This is madness, he whispered against her ear. But he made no move to let her go. Her reply was an incoherent, confused moan, and her body became slightly more pliant in his arms, allowing him to mold...
There were only so many ways a man‟s heart could break, and he had a feeling his couldn‟t survive another puncture.
There was a certain history to this. While heavily pregnant with Amelia, she had asked him if she was radiant or if she just looked like a waddling duck. He told her she’d looked like a radiant duck....
That was very rude of me.Think nothing of it. You’ve done worse.
She smiled serenely. I shall put aside my feelings for the dowager countess if you care for one of her daughters . . . She looked up hopefully. Do you care for one of her daughters? I have no idea, Be...
She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers.
Penelope gulped down the tea she'd been in the process of sipping. Colin had a way of looking at a person, his green eyes so focused and intent that you felt as if you must be the only two people in t...
Nothing like trapping the gentlemen where they couldn't get away.
Not, Caroline had said, that I disapprove of your moniker. It is simply that my husband's name is also Henry, and it's rather disconcerting for me to use it on a girl of your tender years.Henry had on...
Never, he spat out, kick a man who is pointing a gun at you.
My heart swells, she mimicked. She snapped out of her caricature, and said sternly, Woman don't like to be on the receiving end of sarcasm. They only like to give it, he drawled.
Let it be said, Marcus thought dryly,that nothing cooled a man's ardor like the Crusades.
It‟s not your fault you had no siblings, he told her. You have no experience in intrafamilial squabbles. Trust me, it all works out in the end. I predict we shall manage to get all four to adulthood w...
It's too hard to explain,' he said in a petulant mutter.'If you want a new direction for your life,' she said, 'then for heaven's sake, just pick something out and do it. The world is your oyster, Col...
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's good that you can be horrid when neccesary. It's a useful skill.She leaned on her elbow, settling her chin onto her hand. Funny, my brother never seemed to think so.
It was one of those things that had to be experienced to be understood
It was going to be embarrassing regardless of what music theychose, but Honoria didn’t have the heart to say it to her face.On the other hand, whichever piece they performed, they wouldsurely butcher...
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...
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?