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...
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-...
Miss Greaves drifted behind them, silent as a wraith. He had the most persistent urge to turn and confront her—make her say something to him.
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....
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...
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...
He was aware, suddenly, of the chill condensing clammily on his skin, the smell of damp cobblestones, of the very air flowing in and out of his lings.But most of all he was aware of the woman, this wo...
He thought he saw her smile waver when she read it, then she was hugging him tightly. You’re the one who needs to take care of yourself. Your escape is still all the news. They’ll be searching for you...
He pulled back, his chest heaving, and looked at her angrily. Don’t start something you mean to stop. She met his gaze squarely. I don’t mean to stop. His eyes narrowed. I cannot give you marriage. Sh...
He caught her and drew her against him, pressing kisses into her mouth as he murmured, So beautiful So beautiful.He sat up to pull the covers over them both and then he took her into his arms as he la...
He built a tower to try and be closer to her and walled himself inside.She stared at him for a moment as if waiting for something. And?He glanced at her, puzzled. And, what?She widened her eyes. How d...
Dear God, what she saw in that look! How he had hidden these many years behind the guise of a simple schoolmaster, she didn't know. Anger, passion, lust, and surging hunger swirled in his stormy eyes....
But then again, maybe a woman never really knew the men in her life.
Now she couldn’t quite remember the face of the boy whose