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 If your friends would rather withdraw from the venture, I’ll understand.They’ve already withdrawn, Jordan admitted reluctantl...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 long time ago Ian had told her he was half in love with her, yet now that they were betrothed he’d never spoken a word of it, had not even pretended. She wasn’t certain of his motives or his feeling...
A breathtaking vision in emerald silk, she was too exquisite to be flesh and blood; too regal and aloof to have ever let him touch her. He drew a long, strangled breath and realized he hadn’t been bre...
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.
Heart she faced the wrenching truth: Impulsiveness and recklessness, her two greatest faults, had brought her to this dire end—the same two character flaws that had
You were wearing your hair up like that the day we left for Harbor Springs, he said, his deep voice pitched seductively low. I like it.In that case, Lauren said lightly, I'll start wearing it down.He...
You can't live your life to suit other people. The harder you try, the more restrictions they'll put on you just for the fun of seeing you jump through their hoops.
Why did you cry off?She stiffened in surprise; then, trying to match his light, mocking tone, she said, Viscount Mondevale proved to be a trifle high in the instep about things like his fiancé cavorti...
When Elizabeth finally descended the stairs on her way to the dining room she was two hours late. Deliberately.Good heavens, you’re tardy, my dear! Sir Francis said, shoving back his chair and rushing...
Well, now, if we’d known we were going to have such…ah…gra…that is, illustrious company, we’d have-Swept off the chairs? Lucinda suggested acidly. Shoveled off the floor?Lucinda! Elizabeth whispered d...
We must not let her uncle send her into the gloom, which is what he always does.Is there a means to stop him? Alex asked, smiling.Bentner straightened, nodded, and said with dignified force, I, for on...
The truth is that I want you. I have wanted you, and you know that.I that word, she burst out, trying unsuccessfully to break free of his grasp.I don’t think you know what it means.I know you say it...
That’s the Thornton place up there atop yon hill, the farmer said, pointing.Lucinda gazed in mounting anger at the large, but unimpressive cottage that was barely visible through the thick trees, then...
Stroking her hair, he swallowed and spoke, but his voice was shattered. I love you, he said, telling her what she had told him that terrible day in his study. I never stopped loving you.She raised her...
Snowbound up here with you. Without books or business to occupy my time, I wonder what I’ll do, he added with a leer.She blushed gorgeously, but her voice was serious as she studied his face. If thing...
Nick Sinclair will not be present today, he informed the thunderous-looking group. He asked me to express his regrets and to explain that he was called away on an urgent matter.In unison, six outraged...
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...