I pulled at the knot again and heard threads begin to pop.Allow me, Miss Jones, said Armand, right at my back.There was no gracious way to refuse him. Not with Mrs. Westcliffe there, too.I exhaled and...
I’d dreamed once of a forest of gold, and Jesse had done what he could to give it to me. His bedroom had been transformed into a wonderland of leaves and flowers, pinecones and branches of birch and o...
I want you in the sky, and against the earth. I want to kiss you again, I want to touch you, I want to feel you in my arms and I want to hear you gasping my name when I'm inside you. I want all that,...
Zane gestured to the table.Did you see what I brun-brought?She shook her head, turning back to the papers. I've read these.Not that one. Nipped it from The Spotted Dog. Last week's news, but I thought...
I would have done anything. Don’t you know that? No.
They fire lots of bullets very, very quickly. Quicker than anything else.I looked up and around the bedroom, the mismatched furniture, the weirdly firm light. Why? What could you hunt with those? What...
There are things in this world, she said steadily, still holding Zane's eyes, that defy easy words. There are things in this world worth protecting, fragile things, secret things. Things that would do...
It is considered an honor to be…plucked from the crowd, so to speak. There are fine families in the district who have lived here for generations, none of whom have been so favored with the duke’s atte...
Sun's down, muttered one of the guardsmen by the windows.Then it's time. Grady made to push away from the table, and the rest began to follow.No, said Kit.Grady paused with his palm pressed flat again...
Perhaps it was the silken dress on my body or the golden roses at my shoulder, but I had determined that I was going to be the most perfect, delightful charity student the duke had ever encountered. I...
My, my, Chloe murmured, studying the chocolate she held. I do believe this one’s gone off. It stinks like a cesspit. Her eyes lifted. Oh, wait. It’s only the guttersnipe.Or perhaps it’s your perfume,...
My dowry is thirty-five. A year. His brows climbed. You’re joking. I would never joke about money with a notorious thief. Just imagine, in a mere two years you’re at a profit. How I adore a woman who...
Kit opened his eyes.?The voice was high and thin and directly by his left ear-also the location of the blade pressed up hard against his jawline.Where is she? the voice demanded again, whispery words...
I guess you'll have to be a sodding duke now, I tried-clumsy, tasteless, and he only winced.Sorry. I covered his hand with mine. That was dumb.No, you're right. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been st...
How long have you known about him? I asked Jesse, using my free hand to gesture toward his guest.Forever. Nearly as long as I did about you.God, Jesse. Why didn’t you say anything?He was a shadow of y...
How good to see you, Miss Jones.That debonair tone, the friendly press of his hand upon mine. It was such a contrast to our final moments in the cottage that I couldn’t help but smirk.Thank you for ha...
Don’t worry. If we sink, we’ll swim together to shore. We’ll use your bewitching chapeau as a float.The nose of the yacht dipped hard, then rose. The wing began a low howl around us.I’m not blotto, he...
Bundled in my shawl and uniform, I might have been partaking in any one of Mrs. Westcliffe’s permitted after-supper al fresco activities, like:Strolling to the edge of the rose garden to admire the su...
Are the family lists complete yet? he asked George.Aye, my lord. We've gathered the names of every possible successful runner for the last forty years. Not many men, I'll tell you that. Six at most, a...
You’re naught but a human man. You couldn’t possibly understand. He lifted a brow, still smiling. Liar. Cutpurse. Runaway.Swindler!Coward, he said softly, and she jerked back.
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