Shhh, he murmured against her mouth. Don’t talk. Don’t think. Just feel.
Iris tasted of red wine- the red wine she must have drunk at dinner- and all the reasons he shouldn't do this fled his mind. A vital chain broke in his psyche and everything he'd held back, everything...
She climbed into the carriage and sat down across from the other lady. Pip hopped inside.Miss Royle smiled down at the terrier. Oh, what a sweet little dog!Pip wagged his tail and placed his front paw...
You've used me to punish yourself, haven't you?He watched dawning realization spread over her face, a confirmation more positive than anything she could ever say, and that arrow twisted deep in hische...
Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done this. He’d destroyed his fairyland conservatory. Why? She sank to her...
The angel was sitting by his bed when Simon Iddesleigh, sixth Viscount Iddesleigh, opened his eyes.He would've thought it a terrible dream, one of an endless succession that haunted him nightly -- or...
You are the closest I will ever come to heaven, either here on Earth or in the afterlife, and I will not regret it, not even at the cost of your tears.So I go to my grave an unrepentant sinner, I’m af...
His wide brow, his Roman nose, those too-cold eyes, and the lips that in another life- another, better world- would still have been beautiful.This man was her husband. He was intense and intelligent,...
The woman who'd shot him had eyes the color of the sky above the moors just after a storm: blue-gray sky after black clouds. That particular shade of blue had been one of the few things his mother had...
Séraphine.The whisper in her dreams and Bridget whimpered and tried to bat it away. She needn't wake yet. It wasn't time to rise. She had hours still.A soft chuckle and the brush of something soft on...
You are different. She lifted a hand to delicately trace his hairline.He closed his eyes, feeling her fingers tremble against his skin.For whatever reason, she said softly, when you are with me, you a...
He looked up. Is it time already? She nodded. He rose and waited as she gathered her things. The dog followed them out the door, but then he bounded down the stairs to the drive. The animal sniffed in...
Oh, Séraphine, he purred, pushing his nose close to her jaw to inhale her righteous scent. Who do you suppose sits in Parliament? Who makes the laws, runs the government of this great and lofty nation...
I’m leaving. Her cold lips barely moved as she mouthed the words.Horror fisted around his vitals. No.For the first time she met his eyes. Hers were red-rimmed but dry. I have to leave,Simon.No. He was...
Had she not nursed him with her own hands? Had she not suckled his tongue so ardently? He'd give her time- a day or so only- and then he would invite her again to wait upon him. He'd slide close behin...
The sight of her was like a swift, cool wind through his frame, quickening his body, alerting all his senses, making him completely aware he was a male and she a female.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.-Lady Georgina Maitland
Overhead the moon guided him, his fair mistress, his unattainable lover.
He grunted and stirred, withdrawing from her. She only had a moment to be disappointed and then he flipped her to her back and rose over her, powerful and male. He casually parted her legs with his kn...
Sophia looked down her long nose at the girl. Who are you?I’m Abigail, ma’am, she said, curtsying. This is my brother, Jamie. I apologize for him.Sophia arched an eyebrow. I’ll wager you do that quite...
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