And when he kissed her . . .All she wanted was more.You are so beautiful, he murmured, and for the first time in her life, Sarah truly believed that she was.She touched his cheek. So are you.Hugh smil...
Stirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on anything...It was a wonder he didn't drink Kilmartin Tea and sit on a Kilmart...
One hour later Sophie was in Benedict’s sitting room, perched on the very same sofa on which she had lost her innocence just a few weeks earlier. Lady Bridgerton had questioned the wisdom (and proprie...
James started to laugh. His chin hurt where she'd smacked him twice, his foot throbbed where she'd stepped on it, and his entire body felt as if he'd swum through a rosebush, which wasn't as far off t...
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.
It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.
Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go.You're not?Blake stared at her in irritated confusion. What was her game? Do you think I'm an idiot? he...
No one said we had to spend every waking moment together, he said, but at the end of the day-he leaned and kissed each of her eyebrows, in turn-an most of the time during, there is no one I would rath...
Miss Wynter, I think you should be the evil queen, Harriet said.There’s an evil queen? Daniel echoed. With obvious delight.Of course, Harriet replied. Every good play has an evil queen.Frances actuall...
His leg throbbed, but his heart felt lighter, and for the first time in years, the world seemed to be filled with possibility.I love you, he said. And he thought to himself, That makes five. Five time...
He smacked the heel of his hand against his forhead, as if that could knock the mental picture out of his head. Hell, he though irritably, he didn't want to knock the image just out of his head. He wa...
Until you've lived through all that, he said, don't you ever complain about what we have. Because to me... to me... He choked on the words, but he barely paused before he continued. This - us - is hea...
In this room,in this minite,she was his everything
Would you care to dance? he blurted. Now? She smiled adorably. Is there music? There wasn’t. It was some testament to how foolish in love he’d become that he did not even feel embarrassed.
Honoria had a plan.It had come to her in church that morning. (The ladies went; the gentlemen somehow managed to get out of it.) It wasn’t terribly complicated; she needed only a sunny day, a halfway...
Full lips are better for kissing.
Oh, God, Francesca,Now there’s a good one.Why?Why? Why? He gave each one a different tenor, as if he were testing out the word, asking it todifferent people.Why? he asked again, this time with increas...
Are you all right? he asked Olivia. His heart was still racing with terror that she’d been hurt. I heard a woman scream.Ah, that would have been me, Sebastian said.Harry looked down on his cousin, fac...
In three days, he continued, I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?
As far as bad ideas went, this stole the prize.