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389d2b4
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There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her." --
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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b11aa8b
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Do you think 'Duke' is a good name?' she asked. His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. 'I don't think so. He would outrank me.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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1c70c32
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You say my name like a lover, so soft, so sweet. I want to lick the word from your lips, sip the exhaled breath from your mouth. I want to possess you utterly. Right now. Right here.
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lord-reading
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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1ae9f15
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Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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37e1e1d
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But he place a gentle palm under her chin and turned her face back to him. "I'm privileged to see you like this," he said, his eyes fierce. "Wear you social mask at your balls and parties and when you visit your friends out there, but when we are alone, just the two of us in here, promise me this: that you'll show me only your real face, no matter how ugly you might think it. That's our true intimacy, not sex, but the ability to be ourselve..
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winter
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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1c481d2
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Why?" he whispered as he leaned over her, supported on one arm. "Why must ye be the one that haunts me dreams? I've seen ye weepin' night after bloody night since the day I sent ye from me palace with yer dress half undone. If I had it to do over again, I'd cut me own right hand off rather than hurt ye so. Will ye never be able to forgive me, Silence love?" "I already have," she replied, cradling his cheek in her hand. "Long, long ago."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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badb3b3
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There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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eef37b6
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I love you," she sobbed, rubbing her hands over his face, his hair, his chest, making sure he was solid and real. "I love you, and I thought you were dead. I couldn't bear it. I thought I would die too." "I'd walk through fire for you," he rasped, his voice hoarse and broken. "I have walked through fire for you."
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temperance
wicked-intensions
lazarus
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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e1722e1
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If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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3126a60
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Where are we going?" she asked. "Mr. Durbin's sheep have begun to lamb, and I wanted to see how the ewes are doing." He cleared his throat. "I suppose I should have told you about today's outing earlier." Anna kept her eyes straight ahead and made a noncommittal sound. He coughed. "I might've, had you not left so precipitously yesterday afternoon." She arched a brow but did not reply. There was a lengthy lull broken only by the dog's e..
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raven-prince
elizabeth-hoyt
edward
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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60d25e3
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It was a strange thing, this feeling of empathy. He'd never experienced it before. He realized that what hurt this woman hurt him as well, that what made her bleed caused a hemorrhage of pain within his soul.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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526dd3e
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This is my social face," he said lightly. "Don't confuse it with the animal beneath."
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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7141d22
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There, there, sweetin'," he murmured into her hair. "He loved me, he truly did," she gasped. "I know he did," Michael said. "And I loved him." "Mm-hmm." She raised her head, glaring angrily. "You don't even believe in love. Why are you agreeing with me?" He laughed. "Because"--he leaned down and licked at the tears on her cheeks, his lips brushing softly against her sensitive skin as he spoke, "ye've bewitched and bespelled me, my sweet Sil..
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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71f3381
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Do you love me Hero?" His pale green eyes were full of torment. "Do you love me like I love you?"
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relationships
torment
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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13f6db7
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He treasured her, treasured her tears, treasured her love for others. Her heart might even be big enough to fill that empty space in his own chest. Perhaps she could be his heart as well.
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scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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57d1489
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I'll never look at you in any way but complete admiration." He stroked her hair soothingly. "You will never be a millstone about my neck. Rather you're the sunshine that brightens my day." He swallowed. "Don't you see? You brought me into the daylight. You've embraced parts of me that I was never able to let see light. Don't make me retreat again into the night. (Winter Makepeace)"
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winter
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ab88786
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Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her.
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love
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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340c8dc
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A garden always has a point.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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0cb246b
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Shh," he whispered. "You asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?"
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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67f75e3
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She swallowed, watching as the servants and Harry and Bert trooped out of the room. Lad, apparently not the brightest dog in the world, sat down next to Mickey O'Connor and leaned against his leg. Mr. O'Connor looked at the dog, looked at the damp spot growing on his breeches where the dog was leaning, and sighed. "I find me life is not as quiet as it used to be afore ye came to me palace, Mrs. Hollingbrook." Silence lifted her chin. "You'r..
