Close your eyes, Marcus said, his hand moving to her bottom in a circling caress. He brushed his mouth over her forehead and her fragile eyelids. Rest. You’ll need to regain your strength… because onc...
Can't you just tell me now?No, I need someone to eat with.A slight smile rose to my lips. Am I supposedto believe that I'm your only option?No. But you're my favorite option.
But I hadn't known what love was. And I wondered how you could ever be sure, when you thought you loved someone, if you really did.
Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.
Amelia told me once about a suspicion she'd had for a while. It bothered her quite a bit. She said that Win and I had fallen ill with scarlet fever, and you made the deadly nightshade syrup, you'd con...
Although Daisy was the mildest-tempered of all the Bowmans, she was by no means a coward. And she would not accept defeat without a fight. You’re forcing me to take desperate measures, she said. His r...
A lang, lang time ago… MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the braw warrior who won her heart. Oscar bade his belove...
Cruel to ? I'm the one you should worry about. After a conversation with her, I usually walk away with my entrails dragging behind me.
To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word.
The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way.
That was my fault, Helen said hastily. I went uninvited to the store yesterday and demanded to see Mr. Winterborne. I told him that I still wanted to marry him, and I made him exchange my ring for a n...
Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.
Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.
Some folks are happier not being saved.
So your middle name is Heloise, he said.Yes, after the medieval French nun. My father loved her writings. In fact, it occurs to me…Héloïse was renowned for the love letters she exchanged with Abélard....
So are you bisexual? I had asked, and Todd had laughed at my insistence on label. I guess I'm bipossible, he had said.
She was yours, if you'd truly wanted her, Harry continued, a pitiless smile touching his lips. But I wanted her more.
Poor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You get the best you can and do without when necessary, and hope to God you won't be wiped out by somethin...
Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.
Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble.