I am quite out of patience with him. Fiona Kincaid set her teacup on the small tray with a decided click. Dougal's been in a horrid temper since he arrived.I like him better this way, Fiona's handsome...
Her honor will come to no harm at my hands, Jack said.’Tis not her honor but her tender heart that I worry about, Alexander said.She’s a delicate lass, Hugh added.Aye, said Gregor. A Scottish rose.You...
Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor.What are you doing?I'm chopping carrots.Gregor, they are carrots! not tree branches....
Good God, what happened to ye? Shelton dropped the bucket of water he was carrying, unmindful that it spilled across the barn floor.I fell. Dougal picked up a brush and began to groom Poseidon.Shelton...
Furthermore, there's marshland on the other side of these hills. No one can even live near it, because the mist produces ill humors.Ill humors?Yes.The entire place is encircled in thick forest, too. S...
Did you bring money with you, or shall we play for markers? She flipped the stack of cards to the table with a professional twist of her wrist. I don't play for less than a guinea a hand.His lips twit...
But like all simple things, once you add the human element, all hell breaks loose.
You told me he was dead.Red said through his teeth, There was no point,for there's no meaner, more petty man in all of God's England.At least I'm not a wastrel, the old man snapped.Red started toward...
To make matters worse, he added in a deep voice that made her shiver, I love turnips.It was indecent that the man could make a sentence as abhorrent as I love turnips sound like an improper propositio...
There comes a time in every endeavor when one must take fate by the lapels and explain the need for urgency.
The weather is certainly unpredictable here,isn't it?It's always unpredictable when the MacLeans are involved.She turned to look at him. You've heard the rumors of the curse?I've heard them and believ...
Stop that! What were you doing, perched on the window ledge like a big chicken?Despite his aches and irritations, he couldn't help but grin. I prefer to think of myself as a more noble bird, like a ha...
Lord MacLean, pray have a seat. That chair is safe. And half the size of a regular seat. She him to be comfortable in it.He eyed the chair and shook his head. I believe I'll stand.As you wish. She sm...
It's unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there's a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.
It near broke my heart to treat such a good piece of meat in such a way.Aye, Red said with feeling. I watched ye do it, and it near made me cry,too.Sophia laughed and hugged her father. When this is o...
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.
In order to understand something really and truly well, you must know where it came from. There is no other way to appreciate its value.
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 dislike being held to a set of rules for no reason other than to create the impression of order, whether it exists or not.
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...