She’d ceased spying upon him, that was true, but the damage was done. Every time he sat at his desk, he could feel her eyes upon him, even though he knew very well she’d shut her curtains tight. But c...
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...
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.
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...
It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.
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...
I’m not trying to impress you, he replied, glancing up at the front of the room. Gads, he said, blinking in surprise. What is that ?Hyacinth followed his gaze. Several of the Pleinsworth progeny, one...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Raw toast, Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. It goes against the very nature of man.
Milk? Lady Bridgerton asked.Thank you, Gareth replied. No sugar, if you please.Hyacinth takes hers with three, Gregory said, reaching for a piece of shortbread.Why, Hyacinth ground out, would he care?...
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?
He turned to her. Didn’t you see the lightning strike the steeple?She recovered with a sip of tea, then smiled sweetly. I was listening too devotedly to the sermon.Claptrap last week, Lady D announced...