Lisa Kleypas quote: "If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?"

Surely you would have expected no less of a Roma. We take what we want. If a Roma desires a woman, h...
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A pity that she gets so upset about little things, isn't it?"
"Like the time we sneaked the gre...
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Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it ache...
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Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time ...
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A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldnes...
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I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to belie...
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You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself ...
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You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster.

"Wi...
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Do you like that?” he whispered.
“Yes, I…” She fought to speak between helpless gasps....
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Hell was not a pit of fire and brimstone. Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears a...
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The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.
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Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted th...
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Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a s...
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I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and...
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Between the sisters' joined hands, the pressure of their pulses mingled in steady throbs. Daisy was ...
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I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged...
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A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sus...
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Damn it. What are we exactly calling a 'masculine problem'? Did he have trouble running the flag up?...
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If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.
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Frost’s face darkened. “What gives you the right to speak for Miss Hathaway and her family?” <...
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You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.
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I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses...the sm...
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I have nothing to offer you," he finally said in a guttural voice.
"Nothing."
Win's lips h...
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I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub ...
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What if you could meet your soul mate?" the ghost asked. "You 'd want to avoid that?"
"Hell, ye...
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The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so th...
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Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoo...
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Jewelry, in a box this big?' I unfastened the silver latches.

'This is Texas,' Kimmie sai...
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You told me you believed marriage was for other people."

"You're the only man who could m...
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And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it's a fact that friends l...
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The prettiest bottle, made of glass molded in a pattern of leaves, was half-filled with a colorless ...
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And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scra...
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I had to admit the man looked amazing in jeans. The ancient denim clung lightly to his hips and foll...
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Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.
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Rohan's fingertips drifted with stunning delicacy over her throat, behind her ear, pushing into the ...
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I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the enti...
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I hate you for all the years I 'll have to live without you. How can a heart hurt this much and stil...
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Daisy was wearing a butter-yellow gown that wrapped tightly around her slender waist and pushed the ...
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I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you...
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A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatr...
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I’ll tell you what I’m fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. I...
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Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two ...
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I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most."

~ H...
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Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder o...
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A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nin...
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I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, alth...
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Daisy had no idea how to put herself to rights again. But she thought it would be a good thing to st...
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The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as peo...
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I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.

-Ella ...
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Hardy! Hardy —” He had come for me. I nearly lost it then. In the wild torrent of relief and gra...
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What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to a...
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Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they'...
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In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the v...
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He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forc...
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And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince."
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Without a doubt... the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car.
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There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile...no sound sweeter than your laughter...
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The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change...
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What are you thinking?" he asks.

