At the end of the lane Elizabeth put down her side of the trunk and sank down wearily beside Lucinda upon its hard top, emotionally exhausted. A wayward chuckle bubbled up inside her, brought on by ex...
At five minutes to five,Jim walked into Mary's office, wearing his gray sweater and balancing four pieces of birthday cake on two plates. He put the plates down on Mary's empty desk and glanced at the...
And then come and join us in a toast. I'm about to whisk Lauren off to Las Vegas to get married. The plane is being refueled and checked out right now.Does Lauren know about this? Mary said, frowning....
A-Actually, the flower that sprang up would have been the iris or larkspur, not the modern hyacinth, but that is how it earned its name.Fascinating. His unfathomable eyes locked onto hers.Elizabeth kn...
A few minutes later Elizabeth watched Lucinda emerge from the cottage with Ian, but there was no way to guess from their closed expressions what they’d discussed.In fact, the only person betraying any...
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...
You see, she explained slowly, I anticipated that you might send me away until you got over your anger, or that you’d live with me and retaliate in private-things that an ordinary man might do. But I...
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...
Why did you come here-that is, why did you agree to reconsider my proposal?The question alarmed and startled her. Now that she’d seen him she had only the dimmest, possibly even erroneous recollection...
What did she say? Lauren breathed.She told me to check the oil, Nick replied imperturbably.Despite his outward attitude of total indifference, Lauren couldn't believe that as a younger man he'd been s...
Most of this is my contribution to Havenhurst, she told him proudly.The sight that Ian beheld when he looked up made his grin fade as tenderness and awe shook through him. Spread out before him in col...
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...
If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in your rooms and the doors barricaded, so help me God. He lifted her foot and began to...
I only have the story in two parts from Miss Throckmorton-Jones. The first time she spoke she was under the influence of laudanum. Today she was under the influence of what I can only describe as the...
He stared at it in utter disbelief while his secretary, Peters, who’d only been with him for a fortnight, muttered a silent prayer of gratitude for the break and continued scribbling as fast as he cou...
He bowed politely to Hortense, who tipped her head toward the elderly gray-haired lady beside her, who seemed to be dozing, her head drooping slightly forward. And this person, you may recall, is my s...
Grow up!Lauren felt as if he had slapped her. Infuriated past reason, she struck back at his ego. You're absolutely right! she blazed. That's what I should do.Beginning today I'm going to grow up and...
God help him. He chortled. He doesn't realize he loves her. And even if he did, he wouldn't admitted it.-Dr. Whitticomb
Firmly, taking her chin between his thumb and forefinger,Nick turned her face up to his, forcing her to look into his teasing gray eyes. If I'm so beautiful, why won't you look at me?That was a silly...
Fate had already done everything it could to torment her.