How foolish to yearn to ask the very person who'd caused the pain to heal it
Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness.May I ask for a specific example?Fat priests, Royce replied, with fat purses, who...
It would have hurt no matter who took you the first time.
I would like to see you cheat, Elizabeth said impulsively, smiling at him.His hands stilled, his eyes intent on her face. I beg your pardon?What I meant, she hastily explained as he continued to idly...
You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if...
Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face, he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes.
In the ensuing two weeks Ian managed to buy back Elizabeth’s emeralds and Havenhurst, but he was unable to find a trace of his wife. The town house in London felt like a prison, not a home, and still...
I trust you had a pleasant walk, Ian, he said when her door closed upstairs.Ian stiffened slightly in the act of pouring some leftover coffee into a mug and glanced over his shoulder. One look at his...
Don't do this to us. He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. You're letting eleven years of mistrust color everything you've discovered I've done.
We need to straighten out some personal matters between us. Why don't we do it over dinner tonight? he suggested.Lauren courteously refused with a half truth. I'm sorry, I already have a date.All righ...
I think, Nick snarled, that the stupid bastard isn't smart enough to win a poker hand with a deck of marked cards.
You cannot outwit fate by placing little sidebets on the outcome of life. It's either you wade in and play in order to win or you don't play at all. - Matthew Farrell
The call was already under way when Lauren walked into his office. Nick gestured toward his chair and got up so taht she could sit at his desk and take notes.Two minutes after Lauren sat down, he lean...
I think, Berta remarked with a proud little smile when she was seated alone in the drawing room beside Elizabeth, he’s having second thoughts about proposing, milday.I think he was silently contemplat...
Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are? she asked softly.A slow boyish smile spread across his features. What would you think if I told you no?Lauren laughed. I'd think you were trying to appe...
You are mad! she snapped, her chest heaving. And you are a devil!And you, my dear, Royce imperturbably replied, are a bitch. With that, he turned to the horrified friar and unhesitatingly announced, T...
What, may I ask, does your one truck contain if not gowns?Inspiration struck, and Elizabeth smiled radiantly. Something of great value. Priceless value, she confided.All faces at the table watched her...
She remebered the angry hurt she had felt because his mother had abandoned him as a young boy,and she cried even harder.His mother should have drowned him!
Let me go. I can’t, he said hoarsely, (…) I’ve tried a hundred times to let you go, Victoria, but I can’t.
Lady Thornton, how very of you to find the time to pay us a social call! Would it be too pushing of me to inquire as to your whereabouts during the last six weeks?At that moment Elizabeth’s only thou...