You’re burning, she gasped. Then you ought not to touch me, he said seriously. You’ll be consumed. Too late, she muttered, and pivoted, trying to drag him, he presumed, toward the bed. You’re awfully...
What of all the men who made her what she is by associating with her? she asked. No one worries about the reputation of the men who patronize whores. I can’t believe you would speak of such things, he...
Well, I suppose I wouldn’t have been going to Harte’s Folly again in any case. Why not? he asked absently. Was the play not to your liking? We didn’t get that far. She sighed. Penelope had rather a fi...
This is who I am, Séraphine. Naked, with blade and blood. I am vengeance. I am hate. I am sin personified. Never mistake me for the hero of this tale, for I am not and shall never be. I am the villain...
There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.
Temperance pursed her lips, her eyes firmly fixed on the growing mound of chopped turnip roots. Do you think anyone really likes turnips?Temperance…Temperance poked the tip of her knife into a white c...
Somehow she knew he would take a love affair very seriously indeed. Once that pinpoint focus was engaged, he would throw himself body and soul into the liaison. In the the woman he decided to take as...
Shh, he whispered. You asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?
She stood in profile across the green, her back straight, her stance that of some long ago warrior maiden. As he walked toward her, Miss Greaves drew back her bow briskly, aiming a tad high to account...
She slapped him, quick and hard. His head turned slightly with the blow, but other than that his only reaction was the narrowing of his eyes. Her chest was heaving as if she were running. No! You must...
She pulled back and murmured, I’m still mad at you. Are you? His wounded voice had descended into Stygian depths. He pressed open-mouthed kisses to her jaw. Yes. She yanked at his hair in emphasis. He...
She leaned forward, her expression determined. Do you mean to sleep with me tonight?He looked at her.She was like a dog that would not leave a bone. She sat across from him in his mother's old yellow...
She knew about young boys—she'd spent the last year taking care of them. They were tough and reckless and yet at the same time so very sweet and vulnerable. Their cheeks were soft and their eyes apolo...
One would not think that fish were so silly as to confuse feathers and a hook for a fly alighting on the water, but apparently fish were foolish creatures. Or perhaps they were simply very nearsighted...
Much of life is a game. If played skillfully, with an intelligent and fascinating opponent, it can become almost a dance. One challenges and moves, the other teases and skips away, only to dart forwar...
Lily opened the door. Maude, would you— She cut herself off. Maude was nowhere in sight, but Caliban was across the room, holding a page of her play to the light of the fire. His eyes were intent, his...
Lieutenant Cranston, sitting across the tavern table from him, looked startled. Something amiss, Captain? It’s as I feared—we’ve been called back to sea early. We set sail in less than a
I'll use any means necessary -- any f*cking violence I --in order to keep you safe. Do you understand me, Eve? This isn't bloody negotiable. I will f*cking if it means it'll keep you safe.
Her breath caught on the thought. Was he saying that a woman would put her hands—her mouth—there?Her bodice felt suddenly too tight as her breaths became faster. She didn’t know where to look: at thos...
He was like a star in the night sky above and she but a sparrow. No matter how high she might try to fly, she'd never reach him.