Point it out, she muttered.
When you walk into a room, he said softly, the air changes.
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...
This was different. He didn't want a woman. He wanted her. And he supposed that if he had to spend the afternoon being strange, sad, and disfigured just to be in her company, it would be well worth it...
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.
Mother, I spoke to the duke. He understands that this is not a formal meal. And he specifically told me that he was looking forward to a change of pace. He has no family himself, so he has never exper...
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...
It wasn't the same sort of defiant attitude she saw so often among young men of the ton. She'd met so many men of that kind - the ones who made such a point of defying convention, and then spoiled the...
Isn't it nice to discover that we're not exactly what we thought we were?
Benedict advanced immediately, lunging and attacking, but Colin had always been particularly fleet of foot, and he retreated carefully, meeting Benedict’s attack with an expert parry. You’re in a bloo...
What a sad pair we are, she said. Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.
Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned?
Weakness never got anyone anywhere.
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...
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...
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...
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...
I won’t be satisfied with anything less than everything,
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...
He just looked at her as if she were an idiot. Or a woman. It was Tillie's experience that most men thought they were one and the same.