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 swallowed and looked down at the artichoke petals piled neatly on the side of her plate. Her center certainly felt like it was melting, growing soft and wet just from the rasp of Mr. O’Connor’s vo...
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...
Never sleep anywhere but in my bed. She might have protested, but he turned her roughly so that she lay on her stomach, her cheek pressed into his pillow. He lay on top of her, his upper body braced o...
Margaret in contrast held her head high, her cheeks flagged with a becoming rose color. She looked like a goddess enraged. A goddess who might, if they were alone, assault his person--the thought of w...
I want to be with you however you wish. I want that closeness. And I want that joy.She lifted her chin and met his gaze- even with her cheeks aflame.Something softened in his face. I think you deserve...
I think that its out very differences that make us a perfect match, he said, and his jaw moved under his fingertips. You'd die of boredom with Thomas within a year. If I found a lady with a temper sim...
I must be getting back to my rooms, Silence said and stood.Mick frowned with displeasure. Why?Because of Mary Darling.He shrugged. One o’ the maids is watchin’ her.But if Mary wakes she’ll want me.Why...
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 turned to see her glaring at him, her blond hair a halo about her head in the carriage's lantern light, and felt his lips quirk. She really was rather extraordinary.A pity he could not make her his...
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...
Diana, he whispered. My Diana.
BUT HOW, EXACTLY, did one go about seducing a husband one hardly knew?
A garden always has a point.
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...
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 took two swift steps forward and placed her palms against his chest, pushing. He allowed himself to sway an inch backward with her thrust before righting himself. She stilled, staring up at him. T...
Oh, yes. I suppose not many remember now, but Maximus was so shattered by the deaths of his parents that he went mute for a full fortnight. Why, some of the quacks that came to look at him said his br...