Alex strode through a doorway and kicked the door shut, finally dumping Emma down upon a large four-poster bed. She immediately made a mad dash for the door, but Alex ably blocked her, redeposited her...
When he called her Anne, it was the first time she felt as if the name was truly hers.
We regard the earldom as an important family honor. But my father is a good man precisely because he is a good man, not because he possesses an ancient title. And as for Lord Blackwood, I find his tit...
He was struck again by that odd sense of somehow being more alive than he'd been just seconds earlier.
You’ll be seeing him tomorrow night, anyway.I am? Hyacinth asked, at precisely the moment Mr. St. Clair said, She will?You’re accompanying me to the Pleinsworth poetry reading, Lady D told her grandso...
Your talents are for pointing guns and removing necklaces off ladies' necks?''I charm the necklaces off their necks ... Kindly make the distinction.''Oh, please.''I charmed you.'She was all indignatio...
You're in a rather odd mood today.I'm soaking wet, Eloise.No need to snap at me about it, I didn't force you to walk across town in the rain.It wasn't raining when I left,. There was something about a...
You should thank your lucky stars that you have them, Sophie said, her voice more forceful than it had been all afternoon. I’d give anything for— But she didn’t finish her sentence. You’d give anythin...
You have a minute and a half left.Fine, she snapped. Then I'll reduce this conversation to one single fact. Today I had six callers. Six! Can you recall the last time I had six callers?Anthony just st...
You do realize, Kilmartin,' Colin said, his voice so soft it was almost chilling, 'that there is no reason you can't marry her. None at all. Except, of course,' he added, almost as an afterthought, 't...
What are you up to? she asked. Why would you think I’m up to anything? Her lips pursed before she said, You wouldn’t be you if you weren’t up to something. He smiled at that. I do believe that was a c...
We have been studying the Isle of Man for geography,' Frances said glumly. 'The people are Manx. There are cats that are Manx. That's the only good thing about it. The word *Manx*.'Daniel could not ev...
Unrequited love was never easy, but at least Penelope Featherington was used to it.
Turner let his face fell into his hands. I'm never going to touch her again, he moaned. He's never going to touch me again! they heard Miranda roar.Well,it doesn't look like you'll have much argument...
This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion,and it wasn’t wicked.It was love, and it was divine.
The youngest one, she interrupted. The youngest son, I mean. The one who is unmarried.I know who he is.Very well, then. What is wrong with him? At that she cocked her head to the side and waited expec...
That was very rude of me.Think nothing of it. You’ve done worse.
Something without the cello, she muttered.If I have to do it, you have to do it, Sarah said with a smirk.Iris glared at her with all the fury of a misunderstood artist. Youdon’t understand.Oh, believe...
Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished—oh, how shewished—that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him.
Something important is always about to happen... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way.