The weather is fine,' she said after a moment.'Have we already run out of things to say?'His voice was light and teasing, and when she turned to steal a glance at his face, he was looking straight ahe...
That man had deliberately set out to charm her. It didn't matter that he'd succeeded, she thought perversely. It only mattered that he had done it deliberately, probably because he wanted something fr...
Speaking of which, he murmured.Hyacinth’s mouth fell open as he dropped down to oneknee. What are you doing? she squeaked, franticallylooking this way and that. Lord St. Clair was surely peekingout at...
So now you're jumping out at me from ?Of course not. He looked affronted. That was a staircase.Sophie peered around him. It was the side staircase. The staircase. Certainly not anyplace a family memb...
She tried to say something witty; she tried to say something seductive. But her bravado failed her at the last moment. She’d never been kissed before, and now that she had all but invited him to be th...
She should have been relieved that she did not do something she was sure to regret. But she wasn't. She wanted her regrets. She wanted them desperately. She wanted to do something she knew she should...
She didn‟t like to be thwarted, and she certainly did not enjoy admitting that she might not be able to arrange her world—and the people inhabiting it—to her satisfaction.
One of us should save her, Benedict mused. Nah, Colin said, grinning. Mother’s only had her over there with Macclesfield for ten minutes. Macclesfield? Simon asked. The earl, Benedict replied. Castlef...
Michael, I am most pleased to see you up and about and looking so fine and healthy.He inclined his head, thanking her for the compliment.She dabbed the corners of her mouth daintily with her napkin. B...
Marcus’s appearance theday before had been discussed, dissected, analyzed, and—by LadySarah Pleinsworth, Honoria’s cousin and one of her closest friends—rendered into poetry.He came in the rain, Sarah...
Lady Whistledown always had all the latest , and unlike other columnists, she wasn’t hesitant about using people’s full names. Having decided last week, for example, that Kate didn’t look good in yell...
Kate’s mind was obviously not lodged as firmly in the gutter as his, since she chose to sit in the chair opposite him, even though there was plenty of room in his chair, provided they didn’t mind sque...
It’s just that when you agree to be mother to a child you haven’t borne, your responsibility is twice as great. You must work even harder to ensure that child’s happiness and welfare.
It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost.James choked on his tea. Caroline, you have no idea.
It was cold. Really cold. And there was an awful scurrying noise that definitely belong to a small, four-legged creature.Or even worse, a large, four-legged creature. Or to be more precise, a large ve...
It seems silly now, but I was so worried you weren’t the perfect man of my dreams. No one is perfect, he said quietly. I know. She leaned over and planted an impulsive kiss on his cheek. You’re the im...
It is only that I am fascinated by the postal system. It's really quite marvelous.He looked at her curiously, and she couldn't tell if he believed her. Luckily for her, it was the truth, even if she'd...
It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Sheffield, he said politely. I do hope you will favor me with one of your dances this evening. I— Of course. She cleared her throat. I would be honored. Kate, Mary s...
It had been a marvelous childhood. Damn near perfect. If he was not leading the life he'd anticipated, if he sometimes lay in bed and wondered what the hell he was doing robbing coaches in the dead of...
Isn’t it nice, the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?And then she walked away, leaving Penelope wonderi...