In some ways it seemed wrong that he lived here now, in this solitary place. At least part of the time he ought to be walking into ballrooms and strolling into gardens in his superbly tailored black e...
If you aren’t a living example of ‘the devil quoting scripture.’
I regret being the cause of your having to endure further gossip, but I felt you must be apprised before you actually married that murderous Scot!He sneered the word Scot again, and in the midst of al...
I ought to break your neck! Clayton interrupted.Too late, Whitney realized that she shouldn't have been standing all this time on her injured knee.Allow me to congratulate you on a fine day's work, Ma...
How am I doing so far? she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice.You're doing very well, Nick's lazy voice mocked. I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.
He turned over the application, and Lauren watched him scanning it, his gaze nearing the bottom where she had listed her job preferences. She knew the exact instant he spotted what she had written. Wh...
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...
True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
You damn fool! one of the men grated in angry concern as they both squatted down on their haunches and peered anxiously at her. What the hell do you think you're doing?Bracing herself on her forearms,...
With a regal inclination of her head, she said, You know,I was positive you wouldn't want me to work for you either, and I tried to tell Mr. Weatherby that. She started toward the rosewood doors. But...
Why on earth didn’t you say in the papers what had happened to my brother? Obviously my husband and Mr. Delham knew it. And you must have known you could provide the captain and crew to prove it.Reluc...
There are no tarts in there, Charles. They were much too expensive, and Mr. Jenkins would not be reasonable. I told him I would buy a whole dozen, but he would not reduce the price by so much as a pen...
The two of them simply weren't attracted to just any attractive, eligible man; they were attracted rarely, but when it happened, it was evidently a life-altering experience.
The only reason she could have had for marrying him, other than love, was to save Havenhurst. In order to believe that, Ian had first to believe that he’d been fooled by her every kiss, every touch, e...
The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference.
The last encounter was one Ian enjoyed, because Elizabeth was with him after they’d had their second-and last permissible-dance. Viscount Mondevale had approached them with Valerie hanging on his arm,...
Sweeping her up into her arms, Jenny hugged her tightly. Everybody
Since we’ve ruled out another man as the explanation for all this, I can only assume something has gone wrong at Havenhurst. Is that it?Elizabeth seized on that excuse as if it were manna from heaven....
She arranged the bacon on a platter and then debated what to do with the ten-inch biscuit that had actually been four small biscuits when she’d placed the pan in the oven. Deciding not to break it int...
Panicked, she dropped the suitcase and started edging away. In her haste she caught the backs of her knees on the arm of the sofa, lost her balance and landed flat on her back on the cushions.His eyes...