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silence
lad-the-dog
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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3baacfa
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Don't make promises you can't keep
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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133235d
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Will ye come with me?" he whispered. And she answered without hesitation. "Yes, please."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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079b504
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I love you," she said, speaking clearly so that there might be no confusion. "I love you utterly and completely. I love your elegant hands and the way you smile with only one side of your mouth -- when you smile at all -- and I love how grave your eyes are. I love that you let me invade your house with nearly my entire family and yours, and never even turned a hair. I love that you made love to me when I asked you, purely for politeness' sa..
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love
declaration
godric
lord-of-darkness
megs
maiden-lane
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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6f7bc5b
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He watched her retreat, his eyes lazy, and his body unmoving. A trickle of blood seeped slowly from the corner of his mouth. He let her get nearly out of the room before he spoke, "I may not have the right, Silence, me love," he drawled so soft she nearly didn't catch the words. "But I would've listened to ye. I would've believed ye."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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2724cd8
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He grunted and stirred, withdrawing from her. She only had a moment to be disappointed and then he flipped her to her back and rose over her, powerful and male. He casually parted her legs with his knees and thrust into her again, hot and hard. She gasped at the swift invasion, the lovely feeling, and then his face was next to hers, his big palms cradling her cheeks. "What I want," he drawled, "is ye. Nothin' else."
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silence
oh-gawd-hawt
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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93b17bb
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You are the closest I will ever come to heaven, either here on Earth or in the afterlife, and I will not regret it, not even at the cost of your tears. So I go to my grave an unrepentant sinner, I'm afraid. There is no use in mourning one such as I, dearest... -Simon to Lucy in a letter before the last duel.
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simondabomb
the-serpent-prince
lucy
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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7a6942f
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Shhh." He put a finger to her lips. "Hear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had. I cannot survive losing you. (Winter Makepeace)"
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winter
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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e9f7e3f
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Griffin, please," she whispered. "Do you want me?" he asked. "Yes!" She tossed her head restlessly. She'd explode if he didn't give her release soon. "Do you need me?" He kissed her nipple too gently. "Please, please, please." "Do you love me?" And somehow, despite her extremis, she saw the gaping hole of the trap. She peered up at him blindly in the dark. She couldn't see his face, his expression. "Griffin," she sighed hopelessly. "You can..
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griffinlordsexy
notorious-pleasures
hero
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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6b983c0
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But you must be awash in a sea of compliments, my lady. Every gentleman you meet must voice his admiration, his wish to make love to you. And those are only the ones who may voice such thoughts. All about you are men who cannot speak their admiration, who must remain mute from lack of social standing or fear of offending you. Only their thoughts light the air about you, following you like a trail of perfume, heady but invisible. (Winter Mak..
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winter
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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2d78dc2
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He grinned, though his face was strained. "That's it, love. Use me to make yerself feel good."
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scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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b760626
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Please remember that just because love isn't expressed doesn't mean it isn't felt.
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elizabeth hoyt |
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03d73a4
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She stepped toward Anna. "I can get you a night with an accomplished male whore or a virginal schoolboy." Coral's eyes widened and seemed to flame. "Famous libertines or ragpickers off the street. One very special man or ten complete strangers. Dark men, red men, yellow men, men you've only dreamed of in the black of night, lonely in your bed, snug under your covers. Whatever you long for. Whatever you desire. Whatever you crave. You have ..
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coral
seductive
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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77b5d77
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A smile flickered across Coral's face. "Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets--raspberry trifle is my own despair--it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?" "Lord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle." "No, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think," Coral murmured. "And," Anna continued as if she hadn't heard the interruption, "I don't need ..
