And in that unlikely moment, as she held his dagger poised high, ready to strike, Royce Westmoreland thought she was the most magnificent creature he'd ever beheld; a wild, beautiful, enraged angel of...
A rueful smile touched Lauren's lips as she turned her head toward the window. Everyone always said she was so intelligent, so sensible, yet here she was, already planning to make Nick Sinclair fall i...
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...
I can't sleep, because I'm afraid I'll start dreaming...
That night he had answered no. Tonight he would have said yes. Among other things, he wanted to know where she was; a month ago he’d told himself it was because he wanted the divorce petition served....
You needn't worry about your appearance, my dear, because true beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
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...
Well, what happened to your scruples in the woodcutter’s cottage? You I thought you’d already left when I went inside.Why did you stay, he countered smoothly, when you realized I was still there?In c...
Until that moment Elizabeth wouldn’t have believed she could feel more humiliated than she already did. Robbed of even the defense of righteous indignation, she faced the fact that she was the unwante...
They’re going to ask what you said. And if I tell Mr. Twindell you said heaven will be like this, he’ll be very disappointed. He’s counting, you know, on gold streets and angels and horses with wings....
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...
If you'll kiss me back, he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, I'll make it six million. If you'll go to bed with me tonight, he continued, losing himself in the scent of...
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’d promised she would be safe, which she now realized left a great deal of room for personal interpretation. If I’m going to remain, she said uneasily, I think we ought to agree to observe all the p...
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...
For a man who’s just inherited a small empire, Ian, you have a remarkably sour expression on your face. Would you care to join me for a drink and a few hands of cards, my lord?An ironic smile twisted...