You tend a wound nearly as well as you dance.Her blue-gray gaze flicked up to his, wide with surprise. I wasn't sure if you recognized me from the ball.This was intimate, her face so close to his. He...
Why me?Because you draw me. Because you are kind but not soft. Because when you touch me, the pain is bittersweet. Because you cradle a desperate secret to your bosom, like a viper in your arms, and d...
When he’d worked in the garden, he’d awoken as the birds had heralded the rising sun. But here inside, in a soft bed with a softer, warm woman against his side, he found it harder to brush away the te...
What are you looking for? she asked abruptly. It’s rather rude for a gentleman to enter a lady’s room without permission.I’m not a gentleman.Really? I thought otherwise.
Val set Séraphine before the roaring fire, but kept his hands on her because he'd learned his lesson well... and also because he liked his hands on her.She glanced at the steaming bath and suppressed...
One’s own family and situation are all one knows as a child. Therefore they are, by default, normal. I thought everyone had a papa who sometimes stayed awake all night writing philosophical papers, on...
He made no reply to that, so she continued, gently wiping around his nose, over the broad brow, and up the craggy cheekbones. Not a handsome face. Not pretty or comely. But it was a good face, she tho...
Do you think they’ll target her as wellas you? Surely if you simply stay away from the gel, she’ll be safe?But I don’t propose to stay away from her, Reynaud said.Ah. Vale stared at him for a moment,...
Do you think 'Duke' is a good name?' she asked.His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. 'I don't think so. He would outrank me.
Because I deserve more, she said. I deserve a man who loves me above all else. I deserve a family and happiness.Then go! he growled. Go off and find this mythical man and spread your legs for him if i...
A mother never abandons her child, even when he seems to want it
You’re not to go wading in my pond again, he said. She shrugged and picked up her shoes and stockings where they lay on the path. Very well, Your Grace, but it’s a great pity. I should’ve liked to go...
It would be the height of idiocy for the Duke of Wakefield to pursue the cousin of the woman he wanted as wife. And yet, for the first time in his life, Maximus wanted to let the man rule him instead...
Each time it was like a stray bit of glass pressed into the softness of her heart, grinding, grinding, oh so silently until she no longer noticed when she bled.
And what was more, he’d had to let Silence’s brothers bear her away because the palace wasn’t safe for her or the babe now. Conceding to anyone was not something Mick was used to doing. If any man had...
And his simple bravery, his quiet pride, finally broke her. She let the cloth slip from her fingers and bent down to kiss him. His reaction was immediate and decided. He wrapped his strong arms around...