You don’t want me to feel obligated? Well, I’m sorry, Lily. I am herebecause I feel obligated.” He brought her hand to his chest, pressing herpalm flat against his rapidly thumping pulse. “I’m obligated by...

She’d been mad for him as a girl, but she’d chalked that up to youthful infatuation. She’d tracked the events of his life religiously for a decade, but she’d told herself that was idle curiosity....

There are all kinds of courage in the world, and most of it takes place far from battlefields.

We have to get out of here, Bram. Before they take our bollocks and use them for pincushions.

You’re an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, don’t you?” To her silence, he replied, “You’d believe me if you could see yourself.””I have seen myself. That’s the snag, you see.”He shook his head....

A little faster would be fine.

No, no. Don’t make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a man’s confidence.

Julian,” she said huskily, “you were right the other morning. You know me so well. I’m not made for illicit affaires, all that sneaking around to avoid discovery.” In the dark, her hands crept up...

He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative. His body was insistent. To continue hisexistence on this earth, he now needed...

Your breasts are alabaster orbs.’ “What?” Rufus objected. “That’s stupid. I’m not saying that.” “Do you have some better suggestion?” “Why can’t you just say she’s got a fair set of titties?