I like my life dull.''If you like your life dull, then that can only mean that you do not understand the nature of excitement.
I like Lord Hugh very much. It’s true that he can be a little eccentric, but he’s terribly clever. And he’s a very good shot.All eyes swung back to Frances. He shot Cousin Daniel in the shoulder, Sara...
I cannot feel like a duchess in mymother’s sitting room.What do you feel like, then?Hmmm. She took a sip of her tea. Just DaphneBridgerton, I suppose. It’s difficult to shed the surname inthis clan. I...
I am filthy, she said, looking down at herself. The lake’s right there, he said. It’s so cold. A bath, then? She smiled seductively. You’ll join me? But of course. He held out his arm and together the...
His tongue slid down the inner length of her finger, then traced the lines on her palm. Such lovely hands, he murmured, nibbling on the fleshy part of her thumb as his fingers entwined with hers. Stro...
His mouth moved along the line of her jaw to her neck, pausing only to whisper, Where is your mother? Out, Kate gasped. His teeth tugged at the edge of her bodice. For how long? I don’t know. She let...
He would not give her up,he could not.For the first time in his life he'd found someone who filled all the empty spaces in his heart
He wasn’t sure how he ought to feel about this. On the other hand . . . boiled meat!
He was discovering that may be there was more him than his name. And may be, when all was said and done, he'd still be whole.
He touched her chin. His eyes never left hers, and she almost felt as if he’d touched those as well. And then, with the softest, most tender caress imaginable, he kissed her. Sophie didn’t just feel l...
He smiled. Her stomach felt strange.She tried to smile back. She really should be going.So naturally, she did not move.
He didn't know what he felt. For the first time in his life, his thoughts were a jumble, tossing and turning and writing over each other like an endlessly edited story.
Everything was better with bacon. Life was better with bacon. Elizabeth
Charlotte Stokehurst, Violet Bridgerton announced, is getting married.Today? Hyacinth queried, taking off her gloves.Her mother gave her a look. She has become engaged. Her mother told me this morning...
But just for the sake of argument, let's say I am cornered. Or perhaps I am in the middle of a crowded ballroom and do not want to make a scene. If you were flirting with a young lady who had just tol...
At any rate, she prattled on, awkwardness making her words run together, I really can't get up to get my clothing, and my dressing gown appears to be just out of reach. I'm not exactly certain how thi...
As much as you vex me, I would like to see you locate your sister. His lips spread into an easy grin. Why, Miss Pennypacker, I think you might have admitted that you like me. I said, she said pointedl...
Anthony glared at his brother, then for good measure at Miss Sheffield, who was looking at him as if he'd just despoiled ten virgins in her presence.
And could it even really be called a kiss? It had been very, veryshort. And did it mean anything if the kisser (him) had been feelingterribly grateful to the kissee (her) and possibly even indebted, i...
Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?