Despite all her diligent efforts to remake herself into a model of propriety, when it come to falling in love she'd reverted to from and fallen in love with a man who was a renegade, a black sheep, a...
Being brave doesn't mean you're never afraid. Being brave means that, even though you're scared, you still do what you should do.
At the moment Ormsley looked on the verge of tears as his damp, faded blue eyes roved almost lovingly over Ian’s face. Good afternoon, my lord, he intoned formally, but the ecstatic expression on his...
And so I invented a kingdom of dreams where I could accomplish great and daring deeds to make it happen.
And gains at the gaming tables spread from White’s
Would you be willing to tell me how the ladies came to be here? I mean, who are they?Ian drew a long, impatient breath, tipped his head back, and absently massaged the muscles at the back of his neck....
When she was turning the bacon, he came up behind her, his hands settling on her waist as he peered over her shoulder. That looks awfully edible, he teased. I was rather counting on our ‘traditional’...
When he finally pulled his mouth from hers an eternity later, their breaths were coming in mingled gasps. Feeling almost bereft, Elizabeth surfaced slightly from the sensual Eden where he had sent her...
What the- he began, already heading toward the house, with Elizabeth walking quickly behind him.Ian opened the front door just as Jake came hurrying in from the back of the cottage.I got some milk- Ja...
What possessed you? Lauren demanded of Jim the next morning.He grinned. Call it an uncontrollable impulse.I call it insanity! she burst out. You can't imagine how furious he was.He called me names! I-...
What I cannot understand is how your uncle could consider these two men suitable when they aren’t. Not one whit! know that, Elizabeth said wryly, bending down to pull a blade of grass from between the...
Unfortunately, the Hospital Fund Raising Committee, to which Elizabeth was assigned, spent most of its time mired down in petty trivialities and rarely made a decision on anything. In a fit of bored f...
Toward the end of the summer, they went to London, although the city was still somewhat deserted, the Little Season having not yet begun. Elizabeth agreed because she thought it would be convenient fo...
That only leaves the third contender to discourage, Alex said happily. Who is he, and what do we know of him? Do I know him?It was the moment Elizabeth had been dreading. You never heard of him until...
Ricco will take care of you, he said. Ricco thinks you are beautiful-he blushes when your name is mentioned.Ricco took their order and blushed when he put a glass of wine in front of Lauren. Mary's ey...
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...
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 was the same as I remembered it, she whispered, sounding defeated and puzzled and shattered.It was better than he remembered. Stronger, wilder…And the only reason she didn’t know it was because he...
In the house Jake shoved his hands deep in his pockets as he stood at the window watching the women, his expression a mixture of stupefaction and ire. Gawdamighty, he breathed, glancing at Ian, who wa...