This is my social face, he said lightly. Don’t confuse it with the animal beneath.
Then I wish I had it in my power to make him live without the sun for the rest of his pitiful life. She stopped and glanced at him. That’s a romantic thing to say. He shook his head. I’m not a romanti...
The end of his vicious rant ended in a satisfying squawk as Apollo backhanded him. The other man staggered and fell on his arse. No, don’t hurt him! Lily cried, and Apollo hated to think she cared for...
She rose and walked to the small fireplace, where a kettle had been set long before supper. It was gently steaming now. She caught up a rag and reached for the handle, but another, much bigger, hand g...
Rebecca held her head high and swanned across the hallway, but as she neared the footman, she could see quite plainly that his gaze was not where it should be. She stopped dead and slapped her hands o...
Really, sometimes it would be much easier if one were allowed to simply hit gentlemen over the head.
People make mistakes. Ideals don’t. Think that’s the first lesson that must be learned in any marriage.
Now, then, young lady. Which of these gentlemen will you marry?This one. She squeezed [his] arm.The vicar inspected [him] and sniffed. Doesnt look that much different from the other one.Nevertheless-...
Nothing leveled a man quite like being unable to protect his woman.
Lily… I thought we were friends. He rose in one movement. I thought we were more than friends. Her eyes widened and she backed up a step, seemingly without conscious thought, as he advanced on her, un...
Lily stopped dead in the doorway to her room and then took a step back. Apollo cocked his head. It’d been a very long day full of trepidation mixed with tediousness and he’d used up all his patience....
Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her.
It was the sad state of the world that people judged others not by the best that they could be but by the worst thought in their own hearts
It was no use. Edward rolled his head back against his shoulders, trying to ease the tension. He would have to make a trip to London soon to spend a night or even two at Aphrodite’s Grotto. Perhaps af...
It was a strange thing, this feeling of empathy. He'd never experienced it before. He realized that what hurt this woman hurt him as well, that what made her bleed caused a hemorrhage of pain within h...
In that moment Apollo resolved that no matter how ridiculous their mating might be, he wasn’t going to let her change her mind. She was his now—and if he had any say in the matter, she’d be his always...
If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.
I see a woman who has a deep curiosity. Who wants to feel but is worried- of herself? Of others? I'm not sure. But I think she has a fire banked within her. Maybe it's only embers now, glowing in the...
I found it after the soldiers came and I kept it. I don’t know why because at that point I wasn’t sure I’d ever see you again. But then when I uncovered it this morning, I knew… that is… She reached o...
I am a whore, she said. And in addition to that, I am not a nice woman. But despite these facts, my word is gold.