This is the woman I'm t' marry! Where have ye been all me life, me love?And without a blink, I replied, Don't start with me, ye scoundrel! If ye come with an empty purse, ye can leave now, fer I'd rat...
There was little that common sense and hard work couldn't accomplish.
There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting.
Then you must also spend the night. We are miles from an inn, and I can promise you that the sheets are fresh and clean.
Then why did you return to England if not to get the diary?I returned because you asked me to.She looked at him, too startled to even speak for a moment. [She said,] That's all it would have taken.Yes...
The world has no boundaries for someone who savors success and is willing to work for it.
The bed was lumpy, the fire smoked so badly I was forced to extinguish it or die, then I froze to death the rest f the night because the blanket was so thin.That's a shame. It was right comfortable in...
Somewhere around chapter seven she had started wondering if Lucinda, the annoyingly incompetent heroine of , truly deserved to live. The chit was forever whining about her life, while refusing to any...
Sometimes you have to grab life by the horns and ride it,even if it tries to throw you.
She opened her eyes.He sniffed. Holding her breath, she waited.He sniffed again. Is it an herb, ?She nodded, smiling shyly. Rosemary.The cook at Tullock puts it in turtle soup.Her smile faltered. She...
Perhaps we should spice up our next wager.A wary look entered her blue eyes. How?By wagering your mother's necklace against...your clothing.She froze, her arms over her head, her eyes wide. My clothin...
On the platter sat the roast, half of it black, the other half bloody. A wilted sprig of parsley sat beside it, as if Mary couldn't quite allow the roast to leave her kitchen without trying to disguis...
Oh, he rarely gets angry. But he is perpetually irritated.
No, my lord. I merely thought it unwise for you to visit the Duke of Massingale and request his granddaughter’s hand in marriage while intoxicated. Reeves replaced the stopper on the decanter and carr...
No matter what station you hold in life, there will always be things that will surprise you. Whether you choose to be outraged or delighted is up to you.
Money, or the lack of it, haunted him. Oh, not because he had so little. He was, in fact, very wealthy. It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain.
Jane? She lifted her brows. Yes?If you so much as hum one word, I shall stuff one of your gloves into your mouth. Tsk,tsk.She assumed an exaggerated sad look.It’s like that,is it?
It makes me wonder which tendencies are decided by birth, and which by desire.
If sarcasm were gold, she would have just made her fortune.
I don't know which is more telling about a soul, their laughter or their tears. I suspect the latter, but hope for the former,