Thank you, she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery.You’re welcome, Marcus murmured.Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot.Sorry, he said, b...
Miss Bridgerton, he said, the devil himself couldn’t scare you.She forced her eyes to meet his. That’s not a compliment, is it?He lifted her hand to his lips, brushing a feather-light kiss across her...
What a sad pair we are, she said. Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.
You are so beautiful, he whispered. He stepped closer, but before she could touch him he took her hand and brought it to his lips. When I saw you tonight I think my heart stopped beating. And is it no...
We plan to avoid cupids, Mr. Audley said.Cupids? Amelia echoed. Good heavens, he did move from topic to topic.He shrugged. I have discovered that I am not fond of them.How could anyone not be fond of...
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.
Love is blind, Harriet quipped.But not illiterate, Elizabeth retorted.
In this room,in this minite,she was his everything
Lucy nodded dutifully, all the while making a mental list of all the places she would rather be. Paris, Venice, Greece, although weren’t they at war? No matter. She would still rather be in Greece.(On...
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...
This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me.
She looked so unbearably sad, and it wrecked him.You love someone else, she whispered.Wait.... what?It took him a moment to realize he hasn't said it aloud. Has she gone mad? What are you talking abou...
Of course. The team on your carriage was beautiful. They are yours, aren't they?He ignored her and walked ahead until his foot connected with soft mushy ground. Shit, he muttered.Exactly.He glared at...
It's still horrible. The whole thing.Dreadful, Grace agreed.Amelia turned and looked at her directly. Sodding bad.Grace gasped, Amelia!Amelia's face wrinkled in thought. Did I use that correctly?I wou...
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.
Jack stopped cold. Where had THAT come from? From your conscience, a niggling little voice - probably his conscience - told him. Damn. He really needed to get a better night's sleep. His conscience wa...
Isn't it nice to discover that we're not exactly what we thought we were?
So he decided to stay out of it and instead turned backto Lady Bridgerton, who was, as it happened, the closestperson to him, anyway. And how are you this afternoon?he asked.Lady Bridgerton gave him a...
No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind.
I did what I thought was best.'And so you kidnapped me,' she said bitterly.'If you recall I offered you the option of residing with my relatives. You refused.''I want to be independent.''One doesn't h...
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