He loved her.He wanted her.He needed her.And he needed her now.
Grace- He scowled, then laughed. What the devil is your middle name?Catriona. she whispered.Grace Catriona Eversleigh, he said, loud and sure, I love you.
Go, go, she urged. Don’t worry about me. I’ll find someother poor unsuspecting fool to torture. And yes, before you feelthe need to protest, I did just call you a fool.That, I think, may be the one pr...
Francesca couldn’t say anything, because that would just make her mother feel even worse, and soinstead they stood there as they always did, thinking the same thing but never speaking of it, wondering...
Everything tastes better with quite a lot of butter. We
Everyone has secrets. Especially me.
Every time he thought he knew everything about her, had unwillingly memorized every last detail, something inside her flickered and changed, and he felt himself falling anew.
Even Colin - the golden boy, the man with the easy smile and devilish humor - had raw spots of his own. He was haunted by unfulfilled dreams and secret insecurities. How unfair she had been when she'd...
Eloise, Penelope said, somewhat breathless from trying to shake offHyacinth.Penelope. But Eloise’s voice sounded curious. Which did notsurprise Penelope; Eloise was no fool, and she was well aware tha...
Eloise, whose mouth was as sharp as Hyacinth’s (though thankfully tempered by some discretion), hadremarked that they had best get Hyacinth married off quickly or their mother was going to become anal...
Dunford arrived a few minutes later and gave her an approving nod. You look lovely, Henry.She smiled her thanks but decided not to put too much stock in his compliment. It sounded like the sort of thi...
Does that feel better? she asked, not expecting any sort of an answer but feeling nonetheless that she ought to continue with her one-sided conversation. I really don't know very much about caring for...
Do you know what I like about you, Elizabeth?She couldn't even possibly imagine.You're as kind and good a person as they come, he continued, but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or c...
Do you have any idea how mortifying this is?'Her brothers stared at her, quite rightly, in Phillip's opinion, as if she'd gone mad.'You lost the right,' Anthony bit off, 'to feel mortified, embarrasse...
Do you here? Sophie asked dryly.No, he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, although my mother is constantly telling me to make myself right at home.She could think of no witty rejoinder,...
Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself...
Daphne looked down and noticed that her hand was clenched into a fist. Then she looked up and realized her mother was staring at her, clearly waiting for her to say something. Since she had already ex...
Daisy said boldly. Nothingventured, nothing gained.Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.Who said that? Daisy asked.I did, Honoria answered impatiently
Come along, Sally, she called out to her maid, who was lagging at least a dozen steps behind.it's eraly, Sally moaned.It's half seven, Olivia told her, holding steady for a few moments to allow Sally...
Claire hasn't told me why she behaved as such, although I have a good idea.''I suspect you do,' Ellie said quietly.'Thank you for not embarrassing her before Charles.''She didn't need her heart broken...