Separately they surveyed their individual plates, trying to decide which item was most likely to be edible. They arrived at the same conclusion at the same moment; both of them picked up a strip of ba...
Realizing that the footman was still glowering at him, Ian looked down at the short man and said, Your mistress is expecting me. Tell her I’ve arrived.I’m here, Aaron, Elizabeth’s voice said softly, a...
Once again this unspeakable man had caused her to make a complete fool of herself, and the realization made her eyes blaze with renewed fury as she turned her head and looked at him.Despite Ian’s appa...
Missing you? she giggled incredulously. I could cheerfully murder you.I'd come back to haunt you, he threatened with a grin.And that, she said, is the only reason why I haven't tried.
Miss Lucinda Throckmorton-Jones, former paid companion to several of the most successful debutantes of prior seasons, came to Havenhurst to fill the position of Elizabeth’s duenna. A woman of fifty w...
Love can't be forced into existence,(...)It won't come simply because you will it to happen
Lauren was still studying the mobile line of his lips when they quirked suddenly, as if amusement was lurking tere.Her gaze shot up, and to her utter horror she discovered that his gray eyes had shift...
I’ll wait for you at the cottage until noon tomorrow.I won’t be there.I’ll wait until noon, he insisted.You will be wasting your time. Let go of me, please. This has all been a mistake!Then we may as...
Is there a bird among them, dear boy? Charity asked innocently, peering not at the things on the desk, but at his face, noting the muscle beginning to twitch at Ian’s tense jaw.No.Then they must be in...
If it will reassure you that I’m not a coward, I suppose I could rearrange his face. Quietly he added, The music has ended, and for the first time Elizabeth realized they were no longer waltzing but w...
I'll give the girl a few minutes of my time and then send her packing. We don't have a position for anyone with a college degree in music. Even if we did, I wouldn't hire Lauren Danner. I've never met...
I understand felicitations are in order.Ian started. His betrothal to Christina, which was about to be broken, was not yet common knowledge.Christina Taylor is a lovely young woman. I knew her grandfa...
I have time for only one drink, Jordan said, glancing at the ormolu clock on the opposite wall. I’ve promised Alexandra to stand at her side at a ball tonight and beam approvingly at a friend of hers....
I found this in the same box where the sketches were, she added, putting it in his outstretched palm.My father gave it to me when I was a boy, he said in an offhand voice. His long fingers closed arou...
He sent messages to all fifteen of my former suitors, asking if they were still interested in marrying me-Oh, my Alex breathed.-and, if they were, he volunteered to send me to them for a few days, pr...
He remembered the sheer perfection of her creamy breasts; the incredible silkiness of her skin; the exquisite taste of her lips; the way she had kissed him and held him to her...Nick, the chairman sai...
Elizabeth’s breakfast had cured Ian’s hunger, in fact, the idea of ever eating again made his stomach churn as he started for the barn to check on Mayhem’s injury.He was partway there when he saw her...
Come inside with me, he urged, increasing the pressure on her elbow, and I’ll begin making it up to you.Elizabeth let herself be drawn forward a few steps and hesitated. This is a mistake. Everyone wi...
By the way- Jim stopped her -I spoke with Mary and set her straight about who was seduced by whom a few weeks ago.Lauren sighed defeatedly. I wish you hadn't...Be damned glad I did. Mary worked for Ni...
Besides, if you wouldn’t duel with Lord Everly when called you a you certainly wouldn’t harm poor Lord Howard merely for touching my arm.Wouldn’t I? he asked softly. Those are two very different iss...