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...
He interrupted her with a boyish grin. I promise I'll never wear your clothes, and I won't steal your allowances or your boyfriends either. Lauren couldn't help starting to smile as he finishe...
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.
Fate had already done everything it could to torment her.
Don’t worry, he said flippantly, taking her arm and starting to walk back toward the house. I’m not going to make the ritualistic proposal that followed our last encounters. Marriage is out of the que...
Do you know why I married you, Philip?Presumably you wanted the financial security and social prestige I could offer.She chuckled at that and shook her head...I believed, she confessed somberly, I hon...
Did you know that you're very relaxing company? he asked softly.She was not particularly pleased to hear that while she found him electryfying, he found her relaxing. Thank you-I'll try not to put you...
Despite her grave concern over her uncle, Elizabeth chuckled inwardly as she introduced Duncan. Everyone exhibited the same stunned reaction she had when she’d discovered Ian Thornton’s uncle was a cl...
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...
Consider what an amoral, unprincipled cynicI am-think of all the improvements you could make to my character.
You, she said, bending an icy eye on Elizabeth, come with me. You have much to explain, madam, and you can do it while Faulkner attends to your appearance.I am Elizabeth said in a burst of frustrated...
Why is it, Royce murmured, gazing into her intoxicating eyes, that every time you surrender willingly, like this, you make me feel like a king who has conquered. Yet when I conquer you against your wi...
Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel.Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart
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...
Ian’s method of dealing with Sir Francis Belhaven—who, his grandfather had discovered, was boasting that Elizabeth had spent several days with him—was less subtle and even more effective. Belhaven, Ia...
Ian, about Elizabeth Cameron. Her duenna said some things-That alarmingly pleasant yet distant smile returned to Ian’s face. I’ll spare you further conversation, Duncan. It’s over.The discussion or- o...
I've hurt you terribly my love, and I'll hunt you again during the next fifty years. And you are going to hurt me, Ian-never I hope as much as you are hurting me now. But if that's the way it has to b...
I'd like to shower and change clothes, she said. Would you mind waiting for me a half hour? The question seemed to amuse him. Not at all, he said with exaggerated formality. Please take all the time y...
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 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...