You're rather young, Miss Danner, Mary summarized, her pale blue gaze scraping Lauren's face and figure.I'm aging quickly, Laruen replied. Ignoring the older woman's piercing look, she settled into th...
You have to marry me. I think I've just been voted off the committee on international trade-they think I'm unstable. And Tony took me off his lift. Mary says she'll quit if I don't bring you back. Eri...
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,all she had to do was ask, one offended male replied.I hope you're satisfied! Lauren whispered furiously.I'm not, Nick chuckled in her ear. But I'm going to be.Fully intending to leave him to tak...
Victoria lifted her chin. In my country, Mr. Fielding, it is considered ill-bred to argue at the table.Her veiled reprimand filled him with amusement. How very inconvenient for you, he remarked softly...
To have him look at her as if she was a piece of office equipment whose presence offended him but whom he was obliged out of neccessity to have nearby.
To accomplish that, I created Victoria Seaton, a young American who was
This was not the way Ian intended his wedding night should be, and as he removed his clothes by the light of the single candle burning across the room, he was determined that it would at least end as...
They seemed so right together-both of them sophisticated, dark-haired, and striking; no doubt they had much in common, she thought a little dismally as she picked up her knife and fork and went to wor...
The rock came loose, but Jake’s satisfied grunt turned into a howl of outraged pain as a set of huge teeth in the next stall clamped into Jake’s ample rear end. You vicious bag of bones, he shouted, j...
That reminded him of how thrifty she was, and he promptly decided-at least for the moment-that her thriftiness was one of her most endearingly amusing qualities.What are you thinking about? she asked....
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...
Standing at the window overlooking the lawn, Jordan and Alexandra Townsende watched the couple heading toward them. If you’d asked me to name the last man on earth I would have expected to fall head o...
She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.
Miss stone, I adore you.
Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure?Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.
Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
It doesn't feel swollen, he commented, bending his head torward her ankle again. Does it hurt at all?Very little. Not nearly as much as my dignity.In that case, by tomorrow your ankle your dignity wi...
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...