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raven-prince
elizabeth-hoyt
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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5ea9e36
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He looked up. "Is it time already?" She nodded. He rose and waited as she gathered her things. The dog followed them out the door, but then he bounded down the stairs to the drive. The animal sniffed intently at something on the ground and then rolled, happily rubbing his head and neck in whatever it was. Lord Swartingham sighed. "I'll have one of the stable boys wash him before he enters the Abbey again." "Mmm," Anna murmured thoughtful..
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raven-prince
elizabeth-hoyt
edward
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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4a0b00c
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Each time it was like a stray bit of glass pressed into the softness of her heart, grinding, grinding, oh so silently until she no longer noticed when she bled.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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958189b
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Finally he turned his head toward her face and brushed a kiss over her cheek. "I love you and I believe with all my heart that you love me as well. Why can't you say it, Hero?"
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relationships
tormented
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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3dec639
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Shhh," he murmured against her mouth. "Don't talk. Don't think. Just feel."
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harryakathehunk
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ff67c38
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He shoved his hips against her, reminding her of what they had just done, and said, "I had never bedded a woman before you. I made that plain. Did you think I let you seduce me lightly? No, I did not. You made a deal with me the moment you gave me entry into your body." "I made no such deal!" Her eyes were angry--and frightened--but he would not let her make him back down. "Precious Isabel," he whispered. "You made a deal with your heart, y..
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winter
thief-of-shadows
isabelle-lightwood
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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db8c2ee
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What," Mick said softly, "is Lad doin' in me bed?" Hearing his name, Lad opened small, piggish, upside-down eyes, gazing with idiotic adoration as his whip-thin tail thumped the covers. "Ah." Harry scratched behind one ear. "Well, see, 'e was lookin' so forlorn, like, out in the courtyard by 'imself. Seemed an awful shame to leave 'im there all alone." "Off!" Mick roared at the dog. Lad's transformation was instantaneous. His tiny triangle ..
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lad-the-dog
scandalous-desires
mickey
harry
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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6a9075e
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Sophia looked down her long nose at the girl. "Who are you?" "I'm Abigail, ma'am," she said, curtsying. "This is my brother, Jamie. I apologize for him." Sophia arched an eyebrow. "I'll wager you do that quite a lot." Abigail sighed, sounding world-weary. "Yes, I do." "Good girl." Sophia almost smiled. "Younger brothers can be a chore sometimes, but one must persevere." "Yes, ma'am," Abigail said solemnly. "Come on, Jamie," Alistair said. "..
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hihihi
to-beguile-a-beast
elizabeth-hoyt
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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24721e8
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Be that as it may, a gentleman doesn't continue to press his attentions on a lady who can't return them." "Then, as I see it, you have two problems, my lord," Harry said. Tony's eyes narrowed. "One, that the lady does, in fact, return my attentions, and two"--Harry turned to meet the earl's gaze--"I am no gentleman." --
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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679241a
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Val smiled evilly at the child and reached into his pocket. "Do you," he asked, "like kittens?" And he held out a black, fluffy kitten with a white chest. Annalise blinked at the kitten's green eyes. The kitten blinked back. "Oh, yes!" said Annalise. Val deposited the kitten into the plump little arms and strolled to the kitchens, where Hecate and her kittens were in residence, swinging his gold walking stick. There were seven more kittens ..
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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759681b
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I'm leaving." Her cold lips barely moved as she mouthed the words. Horror fisted around his vitals. "No." For the first time she met his eyes. Hers were red-rimmed but dry. "I have to leave,Simon." "No." He was a little boy denied a sweet. He felt like falling down and screaming. "Let me go." "I can't let you go." He half laughed here in the too-bright, cold London sun before his own house. "I'll die if I do." She closed her eyes. "No, you ..
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simondabomb
the-serpent-prince
lucy
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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f6abf12
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Goggie!" she exclaimed, holding both hands out urgently to Lad, who'd been dozing by the fire. "By all means," Michael replied amicably, as if he and Mary were having a conversation. "Let's bring the mutt with us, as well. He's almost presentable now that he stinks o' roses."
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lad-the-dog
mary-darling
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |