Of course, they don't like him! Liking is for ninny-hammers. Real men elicit rancor. Pausing for a moment of deep consideration, she added, Loathing, even. But never liking. Hatred, perhaps? suggested...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.
You were wrong, he murmured ruefully, resting his cheek on top of Amy’s head. You weren’t safe with me.I feel like Psyche kissing Cupid in the dark, Amy said dreamily.Richard drew Amy’s arms around hi...
The use of charm as a tool made her hackles rise. She respected a more direct approach. A battering ram approach. At least one knew where one stood with the battering ram, none of this butter-wouldn't...
Tell them I have the headache--no, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.
Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.
Word of advice, sister mine. If you want to keep your papers private, don't write 'Private' on the cover. It set the mater right off. It was all I could do to stop her sniffing around like some great...
What a very odd thing,' said Janie, 'to live and leave no mark.
Say what you will about Queen Eleanor, she was a savvy, quick-witted woman who made her mark on history. And as the founder of the Courts of Love, what better patron monarch could there be for a roman...
Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be s...
When you think about it, everything has been said before, in one way or another. It's only our experience of it that makes it new.
Sensing another maternal oration coming on, one of those I-bore-you-and-thus-know-what’s-best-for-you lectures, Richard made a pointed move towards the door. ‘If that’s all for the moment, Mother, I r...
I’m not your gilded prince with the gilded chairs, Letty, Geoff said simply. I couldn’t be if I tried.I wouldn’t want you to be. Letty’s voice felt rusty. I’m not particularly bold or dashing or heroi...
In flawless and very aristocratic French, Jane said, Tell Monsieur le Comte de Brillac that he has a guest.Er . . . It was clear the guard didn’t know what to make of her. Do you have papers?Yes. In a...
I'm not sure intentions make much difference in the end. I hear the road to hell is paved with them. She meant it frivolously, but Olivia answered seriously, Yes, but one does have to live with one's...
He just didn’t want to share him with anyone. Ever. She wanted to be the person his eyes sought out in a crowded ballroom, the person he nudged when he had a really smashing joke he just had to tell,...
When they arrived at Parva Magna, everyone agreed that it was quite a good thing thatthe newly married couple had managed to find shelter in the storm, although there was someconfusion as to why it ha...
They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say and every move she didn't make. She was tense with uncertaint...
Jack was not feeling warm and filial sentiments towards his new stepmother. What was she meant to do, deliver me trussed and bound onto the ship?Wouldn’t that be a bit gratuitous? Everyone turned to l...
It was very hard to rant while accepting a cup of tea.