She's my little sister. Mine to torture and mine to protect.
Perriwickturned to Penelope as he set the tray down on a table. If I might be so bold, my lady-Perriwick! Blake roared. If I hear the phrase 'if I might be so bold' one more time, as God is mywitness,...
He's an idiot, Harry said again. One who doesn't deserve to lick your feet. You'll thank me someday.I have no intention of allowing him to lick me anywhere, she retorted, then turned utterly red when...
He laid her down on the mattress, his eyes never leaving her charmingly disheveled form as he methodically stripped off his clothing. First his gloves, one by one, then his coat, already rumpled by hi...
He felt a bit like Romeo to her Juliet, minus the feuding families and poison.And with pigeons.
And your eyes . . . , she continued, emboldened by his reaction. Women would kill for eyes that color, did you know?He shook his head, and something about his expression—so baffled, so overcome—made...
Dowager grumbled a bit about that, using the same peevish
Well, he said with an affected sigh, you have my approval, at least.Why? Hyacinth asked suspiciously.It would be an excellent match, he continued. If nothing else, think of the children.She knew she’d...
She smelled like England, of soft rain and sun-kissed meadows. And she felt like the best kind of heaven. He wanted to wrap himself around, bury himself within her, and stay there for all of his days....
She absentmindedly twirled her fingers around a lock of her long, brown hair, one of her few concessions to vanity. It would have been more sensible to cut it short, but it was thick and soft, and Hen...
Shake, Newton.
Our world is filled with meaningless conversations. It is an honour to participate in one that is not.
Olivia: You didn't even know I was there!Harry: Excuse me, yes I did.
No, he said hoarsely, the chair will do just fine, thank you.If I know you are uncomfortable, I shan't be able to sleep. She sounded remarkably like a damsel in distress.Dunford shuddered. He had neve...
No, Belle needed him. He had to save her from a disastrous marriage. And then, he supposed, he'd simply marry her himself.John wasn't unaware that he was about to pull one of the greatest about-faces...
No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind.
It’s your musicale. And I’ll sulk if I want to, she
It was strange, to find a woman who could make him happy just with her mere presence. He didn’t even have to see her, or hear her voice, or even smell her scent. He just had to know that she was there...
I simply refuse to deal with idiots...It has cut my social obligations in half.
How delightful! Dunford had just come into an unexpected inheritance. She rather hoped it was something good. One of her friends had just unwillingly inherited thirty-seven cats.