I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undon...
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I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the enti...
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There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.
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Browsing among the stalls, the sisters feasted on hand-sized pork pies, leek pasties, apples and pea...
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Rohan’s head lifted. His eyes glowed as if brimstone were contained within the dark-rimmed irises....
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Would it help,” he asked gently, “to have a shoulder to cry on?”
She fought to conceal h...
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He dismounted and helped Amelia to the ground. At his direction, she sat on a fallen birch log while...
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Watching the crackling fire, relishing the trusting weight of her head on his shoulder, Cam stroked ...
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If you want me, love,” he whispered, “tell me in Romany. Please.”
Blindly Amelia turned ...
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The covers slipped between them. Amelia shivered as the cool air wafted over her naked back and shou...
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Let’s get to the point, Amelia.” His hands closed over her shoulders. “Are you going to marry ...
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I’ve considered everything you said earlier. I’ve made a decision. But first I’d like to expla...
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I have to see you in daylight.” His mouth chased lightly, hungrily over her throat and shoulder. �...
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Amelia, if we have children … will you mind that they’re part Roma?”
“Not if you don�...
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I found it when I was getting the crushed bees for Merripen’s poultice. I brought it back for you....
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He settled a hand over her stomach, rubbing in soothing circles. “Lie easy, sweetheart.”
�...
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Don’t tease,” she muttered, trembling with need. “I can’t bear it.”
“Sweetheart…...
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Since meeting with Mr. Pym was the responsibility of the current Lord Ramsay, Cam bullied Leo into a...
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Cam … would you do something for me?”
“Anything.”
“Could you find some of that...
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Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po...
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The hearth in his room had been replenished, the blaze shedding warmth and light. Cam’s eyes narro...
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Cam leaned over her, bracing his forearms on either side of her, kissing her sulky mouth. “Just fo...
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Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a...
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Any man,” she muttered, “who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut ...
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A footman knocked at the door, the sound echoing through the entrance hall.
The sisters looked...
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He toyed with her ear, catching the rim delicately between his teeth. “I’ll admit it wouldn’t ...
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You’re not like any man I’ve ever known,” she said. “You’re not even someone I could have ...
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Amelia groped for the ring and began tugging and twisting it. “It’s stuck again.” She sounded ...
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Cam restored her clothing slowly, his strong hands lifting her from the beech. Crushing her close, h...
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Cam paused, staring down at her with dilated eyes, the irises bright gold rims around circles of fat...
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Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and...
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I have a proposition for you,” she said, trying for a businesslike tone. “A very sensible one. Y...
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You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say.
“I had to come back early.” Sh...
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He looked disheveled and disreputable, like an outlaw on the run. A smile came to his lips, while he...
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—Colibrí —susurró él—. Será mejor que se vaya. Si no lo hace, terminaré comprometiéndola...
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He kissed her as if he could breathe her in. Fierce kisses, hard ones, teasingly articulate ones, so...
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Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the
only way to begin.
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Aún. La tentadora promesa incrustada en esa palabra le cortó el aliento.
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Lord St. Vincent sees to it that his wife is dressed like a queen. I'll tell thee summat: if she wan...
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Amelia, if we have children… will you mind that they're part Roma?"

"Not if you don't m...
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Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes from myself . . . keep an open...
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I'd agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I'm on the wrong side of the argume...
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Before Rohan could reply, a new voice entered the conversation. "What's this?"
It was Leo, who ...
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You’re not like any man I’ve ever known,” she said. “You’re not even someone I could have ...
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Any man," she muttered, "who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away...
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You're like someone from a fairy story written in a language I don't even know."

"The pri...
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Believe me, when my ‘personal endowments’ are being discussed, I always pay attention.” ~ Cam ...
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I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.
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I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence ...
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Amelia stopped before him, her skirts crowded between his parted knees. The clean, salty, evergreen ...
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A lack of desire is something I've never experienced. I'd have to
be on my deathbed before I st...
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The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never k...
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I'm not the marrying kind -"
St. Vincent snorted. "No man is. Marriage is a female invention.
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She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope."
"Never be afraid...
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Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the e...
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A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a g...
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Cam held her closer. "Marry me, Amelia. You're what I want. You're my fate." One hand slid to the ba...
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But the absence of tears wasn't the same as an absence of feeling.
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...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite ...
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I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.
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I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far mor...
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You've told a good story in a skillful manner. I like it that you haven't moralized about your heroi...
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Did you like my novel?" she couldn't resist asking.
"Yes, I did. At first I thought it would be...
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Men are like dogs," Stacy was fond of saying. And she usually went on to add that, like dogs, they a...
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Well?” Amelia demanded, clearly unaware of the turn of his thoughts. Which was a good thing, as th...
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Zoe gave him a look that was difficult to interpret. Eventually she asked, "What makes you sure I co...
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I don't really like this song," Emma had said.
"You told me it was your favourite."
"It's ...
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Kiss me,” she said urgently.

Sam’s eyes flickered with mild surprise. “Right now?�...
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Poppy took a deep, appreciative breath. “How bracing,” she said. “I wonder what makes the coun...
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The chef turned back to the housekeeper. “Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur ...
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Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her ow...
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I've missed you, Sebastian."

"Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the...
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It's the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can't stand each other. It's like we're already...
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It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love w...
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The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.
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There was a fascinating duality about Matthew that Daisy had never encountered in another man. At so...
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With all due respect," Christopher muttered, "this conversation is leading nowhere. At least one of ...
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I cleared my throat and tried to sound casual, like this was no big deal. “I don’t even get chee...
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After watching—with a twinge of satisfaction—the letters burn to ashes in the fireplace, Evie fe...
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This club's no place for you, tibby," he had told her with gruff fondness. "You has to stay away fro...
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I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their ...
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The bargain…” she mumbled.

“You said I could kiss you,” came his gentle, wicked ...
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Evie ” came his faint whisper “I’m going to your mother see…she’s got ’em to leave a bac...
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Westcliff thinks that St. Vincent is in love with you.”

Evie choked a little and didn�...
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My love is upon you.
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I-I’m not making advances,” she told him as she flattened herself against his chest. “You’re...
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Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.
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Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.
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My prize, my pleasure and pain, my endless desire. I've never know anyone like you.
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Women beg me for it, and not the other way around."

"Then you should go to one of them."<...
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I don't share my body heat indiscriminately.
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If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness…...
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I won’t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.”
“From all indicatio...
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A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie ...
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I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to disli...
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Ghost?” St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. “Christ. You’re not serious, are you?” LISA KLEYPAS

What happened to your stammer?"

"I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to s...
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He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.
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Lately I've become so damned distracted that I can't make a decision about anything. I can't think c...
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Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the ...
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Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders...
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It's a mistake, you know. You have no idea what you'll be exposed to...the obscenities and lewd comm...
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I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going ...
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I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your so...
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It’s impossible,” he snapped.

“Why?”

“Because I’m Sebastian, Lor...
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You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things...
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The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.
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Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, o...
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Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was ...
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I love you dammit,"she brushed her lips teasingly against his.

"How much?" He made a slig...
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Annabelle’s eyes stung as she stared at him, while need and inexhaustible tenderness gathered like...
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It had been a long time since a woman had aroused his interest as Amelia Hathaway had. The moment he...
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The surprise and relief of being held so securely by a friend she had not expected to see overwhelme...
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Sebastian encountered Cam in the hallway outside the reading room. “Where is he?” he demanded wi...
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Lillian tells everyone about her flaws," Daisy said, her brown eyes twinkling. "She's proud of them....
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When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence.
Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Wel...
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You know,” she said dreamily, passing over his question, “you’re not nearly as handsome as Lor...
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The thing you never want your sister to be," my brother informed me, "is an unidentified woman on th...
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Cat doesn’t have to work. She’s a woman of independent means. I settled enough money on her to a...
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I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.
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I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn ...
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I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently lock...
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Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincent’s heart...
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Take too much time, and time will take you.
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Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”
“They’re ravi...
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You don’t annoy me.” Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. “I thought you did, at ...
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You took advantage of me while I was sleeping," she said breathlessly. "That's not fair."
Gent...
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To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight.
His expression turned q...
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Let's dispense with the nonsense, Victoria. This isn't a question of suitability, yours or his. You'...
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He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to kn...
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Evie…” His whisper stirred the tiny wisps at her hairline. “I want to make love to you.” LISA KLEYPAS

Simon,” she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never ...
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In this regard, Daisy reflected, her marriage to Matthew would not be unlike Lillian's with Westclif...
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... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.
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I love you," she said wretchedly. “And if I were well, no power on earth could keep me away from y...
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I'm not good enough for you. But no one is. And most men, good or bad, have limits to what they woul...
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All the fires of hell could burn for a thousand years and it wouldn't equal what I feel for you in o...
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The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurk...
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Clinging to him desperately, Sara kept her mouth at his ear. "Listen to me." All she could do was pl...
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I didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were g...
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Pausing with the teacup near her lips, Helen said, "I would rather marry you. It will be an adventur...
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Sturm und Drang?”

“Ah…I see that I’ll have to introduce you to the finer points o...
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If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

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