As his butler bore down upon him with a purposeful expression, Robert snatched the scarf out of his hands. “Thank you, I’ll do it myself. I’m not a goose being trussed up for roasting.” “As you wish, sir.” Foley relinquished the thick wool scarf and...
Mrs. Hathaway wiped her eyes with her lace handkerchief as Sophia patted her hand.Lucy could only nod as she tried not to think of what had happened to Oliver. At Broughton House, she’d slipped back into the morning room and had sat quietly, gathering her shattered nerves until Lieutenant Brought...
Tears stood in her eyes. He bent over her, his cock thick and hard inside her quivering, wet sex. “There is no going back for us now,” he groaned. “I want you to know me just once as your husband. No one else’s. Just yours, Clara.” Branson smoothed her hair out of her eyes, kissed her face and th...
Lucy tried to ignore Penelope as she put on her bonnet. “What about Dorothea? We cannot leave her here alone.” Despite Mr. Fairfax’s dire predictions about the weather, the previous evening had brought Dorothea and Dr. Fletcher to the rectory. The younger Miss Chingford was now in bed, being watc...
“Say again?” Jason Fiske asked wearily. “What does Andrea have to do with your sisters’ hair color?” “Not Andrea—Janice Feron. You know, the chick who was engaged to Sheriff McIntyre. She changed her hair color. She’s not a blonde anymore, she’s a brunette, but it’s the same woman. I saw her talk...
Sutherland as though it was her fault. Mrs. Sutherland began to cry. “This will be a black mark on this institution—a black mark,” he said severely. “One of our female inmates caught in a sexual embrace with a male visitor! All right then, put your clothes on. Do not stand there risking further d...
That was Clara Hamilton’s first thought upon waking in Branson’s bedchamber, alone. And then she remembered how she came to be alone. They had quarrelled. She told him to get out. Branson did as she asked, for once. Branson Reilly-Hamilton. Her cousin. Her betrothed. Her jailer. She could bear an...