Guilt often takes the form of anger.
He should never have allowed himself to accept Daisy’s challenge, should never have stayed and played that bloody game for hours. It was just that Daisy had been so adorable, and while they played her attention had been focused entirely on him, and that had been too much temptation to withstand. She was the most provoking, beguiling woman he had ever met. Thunderstorms and rainbows wrapped together in a convenient pocket-sized parcel.
Poor man. You look as though you’d been attacked by a wild beast.” A husky laugh escaped him. “Just a small vixen,” he said, “who grew a bit fierce in her play.” “You should bite her back,” Pandora said against his chest. “That would teach her to be gentler with you.
Just because you’ve given up all masculine pride,” he muttered, “doesn’t mean I have to do the same.” “Do you know what kind of men are able to keep their masculine pride?” Devon asked. “Celibate ones. The rest of us don’t mind doing a little begging and appeasing, if it means not having to sleep alone.
St. Vincent was far too clever to rely on physical violence when a few well-chosen words would skewer someone with a minimum of fuss.
Then give me your answer.” He crushed a brief, impassioned kiss against her lips. “Say it, or I’ll have to keep kissing you until you surrender.
I want to give you a present.” Pandora’s dark winged brows drew together. “A literal present?” Gabriel responded with a puzzled smile. “Yes. How could it be otherwise?” “I thought ‘give you a present’ might be a metaphor.” Her gaze flicked in the direction of the bedroom. “For that.” He began to laugh. “I wouldn’t presume to flatter myself quite so extravagantly. You’ll have to inform me later if my lovemaking is a gift or not.
The next time I see you,” Sebastian said viciously, “no matter what the circumstances, I’m going to kill you. No law, nor weapon, nor God Himself will be able to stop it from happening. So if you value your life, don’t let your path cross mine again.
A man who wants trouble can find it anywhere.
I’ll be a Winterborne,” Helen said calmly. “They should worry about that I’ll think of them.
Do I have to take a knee when I ask her?” Ryan asked.“No, but it’s traditional.” Ryan rubbed the lower half of his jaw, clearly not liking the idea. “Men used to kneel when they were being knighted,” Sofia pointed out.“Or beheaded,” Ryan said darkly.
I would become anyone, anything for you. I would lie, steal, beg, kill for you. I’m not sorry for what I did in the past few months. My life would have been nothing without them.
It was the simplest of all the rings, a polished gold band engraved with the words Tha Gad Agam Ort. “What does this mean?” she asked MacPhee. “It says, ‘My love is upon ye.
For some reason Miss Jenner had seen fit to come uninvited to Sebastian’s home at a scandalously late hour. To make the situation even more compromising, she was unaccompanied – and spending more than a half minute alone with Sebastian was sufficient to ruin any girl. He was debauched, amoral, and perversely proud of it. He excelled at his chosen occupation – that of degenerate seducer – and he had set a standard few rakes could aspire to.
Hard work often produces better results than talent.
My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.
You’re not worried about being compromised, are you?” he asked. “Because I’ve already done that.
Turning, she held her arms out to him in a maternal gesture. McKenna went to her at once, his black head lowering to her soft, round shoulder as he wept.
Sweetheart.” He let out a serrated breath. “You tempt me just by being in the same room with me.
He leaned over her shoulder, until his mouth was at her tingling ear. “Perhaps I’ll appear at your window one midnight,” he whispered, “to tempt you for a ride across earth and ocean.