You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.

Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I’ll be waiting for you to come to me.

The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

there is no requirement of a university degree to prove one’s intelligence. Lord Ramsay is a perfect example of how one has nothing to do with the other?

They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.

Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.

I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it.

But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I’ve ever known.

He shook his head, staring at her like a condemned man who beheld the face of his executioner. “Aline,” he whispered, “Do you know what hell is?””Yes.” Her eyes overflowed. “Trying to exist with your...

He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forcing her to stare at him. His voice was savage. “For twelve years I have been in constant...