A man does not come at what is mine, harm it, and walk away unscathed.
You’re very difficult. He only flashed her the slightest of smiles. Likely why you wed me. It wouldn’t have done for you to have found a man simply and won him without effort.
Woman, if you leave me smelling like roses . . . I’ll see you regret it, he warned.
Why would I go when everything I love is here? Who? he said gruffly. Hamlet with his charming manners? My poor unmanned brother upstairs? My mother-henning captain? She smiled. No. Kendrick? Not even...
What’s he doing? Richard asked unnecessarily. Composing a heroic ballad based on your adventures, John supplied. I daresay. Well, I don’t want to hear it, Richard said, swinging up into the saddle. Th...
Twenty-four years of sneaking cola drinks for breakfast had finally taken its toll, and she had been tossed into sugar-induced hallucination.
The trees sang their approval. Ruith cocked an ear and listened to them for a moment or two, smiled faintly, then continued on his way toward her. Sarah felt her breath catch, again. She wondered if t...
The panic crept closer, accompanied by a niggling doubt. Could she go back to her time? Did she want to? He shoved both thoughts aside forcefully. They were betrothed. It was too late for thinking. A...
Sile looked momentarily stymied, then shook his head sharply. You wont go alone.I can't ask anyone--You aren't asking, Sile said firmly. I'm insisting--Grandfather, nay, Runach said, stunned. I couldn...
She looked for her guard, then back up at him. No men? Ravishment of one’s wife does not need an audience, he informed her. Ravishment, she said, turning the word over on her tongue and seemingly cons...
She lifted her hand, slowly folded down her index, ring, and little fingers, then cheerfully flipped him the bird. Someone behind him laughed and he whirled around and bellowed out a curse. Maybe it h...
She felt sleep creeping up on her like a relentless tide. She tried to summon up a craving for German chocolates. Or New York traffic. Late-night television. Nope. What she really needed was currently...
Richard nodded, then fumbled around in the purse at his belt. He took her hand and slid a ring onto her finger. I meant to give you this, he said. Before, ah, the tidings came . . . Oh, she said, look...
Perhaps you would care to wear it. While we are in this chamber, he added hastily. She lifted her eyebrows. Why? Because then you would be lord. Why would I want that? Then you would rule over me. As...
Off with you, he said. Sleep will heal your wounds. She paused. Does this mean we’re going to be amicable now? Call it a temporary truce. Now go to bed. Is that a command? He had the feeling the corre...
If Richard trusted anyone with his life, it would have been Kendrick of Artane. But trust Kendrick with his woman? Not a chance in hell. He strode across the lists, intent on intercepting Artane’s lad...
I love you, she said. What brought that on? She smiled. It’s like a fever. It comes and goes. I think your smiles bring it on. Then remind me to give you more of them. She rested her head against his...
I love this medieval stuff, Archie announced to whatever assembly was there, don’t you? And with that, he slapped her happily on the rump—to the accompaniment of more horrified gasps—and continued on...
I don’t want broth, I want an enormous piece of meat. Jessica held the trencher on his lap. You’ll eat broth because that’s all your body can take right now— I’ll eat what I bloody well feel like eati...
I am her husband! Then you can remain unnamed as her one great love whilst her husband looks on unwittingly. Hamlet sighed in satisfaction. Ah, what romance there is in the world today! Hamlet, Richar...