Dreams are for little girls to whisper to each other. They don't really come true. I'm a fully grown woman now, Frances Catherine. I don't imagine impossible things.
Don’t you want to know what happened? Jack asked Alec as he tilted his head toward the man he’d killed.I figured he didn’t get your order right.
Do you think my husband and his soldiers will be overly upset with me?The priest broke into a wide grin. I'll stand by your side when we find out, he said. I would be honored to escort you to your hus...
Brenna jumped to her feet the second Father Sinclair entered the chamber. I'm so happy to see you, she cried out.Be happy sitting down, Jamie ordered, hovering over her patient like a mother hen.
A barren woman served no purpose in this kingdom. Her very reason for existing had been snatched away.
The Scots take what they want when they want it. She also said they have special preferences. And what might those be? Beak asked. Strong horses, fat sheep, and soft women, Mary said. Horses, sheep, a...
Have learned over the years that we dislike in others what we find in ourselves.
Colin was certain he would feel better once he had gotten some sleep. At one o-clock in the morning he was wishing he could close his eyes and die. By 3 oclock, he thought he had. Colin sprawled out o...
A priest cannot acknowledge the sin or the sinner outside of the confessional. The seal of silence is sacred.
Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s, she blurted out.He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. Not this time, Christina, he said in a furious whisper. Compliments won’t get me off balance...
You're English, he said. And I will therefore make certain allowances for you. I realize you don't understand you shouldn't argue with me, and so I'll explain it to you. Don't argue with me.Incredulou...
You kill a cockroach, Pete. You don’t domesticate him.
You don't tell someone you're going to marry her. You ask.He tried to kiss her again, but she turned her cheek, and he kissed her earlobe instead. I asked your dad.You did? She sounded breathless. Wha...
The baron reminds me of someone, but I can't quite put my finger on who it is, Ramsey remarked.I swear my own father never talked to me the way Gillian's uncle just did.Your father died before you wer...
Remorse has no place in a warrior's mind... A war is like a game of chess, Nicholaa. Every battle is like a well-thought-out move on the board. Once it begins, there shouldn't be any emotion involved...
No, Adam answered.
Nathan had just announced that come hell or high water,he was going to fix his flower.He just needed time to find out how.
Like it or not, she was going to belong to him.
Iain didn't know what to say to her. They had all asked an incredible amount from her. She was such an innocent, too. Hell, she wasn't even married, and yet they'd demanded she deliver a baby. He wasn...
I do know, however, that they took more than one man to their beds.Adela gasped and Madelyne nodded, thoroughly satisfied by her friend’s reaction. More than one at a time? Adela asked. She whispered...