Ian permaneceria na aldeia por alguns dias, para se certificar de que Hiram e o povo de Pássaro estavam de comum acordo. No entanto, Jamie não estava absolutamente certo de que o senso de responsabili...
I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and- A small gasp for breath, and her eyes locked on his. And I wouldn't do that to you. Her bosom fell and her eyes closed.It was a...
Because I wanted you. He turned from the window to face me. More than I ever wanted anything in my life, he added softly.I continued staring at him, dumbstruck. Whatever I had been expecting, it wasn'...
Jamie. I want you to mark me.What? he said, startled.The tiny sgian dhu he carried in his stocking was lying within reach, its handle of carved staghorn darkagainst the piled clothing. I reached for i...
L’amore per un figlio non può essere libero: sin dai primi segni di movimento nell’utero germoglia in noi una devozione tanto potente quanto viscerale, irresistibile come l’atto stesso della nascita....
When you took me from the witch trial at Cranesmuir--you said then that you would have died with me, you would have gone to the stake with me, had it come to that!He grasped my hands, fixing me with a...
And you, my Sassenach? What were you born for? To be lady of a manor, or to sleep in the fields like a gypsy? To be a healer, or a don's wife, or an outlaw's lady?I was born for you, I said simply, an...
Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time, he said callously. Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one night. And they do say that abstinence makes the heart grow firmer, no?Absence, I said, dodging t...
There was only one small probelm. It wasn't Frank I reached for, deep in the night, waking out of sleep. It wasn't his smooth, lithe body that walked my dreams a roused me so that I came awake moist a...
The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie’s cold blue gaze. Jamie set the hor...
Claire. The name knifed across his heart with a pain that was more racking than anything his body had ever been called on to withstand.
Take off your shirt, I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment.Why? he asked, but sat up and obliged. I knelt in front of him, admiring his naked body.Because I want to look at you, I s...
For a long time, he said at last, when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard of some great man. All orphans do this, I think, he added dispassionately.It makes life easier to bear,...
My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank God. Tall and graceful, the soft light making shadows in the folds of his shirt as he moved, a fugiti...
I loved Frank...I loved him alot. But by that time, Jamie was my heart and the breath of my body. I couldn't leave him. I couldn't.
For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here, he said, so softly I could barely hear him, here in the dark, with you… I have no name.
God, don't laugh! Jamie said, alarmed. I didna mean to make ye laugh! Christ, Jenny will kill me if ye cough up a lung and die out here!
He pressed me firmly to him, and I could feel that he was more than ready to get on with the business at hand. With some surprise, I realized that I was ready too. In fact, whether it was the result o...
I had one last try.Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin? He hesitated a moment before answering.Well, no, he said slowly, so long as it doesna bother you that I am. He grinned at my drop-jawed exp...
It wasn't the risk, I said, flicking my toes at a big black-and-white splotched carp. Or not entirely. It was—well, it was partly fear, but mostly it was that I—I couldn't leave Jamie. I shrugged help...
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