Lie back and enjoy, Clarissima. Last night was a synopsis. Now it's time for the unabridged version.
Clare's dark brows arched. How can one piece of wood be more moral than another? The mace saves a lady from bending over and exposing her ankles to whatever depraved males are present, he explained.
As Paracelsus said, ‘Dose alone makes a poison.’ The
A witty vicar once said that a good marriage is like a pair of scissors with the couple inseparable joined, often moving in opposite directions, yet always destroying anyone who comes between them. Th...
I’ve been called many things in my life, but never a sacrificial penguin.
Children often sang, adults seldom. At what age did the singing stop?
She made a purring sound in her throat and pressed into his palm,
Listen.
Inferior people often despise those who are different, Adam said calmly. It’s the only way they can feel superior.
I don’t usually look back. When I make foolish decisions, I file the consequences under lessons learned and tell myself not to be stupid in the same way again.
Here's a lesson for you, Clare. Frivolity is usually far more profitable than necessity.
Are you still afraid of me? He touched her fallen hair with a butterfly's delicacy. She might not have noticed that touch, except that she noticed everything he did. She closed her eyes for a moment,...
I don’t know what you hope for in a husband, but if it is to be loved … well, I think it would be very easy to fall in love with you.
As the next car in the line pulled up, he sent a last yearning glance after Kate, wanting to imprint that laughing image on his mind forever. Girls like her were not for guys like him, who parked cars...
Your precocity delighted everyone who met you even when you were behaving like a limb of Satan.
Once we begin our journey, it would be appropriate if you show a groveling desire to please your employer. Juliet raised her eyebrows loftily. I was planning on being the sort of servant who is errati...
If I have an ambition, it’s to leave the world a little better than I found it.
I think that marriage is always the triumph of hope over fear.
I see why they call you Lady Alys, he said with a mocking humor. Managing an estate, several businesses, and children as well. You are an extraordinary woman. Most women are extraordinary. It compensa...
I believe as I did as a child, that life has meaning, direction and value; that no suffering is lost; that each drop of blood and every tear counts; and that the secret of the world is to be found in...