Well, go on then, Abby; run along and let the nice man compromise you.

You couldn’t reach that high.

Do you want me to carry you?

Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age.

Gideon could not imagine any other young unmarried woman of his acquaintance passing up the opportunity to snare, if not himself, then the Carradice fortune. In any case, the number of women who’d rejected him...

I was shy,” said six-foot-one of bashful male. He grunted as a sharp, feminine elbow thudded inconspicuously into his side.

Yes, that is the official term.

If you were mine, I’d never leave you, Prudence. I couldn’t.

Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

I shan’t mind if you don’t,” he agreed. “But I’ll not let you go, Prudence. Til not pester you, but know this: I will wait until you choose to listen to your heart.””Pshaw.” It was...

What if I shave?” he said. “I look much better when I’m shaved. My cousin will vouch for that—do I not look almost handsome when I shave, Edward? ” He didn’t wait for the duke’s...

I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.