People saw what they expected to see. It was one of the basic truisms of life.
Oh, go ahead and giggle, Lady Danbury sighed. I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement.
Miss Burns needs air, the duke announced and before anyone could offer an opinion, he scooped her up in his arms and said, I'm taking her inside.And just like that, all the chill left the air. Catrion...
Michael nodded tersely, eyeing a table across the room. It was empty. So empty. So joyfully, blessedly empty.He could picture himself a very happy man at that table.Not feeling very conversational thi...
Laugh. Laugh out loud, and laugh often. And when circumstances call for silence, turn your laugh into a smile. Don
It’s a curse, really, Lady Danbury said. I’m the only person Iknow my age who has perfect hearing.Most would call that a blessing.She snorted. Not with that musicale looming over the horizon.
It's too late, she whispered.He whirled her around. Don't say that! We are no better than animals if we cannot learn from our mistakes and move forward.She lifted her chin. It isn't that. I don't want...
It's bacon. How can anything in the world seem bleak when one is eating bacon?
I'm not a gentle pony... I promise you, you will have to work to keep your seat.
I should love to see a ground-glass blue ocean
He'd been waiting for a love fraught with passion and drama; it hadn't even occurred to him that true love might be something that was utterly comfortable and just plain easy.
He was proud and stubborn, and all the looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth.
He shook his head in wonder. You are magnificent.I keep telling everyone that, she said with a nonchalant shrug, But you seem to be the only one to believe me.
For a moment he could do nothing but close his eyes. Was this a taste of the rest of his life as Billie Bridgerton’s husband? Was he destined to live in terror, wondering what sort of danger she’d thr...
Caroline stamped her foot in frustration, but when it landed, it landed on something considerablyless flat than the floor.Owww! he yelled.Oh! His foot!Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry , she mouthed.I di...
Alex finally turned around and noticed that there were three women in the room. He quickly swept his eyes over them, taking in their comfortable position. As his gaze settled on Emma, she lifted her t...
A lot could happen in a week.Just look at the last one.
Did you know I dream about your hair? I use to say it was the color of the sun at sunset, but I'm wrong. It's brighter than the sun, just as you are.
Your heart is free now. No, he whispered. It's yours.
You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield