She curled into him, and he inhaled the intoxicating scent of lavender on her heated skin. Her eyes were closed, and she breathed heavily through parted lips. Gazing down at her, he couldn’t help but marvel at what had happened between them. There had been women in his past, but never had he expe...
Clouds blocked the morning sun and a distant rumble of thunder threatened impending rain. Milling pedestrians looked to the darkening sky and rushed inside nearby shops in anticipation of rain. Robert clutched Sophia’s elbow and stopped before an establishment with a hangi...
Isabel marched out of the dining room like an irate general—head held high, chest thrust forward, and back ramrod stiff. The battle of wills between her and Marcus, combined with too much liquor, had inflamed her senses. She itched to confront him, to continue sparring. But manners prevailed, and...
She had planned on meeting Wyndmoor’s tenants soon after arriving at the manor, but when the Duke of Blackwood’s shadow had darkened her doorstep she had been distracted by his legal claim. She had made a mistake. There was no better way to establish her position than to present herself to the te...
She wouldn’t make her sisters give up theirs. They had few niceties in life and she wouldn’t let her pride stop them from enjoying the gifts. As she left the shop, a blast of frigid air struck her face. For a fleeting instant, she wanted to turn and rush back into the shop...