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So how are the wedding plans progressing? Richard asked, once they were out of the village.They aren't. Breckenridge heard his clipped tones, heard the irritation beneath. Didn't care if Richard did,...
Patience snuggled closer to the warm wall of his chest. He adjusted his hold; his hands slid about her waist, beneath her cloak. He drew her more firmly against him, shifting so she was trapped- very...
Narrow-eyed, Vane watched her go, watched her hips sway as she glided along. He remained in the archway until she reached her door. He heard it shut behind her.Slowly, very slowly, his features eased,...
It was not the first time she'd been kissed, yet it was.
Indeed.The word, uttered softly, reached her as she halted before the side door; Patience felt a cool tingle slither down her spine. And felt the touch of his grey gaze on her cheek, on the sensitive...
I'm unaccustomed to being cooped up all day-I really must insist that you permit me to enjoy a short walk.Not on your life, Fletcher growled.From the sound, Breckenridge realized the group had moved c...
Dazed, she glanced around; the dark shapes of huge leaves reared above the denser dark of heavy pots, grouped upon a tiled floor. Moonlight streamed through walls of long windows and panes in the ceil...
Love wasn't a happening one decided on---to indulge or not, to partake or not. To feel or not. When it came, when it struck, the only decision left to make was how to respond---whether you embraced it...
It's the thought that counts-quite literally. There's energy in doing and in intention, and it matters. It makes a difference.
He and Marcus sipped and a companionable silence fell. Marcus nodded at the pile of news sheets and asked if anything truly important had occurred; Thomas’s reply—that while according to the pundits,...
He'd slumped beside her. You can't fear losing me half as much as I fear losing you. It had been a grudging admission; he'd thought her already asleep.
These look rather exotic.Behind her, Vane studied the way her gown had pulled tight over the curves of her bottom- and didn't argue. Lips lifting in anticipation, he moved in- to spring his trap.Her h...
I wanted you to kiss me, you know. Damned impertinent and overbold female. I know.
Honoria to the twins, Amelia and Amanda : If you seek love, don’t expect it to be simple, don’t expect it to be easy. If one thing is certain, it’s that it’ll neither. If you want love, then by all me...
Don't misunderstand, What the did you think, to leap over like that? You could have stayed safe on this side and Even to her ears, her tone bordered on the hysterical.Beneath her fingers, the white...
Beneath her skirts, she guided his erection to her entrance; drawing his fingers from her sheath, so hot and wet and ready for him, he caught her hand, twined her fingers with his, and drew them away....
And, of course, this time, there was no question of him not succeeding—he intended to get his ring on her finger no matter how long it took. This
And remembered—all he'd nearly forgotten, all her wild responses had driven from his mind. This was one seduction he had to, needed to, manageperfectly—this time, there was meaning beyond the act. Sed...
Abstinence. It didn’t even sound comfortable