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...
Oh, good. I was worried you’d taken ill.Why? Elizabeth asked as she took a sip of the chocolate. It was cold as ice!Because I couldn’t wake-What is it? Elizabeth cried.Nearly eleven.Eleven! But I tol...
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...
Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
Let's get it over with, so I can stop wondering. How many have there been?Lauren stared at him.How many what?Lovers, he clarified bitterly.She could hardly believe her ears. After treating her as if h...
It’s our long absence from the city that makes us so popular, Jordan joked, tossing chips into the center of the table.Ian scarcely heard him. His mind was on Elizabeth, who had been at the mercy of h...
It’s dark as a tomb in here, she said, unable to see more than shadows. Will you light the candles, please, she asked, assuming there candles in here?Aye, milady, right there, next to the bed. His sh...
In the weeks that followed, Elizabeth discovered to her pleasure that she could ask Ian any question about any subject and that he would answer her as fully as she wished. Not once did he ever patroni...
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...
If I had a hundred kingdoms, I would trade them all for you, my dearest love. Iwas nothing until you.
Ian saw the tears shimmering in her magnificent eyes and one of them traced unheeded down her smooth cheek.With a raw ache in his voice he said, If you would take one step forward, darling, you could...
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 wanted to tell you, Elizabeth began in a rush, how very sorry I am to have dragged you here and subjected you to such humiliation. Mr. Thornton’s behavior was inexcusable, unforgivable.I daresay he...
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 an-odd ability-to read very quickly.Oh, Elizabeth replied, how lucky you are. I never heard of a talent like that.A lazy glamorous smile swept across his face, and he squeezed her hand. It’s no...
I also suspect that he loves you.Trying to suppress the anguished hope that flared in her heart, Lauren turned her face to the stained-glass window near their table. What makes you think so?To begin w...
He waited until she was standing directly across his desk from him before he said quietly, You've chosen a poor time to apologize,Lauren. I have to leave for a luncheon appointment in five minutes.Lau...
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...
Have you missed me? he asked.What do you think? she evaded smoothly-but not smoothly enough, because he chuckled.Good.How much?Is your ego in need of bolstering today? she countered lightly.Yep.Really...
For himself Ian would have calmly and unhesitatingly told society to go to hell, but they'd already put Elizabeth through hell, and he wanted somehow to make it right for her again.