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I did what I thought was best.' "And so you kidnapped me,' she said bitterly. 'If you recall I offered you the option of residing with my relatives. You refused.' 'I want to be independent.' 'One doesn't have to be alone to be independent.' Victoria couldn't think of a suitable rebuttal to that statement, so she remained silent. 'When I marry you,' Robert said softly, 'I want it to be a partnership in every sense of the word. I want to con..
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2abba58
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It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it.
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romance
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Julia Quinn |
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92b82d6
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She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath. He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard to keep your feelings inside, but you just weren't strong enough.
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Julia Quinn |
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cc8e2eb
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I just wasn't able to say it before now.' He blinked. 'You needed to knee a man in the groin before you could tell me you loved me?' 'No!' Then she thought about his words. 'Well, yes, in a way. I've always been so fearful that you would run my life. But I've learned that having you with me doesn't mean that I can't take care of myself as well.' 'You certainly made short work of Eversleigh.' Her chin lifted a notch and she allowed herself a..
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Julia Quinn |
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e063263
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Colin leaned forward. "I really did not want to leave my wife."
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Julia Quinn |
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5d685f9
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Colin was still working on his food, having somehow managed to charm the servants into bringing him a bowl of soup. He'd set down his spoon, though, and was presently examining his other hand, idly flexing each finger in turn, murmuring a word as each pointed out toward Phillip. "Miss. My. Wife." "Bloody hell," Phillip finally burst out. "If you're going to break my legs, would you just go ahead and do it now?"
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Julia Quinn |
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1f38017
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They just don't know you,' Penelope said, patting her on the hand. 'And they don't know *you*, either,' Lady Danbury quite pointedly replied ... 'I'd say it was their loss ... Not [a loss] to them, but to you, because as often as I call them fools ... some of them are actually rather decent people, and it's a crime they haven't gotten to know you.
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Julia Quinn |
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ab785f6
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I always loved everything about you, of course, but for some reason I always found your impatience especially charming. It was never because you wanted more, it was because you wanted everything.
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Julia Quinn |
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bf92114
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Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned?
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Julia Quinn |
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863e164
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you seemed far too familiar with violence. It was too easy for you. The way you drew your gun ... You'd had far too much experience with it." He leaned forward, his eyes burning into hers. "What I felt in that moment was far from familiar. It was rage, Elizabeth, pure and primitive, and quite unlike anything that's ever before coursed through my veins."
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Julia Quinn |
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846d57c
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Francesca nao precisava ama-lo. Mas tinha de se sentir livre. Livre para ser feliz. Porque se nao estivesse feliz... Bem, 'isso' o mataria. Podia viver sem o seu amor, mas nao sem a sua felicidade.
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love
o-conde-enfeitiçado
francesca-kilmartin-bridgerton
when-he-was-wicked
michael-stirling
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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9a61ef8
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He didn't know her name, didn't know anything about her except that she dreamed of Rome and smelled like violets. And that she tasted like vanilla cream.
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Julia Quinn |
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95b60bd
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Michael had to clutch the end of the table to keep from rising. He could have had Shakespeare at his side to translate, and still not have been able to explain why Colin"s remark infuriated him so." --
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Julia Quinn |
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dd21a15
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I wonder where everyone is," she muttered. "Sleeping, if they have any idea what's good for them," Dunford replied acerbically. "I suppose we could get started on our own," she said doubtfully. For the first time all morning he smiled broadly and meant it. "I know less than nothing about stonemasonry, so I vote we wait."
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humor
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Julia Quinn |
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f473698
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point it out," she muttered."
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Julia Quinn |
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f254477
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He sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig, and a rabbit.
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Julia Quinn |
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ec08b9b
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Everything was better with bacon. Life was better with bacon. "Elizabeth"
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Julia Quinn |
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761e1fe
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Michael felt something tearing in his chest. His heart, probably, but he was growing so used to the feeling it was a wonder he still noticed it.
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Julia Quinn |
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57c825b
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We'll just forget about this little conversation, shall we? The last bit that is." She managed to stretch her lips into a smile, but what she really wanted to do was hurl the brandy decanter at him."
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Julia Quinn |
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830487e
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Interesting, he later reflected, was perhaps not the correct word. By the time he and Henry arrived back at the house for their midday meal--a scrumptious bowl of hot, sticky porridge--he had mucked out the stable stalls, milked a cow, been pecked by three separate hens, weeded a vegetable garden, and fallen into a trough.
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Julia Quinn |
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5dfe16b
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My heart swells," she mimicked. She snapped out of her caricature, and said sternly, "Woman don't like to be on the receiving end of sarcasm." "They only like to give it," he drawled."
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Julia Quinn |
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781be22
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Some had had to suffer through a few daughters before siring a precious son,
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Julia Quinn |
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a144001
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But the duchess, God bless her, knew her role in life, and after a six-month recuperative period, she opened the connecting door between their bedrooms, and the duke once again commenced his quest for a son. Five
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Julia Quinn |
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9636290
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He wanted to laugh at the poetic justice of it all. After a couple of years of chasing after women and then a decade of having them chase after him, he'd finally been brought down by a slip of a girl, fresh out of Cornwall, whom he was honor-bound to protect.
