She didn't want to be commended for knowing how to settle for second-best. That was like winning a prize for the prettiest shoes in a footrace. Irrelevant and not the point.
She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence.
Sebastian got up and walked to the window, resting his forehead against the pane. It was cold outside, and the icy chill pressed up against him through the glass. He liked the sensation. It was big. G...
Rehearsels, actually.Rehearsals?For the-Oh,no.-musicale.The Smythe-Smith musical.It finished off what the Crusades had begun.There wasn't a man alive who could maintain a romantic thought when faced w...
On the way over, however, it slid off the shovel and onto Henry's shoes.Pity, that.She whirled around. He waited for her to burst out with, You did that on purpose! but she kept silent, motionless exc...
Oh, very well, do you want to know why I really think you should keep a journal?She nodded.Because someday you're going to grow into yourself, and you will be as beautiful as you already are smart.
Oh, dear, he blurted out. Sophie gave him an odd look. He didn’t blame her. He sounded like a complete idiot. He didn’t think he’d uttered the phrase, Oh, dear, in years. If ever. Hell, he sounded lik...
Michael felt something tearing in his chest. His heart, probably, but he was growing so used to the feeling it was a wonder he still noticed it.
Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women.
Lucy could feel herself slipping, sliding into need, falling into a hazy place of love and desire where right was not quite identifiable from wrong.
Kate-nek voltak bizonyos alapelvei, és ezek közé tartozott az is, hogy csukott ajtóval ne vitatkozzon.
It occurred to him that perhaps he ought not to have married a woman with such extraordinary eyes.
Is there something you wish to tell me? Violet askedgently.Hyacinth shook her head. How did one share somethingsuch as this with one’s mother?—Oh, yes, by the by and in case you’re interested, ithas r...
If this morning wasn't enjoyable, at least it was...shall we say...interesting, and my clothing was worth the sacrifice if it means we've reached a truce of sorts. I have no wish to be awakened before...
I'm right here,' Frances said gamely.'So you are,' Annie replied. 'Gold star for you.''It's really too bad that you don't have *actual* gold stars. I shouldn't have to pinch up my pin money each week....
Her eyes were oceans, two oceans of -Good God, he thought disgustedly. No wonder his sister hated her. He'd been in her presence for less than a minute, and already he'd gone completely stupid.
He was a puzzle. And Hyacinth hated puzzles.Well, no, in truth she loved them.Provided, of course, that she solved them.
He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. Aren't you Spanish?She raised one arm in a salute. Viva la Queen Isabella!I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent?
He looked down at the first entry.2 MARCH1810Today I fell in love.A tear welled up in his eye. Me too, my love. Me too.
He didn’t like her. He really didn’t, but by God, he’d have sold a piece of his soul right then to dance with her