You suffered no injuries?” Two long, wet fingers hooked the top of her neckline and tugged her closer to the side of the bathtub. Sebastian’s eyes were pale, lucent blue, sparkling like winter starlight. “I may have enough of a sprain to require your services.” A smile curved her lips. “What services?” “I need a bath maid.” Catching one of her hands, he drew it down into the water. “For my hard-to-reach places.
It seemed that no matter what her faults were, he was willing to accept her for who she was, and who she was not.
The purpose of society is to prevent natural behavior.
Justin tugged at Phoebe’s sleeve. “Mama, if I must have a governess, I want a pretty one.” Another snort from the nursemaid. “They start early, don’t they?” she remarked in an aside. “In my family, they do,” Phoebe replied ruefully.
I like that word,” Pandora mused. “Strumpet. It sounds like a saucy musical instrument.” “It.
A queen, you are,” he said softly. “I could travel the world the rest of my life, and not find another woman with half your ways.
True friends never mind holding your hair back while you cast up your crumpets.
The moment you enter the room, the earl becomes far more animated. It is obvious that he is fascinated by you. One can hardly have a conversation with him, as he is constantly straining to hear what you are saying, and watching your every movement.
As she watched while Gabriel sorted through the medicine spoons, she decided to take the bull by the horns. “You probably already know this,” she said bluntly, “but I love you. In fact, I love you so much that I don’t mind your monotonous handsomeness, your prejudice against certain root vegetables, or your strange preoccupation with spoon-feeding me. I’m never going to obey you. But I’m always going to love you.” The.
We men had a meeting a long time ago, and we all decided, ‘It’s trousers’. And that’s what we’ve worn ever since.
Daisy Bowman,” he said unevenly, “I’d spend eternity in hell for one hour with you.” “Is that how long it takes? An hour?” His reply was rueful. “Sweetheart, at this point it would be a miracle if I lasted one minute.
West paused. “My God, I can feel sincerity rising in my chest like a digestive disorder. I have to stop.
I’m supposed to stay away from you.” He grinned at that. “Says who?” She ignored the question. “And while I’m certain that at least half the rumors about you couldn’t possibly be true – ” “They are,” Gideon said without a trace of shame. “You’re a rake, then.” “The worst kind.
Darling, let me leave you with a thought: There’s very little in life that doesn’t require a compromise of one kind or another. No matter what you choose, it won’t be perfect.” “So much for happy-ever-after,” Pandora said sourly. Kathleen smiled. “But wouldn’t it be dull if ever-after was always happy, with no difficulties or problems to solve? Ever-after is far more interesting than that.
Daisy glanced up into her husband’s sparkling eyes. “You’re being scandalous, Mr. Swift,” she whispered. “This is nothing,” Matthew replied in an undertone, his expression soft with love. “I’m saving my worst behavior for tonight.
Start behaving like the mature woman you are, and acknowledge the fact that you have flaws. And give the poor devil a chance to prove that he can love you regardless.
The night we met, I felt you like an electric shock. Something about you calls to the devil in me.
Courting sometimes has the unpleasant side effect of marriage.
I’ve spent my entire life reading about the lives other people are having. My world has been... very small. No one believes I would thrive if I weren’t kept secluded and protected. Like a flower in a glasshouse. If I marry one of my kind, as you put it, no one will ever see me as I am. Only what I’m supposed to be.
Although she was not conventionally beautiful, she was so original that it rendered the question of beauty inconsequential.