earrings. Her ears weren't even pierced. She touched one of the garnets with a fingertip and wondered if he'd ever looked-real...