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love
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Julia Quinn |
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f2e603f
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Baiting her was great fun. And he didn't feel the least bit guilty for it. For all her disgruntled behavior, he had no doubt that she enjoyed the verbal sparring every bit as much as he did.
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Julia Quinn |
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7f80b5f
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It's just that when you agree to be mother to a child you haven't borne, your responsibility is twice as great. You must work even harder to ensure that child's happiness and welfare.
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Julia Quinn |
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b94c639
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She didn't want to be commended for knowing how to settle for second-best. That was like winning a prize for the prettiest shoes in a footrace. Irrelevant and not the point.
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Julia Quinn |
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b724614
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The gentleman had been an uncommonly affable fellow, but every time he counted to twenty (and he seemed to do so with strange frequency), he skipped the number twelve.
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romance
regency-romance
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Julia Quinn |
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fc5fc38
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Oh, bloody hell," Anthony swore... "She's got the Mallet of Death."
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the-mallet-of-death
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Julia Quinn |
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aed6d26
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Michael, I am most pleased to see you up and about and looking so fine and healthy." He inclined his head, thanking her for the compliment. She dabbed the corners of her mouth daintily with her napkin. "But now you must attend to your responsibilities as the earl." He groaned.
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Julia Quinn |
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41f766c
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I very specifically told you to stay away from Ned Blydon." "I chose not to follow your advice. Ned is a very nice person. Handsome, personable--a perfect escort." "That is precisely why I wanted you to keep him at arm's length." --
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Julia Quinn |
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3de3e31
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It is of no concern. I don't mind that I am not universally adored. If I wanted everyone to like me, I'd have to be kind and charming and bland and boring all the time, and what would be the fun in that?
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hyacinth-bridgerton
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Julia Quinn |
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13ffec0
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I do love it when I am right,' Hyacinth said triumphantly. 'Which is fortunate, since I so often am.
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being-right
sisters
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Julia Quinn |
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fae285a
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Y el, que se habia acostado con incontables mujeres, de repente comprendio que hasta ese momento solo habia sido un nino. Porque jamas habia sido asi. Todo lo anterior habia sido su cuerpo. Esto era su alma.
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Julia Quinn |
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a5862c2
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Her hayatta bir donum noktasi vardir.Bu oyle muazzam ,keskin ve belirgin bir andir ki insan kendini gogsunden vurulmus gibi hisseder,nefesi kesilir ve bilir...Suphenin en ufak golgesi olmaksizin hayatinin bir daha asla ayni olmayacagini kesinlikle bilir.
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francesca-kilmartin-bridgerton
kilmartin
michael-stirling
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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fe3be4e
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Soru soran bir kadindan kork,cunku asla dogru cevap veremezsin.
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eloise-bridgerton
phillip-crane
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Julia Quinn |
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259dd57
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Sophie picked her way through the forest, stepping over tree roots, and pushing aside low-lying branches, letting them snap back behind her with reckless abandon. The sun barely squeaked through the canopy of leaves above her, and down at ground level, it felt more like dusk than midday.
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Julia Quinn |
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1aebc0c
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Simon korkutucu bir gorunume burunmek icin,dusunceli bir sekilde cenesini sivazladi. "Son derece rahatsiz edici genc bir kadinsiniz,Bayan Bridgerton,bunu biliyor muydunuz?" Daphne ona bakarak hafifce gulumsedi. "Cogu kisi beni iyi niyetli ve sevimli biri olarak tanimlar." "Cogu kisi," dedi Simon sertce, "aptaldir!"
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the-duke-and-i
simon-basset
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Julia Quinn |
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469f8c7
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Trust me," he said. "When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet."
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men-are-from-mars
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Julia Quinn |
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b732af6
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Charlotte had tried to read his work. It seemed only polite, after all, given that they were neighbors. But after a while, she'd simply had to give up. 'Love' always rhymed with 'dove,' (Where, she wondered, did one locate that many doves in Derbyshire?) and 'you' rhymed so often with 'dew,' that Charlotte had wanted to grab Rupert by the shoulders and yell, 'Few, hue, new, woo, Waterloo!' Good gracious, even 'moo' would have been preferabl..
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Julia Quinn |
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f77d0b6
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But there she was, standing next to his mother, so beautiful, so radiant that he could not see anyone else. Suddenly the rest of the world seemed like such a chore. He didn't want to be here at this dance, with people he didn't want to talk to and messages he didn't particularly wish to deliver. He didn't want to dance with young ladies he didn't know, and he didn't want to make polite conversation with people he did. He just wanted Billie..
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beauty
love
focus
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Julia Quinn |
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a579333
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You invited me.' 'Eh?'
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Julia Quinn |
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85b9fb8
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Jack stopped cold. Where had THAT come from? From your conscience, a niggling little voice - probably his conscience - told him. Damn. He really needed to get a better night's sleep. His conscience was never this loud.
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Julia Quinn |
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dec36b2
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She'd worn that color, or gray in its place, for three years now. And unrelenting black for a year before that. It had been a bit of a badge, she realized, a uniform of sorts. One never had to worry about who one was when one's clothing proclaimed it so loudly.
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Julia Quinn |