That Lady Herrick has a birthmark in the shape of a butterfly on her left buttock. Oh, and that said birthmark turns an interesting shade of lavender when slapped. Apollo stopped in the hallway outsid...
Why? she asked urgently. Why me?Because, he murmured, you draw me. Because you are kind but not soft. Because you cradle a desperate secret to your bosom, like a viper in your arms, and don't let go o...
The solid lines will be new plantings. The maze will be the centerpiece of the new garden. The pond on one side, the theater on another, so that from the theater one will look across the maze to the p...
Tall, dark fellow with a bit of a manner? Witty and knows it? And a devil with the ladies, he thought but did not say aloud to his sister.
She wanted to ride him, wanted to hide him away in her bedroom, to use only for herself.She was jealous of every woman who had come before her. Had used this wonderful penis. Had heard his groan.She o...
She remembered her hand and how to work it, tearing open his falls and the smallclothes beneath. Her breaths were coming in hot little pants now and she stared up at him as she took him into her fist....
She glanced at the man quickly. Thank you. She meant to say more, but something was caught in her throat. Her eyes stung. Weep not, proud Diana, Maximus murmured. The moon will not allow it. No. She a...
She couldn’t very well get up and leave him without causing a scene, but she dearly wanted to. Well, then, in the interests of fairness, perhaps you ought to know, Your Grace, that I have no intention...
Pay heed: the artichoke is a shy vegetable. She covers herself in spine-tipped leaves that must be carefully peeled away, and underneath shields her treasure with a barricade o' soft needles. They mus...
No, please don’t apologize. She smiled, warmth spreading through her breast as she gathered her courage. Maybe this was the time. I wanted the kiss just as much as you. As a matter of— I’m engaged. Wh...
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...
It’s so tedious, Montgomery sighed, to have to wait for invitations and, I find, they often don’t come when you most want them to. Much easier to simply disregard formal invitations altogether.
Indio started forward and took the big man’s hand as naturally as he’d taken his mother’s. Come on! Maude’s making roast chicken and there’ll be gravy and dumplings.
I believe that you wanted to love Marie—that you’re enamored by the idea of love—but that you have no concept what love is. I think that’s what you’re searching for in St. Giles—some source of emotion...
He paid scant attention to the conversation. He could smell his own sent on Anna's body, and it satisfied him in a primal way ... She gasped as he buried his nose in her maiden hair and inhaled. His s...
He met Caire's eyes. I hope we can finish this soon. I left your sister in my bed.St. John swore under his breath and stepped between them, facing Val. Are you insane?Many think so,. Val was watching...
Have you asked the question yet? I'm rather good at it, if I do say to myself. I got three different ladies to agree to marry me while you were gone. Did you know? Some didn't actually make it to the...
For the first time in a very long time, he yearned to see tomorrow. Tomorrow and the day after that and the year after that. There was a possibility that with Megs he might have a life to look forward...
What of the Parliament? Or the succession of the marquessate?Don't you see? He shook his head, searching for the words, he who was known for his eloquence on the floor of the House of Lords. None of t...
We all know that we’ll die someday, but believing it is another thing entirely.