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like my own. Like the freckles, it made her – not unremarkable, as I had feared to find her; but marvellously, achingly real. Hearing it, I understood at last my wildness of the past seven days. I thought, how queer it is! – and yet, how very ordinary: I am in love with you. Soon her face
Sarah Waters • Tipping The Velvet (VMC Designer Collection)
“I th-think there are quite a few ladies who would like to become acquainted with any part of him,” Evie observed, causing Annabelle to snicker into her teacup.
Lisa Kleypas • A Scandal in Spring (The Wallflowers, Book 4)
“She and her sister are meeting with the countess.” “Ah, what a magnificent old dragon,” St. Vincent mused, drawing Lillian through the doorway.
Lisa Kleypas • It Happened One Autumn: The Wallflowers, Book 2
“Only you,” Poppy said, “could make seducing a man sound like the most pragmatic option.”
Lisa Kleypas • Tempt Me at Twilight (Hathaways)
Lord deliver her from obnoxious brothers.
Sarah MacLean • Daring and the Duke: The Bareknuckle Bastards Book III
“All along You thought The fiery current Of your lover’s breast Pulled you to the deep. But it was my heart-tide Releasing you To float adrift With seaweed.”
Delia Owens • Where the Crawdads Sing
Rhys felt his heartbeats tumbling like a row of tin soldiers. He had always enjoyed women casually, sampling their favors with relaxed ease. Not one of them had ever caused this aching craving that Helen seemed to have unlocked from the center of his soul.