You have not known very many men.””I have no wish to know any others. I love this one.

Would a dead man touch you like this?

He drew her into his arms, gathering her close, and dusted kisses over her cheek, her hair. Wrapped in his embrace, Laurien closed her eyes, murmuring a sigh of exquisite satisfaction. A delightful drowsiness overtook...

I would have asked you to let down your hair” turning to regard her with a grin, his teeth a slash of white in his blackened face.”But it is not quite long enough anymore.

At least reindeer kisses do not cause me to take leave of my senses.

He cleared his throat. “I wish I could take back what I said.” He looked away. “I behaved like a thoin aiseal.””What does that mean?””A donkey’s arse.”She glanced down at the furs, found herself fighting...

Now that you made me a knight again”, he said lightly, “I’ll have to keep my mind on certain knightly virtues like chastity.”Ciara could not remember that ever being a knightly virtue.

As I have said, milady, I mean to keep you safe, not harm you. And it is not my habit to force myself on unwilling maidens.””Aye, pilgrim?” she asked dubiously. “Next you will tell me...

At first, I did not tell you any of this because…you were not supposed to mean anything to me. And later…” His voice became rough with emotion. “Later, I did not tell you because you...

I’ve tried to deny it even to myself…My heart and soul are filled with you.

She lifted her chin and returned his unyielding gaze. “Do what you will.”His blue eyes darkened to the color of a moonlit sky. “You should be careful, milady, about issuing such an invitation.

The only thing that can hurt me now is the thought of never knowing this feeling again. To never be able to touch you this way again…

I would be anyone if only I could be with you.

He covered her mouth with his —and she felt as if she had suddenly been enveloped in a cascade of sparks. The tingling warmth from his touch did not compare to the sensations that whirled...

He watched her emerald eyes darken with need until they were the color of the Highland hills warmed by the summer sun.

What have I done?” he asked, his voice raw. “You used to be such a sane, sensible lady.””You took me on a journey into my own heart.

Lauren closed her eyes, remembering how desperate she had been this morn in Chartres, how she had prayed for divine intervention to stop her wedding.She had never expected that intervention to be riding a black...

I must remember to be troublesome now and again, else you are going to be impossible to live with. And by what magic did you find the gown and the horse?””Scottish fairy magic.” His grin...

Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady.””You are not asking.””Aye.

It had seemed entirely sensible at the time. A simple way to test the truth of her claim that she had lain with de Villiers. To show her that lying to him was useless. To...

… not within my memory.””All 300 years of it?”That comment earned her a frown.”My apologies,” she amended lightly. “I supposed I should not tease you about being so old.””Nay, feel free.”His slow smile flashed in...

She frowned at him. “Not every man thinks constantly of… of…”Darach grinned. “Aye, they do, demoiselle. Every man, from the time he is about ten until the day he dies, thinks frequently of that.

They should put their clothes on if they could find them which might be difficult in the darkness.He decided that could wait until dawn.

Camhanach, it is a bargain as old as the world itself.” He chuckled.”Women want protection…men want a willing lass to warm their bed.

There is not a man alive who would not want you.

Rolling onto his side, he drew her close. “Sleep, milady. I will keep you warm tonight, and safe.” He pulled the blanket over her, wrapping one arm around her waist as he settled beside her...

As he looked at her, she felt that flood of restlessness that she now knew was called desire.

Mayhap it was not wise to question God’s plans; mayhap he had been meant to live, to seek this justice, to serve some purpose. The past was the past. And the future…

She clenched her fists. “I believe, milord, that I have endured my full limit of male tyranny.” “I am afraid, milady, that you will have to become accustomed to it. It is the way of...