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...
Lord Thornton, the Lord Chancellor was saying to Ian as Ian slowly rose, it is the finding of this commission that you are innocent of all charges against you. You are free to leave. He paused as if d...
Life can be so good if you let it. But you must trade with life. You give something and you get something, then you give something of yourself again and you receive something again. Life goes bad when...
Lauren's eyes widened.An entire page had been devoted to the Children's Hospital Benefit Ball.In the center was a color picture of her-with Nick. They were dancing, and he was grinning down at her. La...
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...
It is my custom to have sherry in the drawing room at eight-thirty and supper at nine. In future, please join me here promptly at eight-thirty, Alexandra.Fire ignited in Alexandra's eyes, but she mana...
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 you'll kiss me back, he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, I'll make it sixmillion. If you'll go to bed with me tonight, he continued, losing himself in the scent of h...
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...
Hmmm, he said, Lauren Danner.Elizabeth is a beautiful name and so is Lauren. They suit you.Unable to endure the sweet torment of having him flirt with her, Lauren said repressively, I was named after...
Elizabeth was standing at the edge of the grassy plateau, a few yards beyond where they’d held their shooting match. Wind ruffled through the trees, blowing her magnificent hair about her shoulders li...
Elizabeth snapped awake in a terrified instant as the door to her bed chamber was flung open near dawn, and Ian stalked into the darkened room. Do you want to go first, or shall I? he said tightly, co...
Do you mind?Elizabeth glanced at the cigar, smiled, and started to shake her head, then she stopped, assailed by a memory of him standing in a garden nearly two years ago. He’d been about to light one...
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...
At the moment, my reputation for honesty and integrity has been destroyed. If your friends would rather withdraw from the venture, I’ll understand.They’ve already withdrawn, Jordan admitted reluctantl...
A husband is the only possible solution to your problems.Don’t you dare suggest a man as the solution for my troubles, she cried. You’re all the cause of them! My father gambled away the entire family...
Did she really tell Roddy Carstairs she could outshoot him with his own pistol?No, Jason said dryly. She told him that if he made one more improper advance to her, she would shoot him- and if she miss...
Are the man Alexandra described in her note as an ‘unspeakable cad, vile libertine,’ and ‘despoiler of innocents’?I’m all that and more, Ian replied grimly.