You don’t know, Anthony said, his voice low and nearly shaking with rage. You don’t know what he has done. No more than what you have done, I’m sure, Violet said slyly. Precisely! Anthony roared. Good...
You are far too generous, he said. She smiled, a real smile this time. I am rarely accused of that, Mr. Bridgerton. He laughed. Right out loud in the middle of the ballroom. Kate realized with discomf...
Why didn't you just let me run home? she asked.I wanted you here, he said simply.But why? she persisted.He shrugged. I don't know.Punishment, perhaps, for spying on me.I wasn't- Sophie's denial was au...
What are you doing? she whispered against his lips. He gave her a lopsided grin, as one of his fingers slid inside. Making you feel really, really good?She moaned, which pleased him. If she’d managed...
Very bad, she muttered. Benedict looked up. Did you say something? She crossed her arms mutinously. Just that you’re a very bad man. He chuckled. She’d known he would chuckle, and it still irritated h...
Tonight, he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, I will make you mine.-Simon to Daphne
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 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....
She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath.He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard t...
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...
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...
One would think her tired mind would go utterly blank, but the opposite was true. She could not stop thinking about the highwayman. And his kiss. And his identity. And his kiss. And if she would meet...
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...
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.
May I tell you a secret? she asked. He nudged farther. Of course, he murmured. When I first saw you . . . tonight, I mean . . . In all my glory? he teased, lifting his brows into an arrogant arch. She...
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 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