It makes me wonder which tendencies are decided by birth, and which by desire.
It is not enough to simply remove temptation. We must beat it away, burn it, suppress it, combat it with as much ruthless intent as we can muster.
I wish I could tell you that I leapt to my feet anyway, snake be dammed. Or that I wrestled the snake and then fought my opponent. But I saw the icy cold disdain in the snake's eyes and did the only p...
I dinna normally answer the door.Ah, Strath said, offering a charming smile as he whipped off his hat. You are doing a fine job thus far. Well done, Mrs. Pitcairn.She eyed Strath the way a cat might e...
Had I known were waiting, Miss MacFarlane, I would not have lingered,I assure you.Flattery was something she knew how to deal with, and it was much better than this odd heat that simmered between the...
Gor, she breathed when she picked up the nearly empty tureen. Someone done eat the soup!Never! Angus said, his eyes as wide as saucers.All of it, she said, holding the tureen toward Angus.He peered in...
Dougal eyed the breakfast repast. In addition to burnt toast, there was poorly trimmed ham, eggs that looked rubbery enough to bounce off the floor, pathetically dry scones, and small, smoking pieces...
Do you prefer burned or raw?I'll have the burned portion, thank you.Excellent choice. The turnips will complement them perfectly. He winked at her and filled their plates with such amused spirits that...
But love? True love? As wretched as loneliness could be, it was nothing compared to the pain of betrayal. He’d seen with his own eyes what love did to a person—how it built hopes that were rarely, if...
Bloody hell, what did he hit me with? An anvil?His fist.You should put that fool in a bear-baiting pit. You'd make a fortune. Dougal struggled to rise.Sophia helped him on one side, Mary slipping unde...
Beth sighed. I want a relationship, but then again…I don’t. To her surprise, Grandfather cackled. That’s quite normal, my girl. Quite normal indeed. There are no guarantees in this life. You have to t...
Angus, when you're done with the brick, I shall add some oiled rags. That will make it smoke even worse.Angus turned an admiring glance at his partner in crime. Miss,ye've a gift fer this,ye do.She ch...
Ye'll wish a bath this evening, and while I don't mind servin' as yer cook, I'm not washin' yer back.I won't ask if of you, I promise.
Why would he bother? He has no more wish to wed than I.How do you know? Anthony asked. Did you ask him?Her face heated, and Anthony covered his eyes. Pray do not say another word. I don’t wish to know...
We see the world in terms of history, not money. That's the main difference between us and the rest of the world - we appreciate man's foibles, passions, and beliefs, while the rest of the world appre...
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...
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 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.