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1707ddb
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Beatrix," Amelia said over her shoulder as they proceeded through the hallway. "Perhaps you should reconsider your attire. Poor Captain Phelan may find it somewhat shocking." "But he's already seen me like this," came Beatrix's voice from behind Christopher, "and I've already shocked him. What is the point in changing clothes? Captain, would you feel more comfortable if I took my breeches off?" "No," he said hastily. "Good, I'll keep them o..
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humor
hathaways
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Lisa Kleypas |
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94fa997
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Love me?" Madeline asked with a faint smile. "It used to be love." He brushed his lips over her closed eyelids. "Now there's no word for it." "You once told me that you thought love was a weakness." "I was wrong," he whispered, kissing the corners of her mouth. "I've discovered it's my only strength."
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romance
love
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Lisa Kleypas |
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9fb6e9a
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How do I look?" Amanda asked. Jack shook his head ruefully as he glanced at her. No one could mistake the remaining flush on her cheeks, or the soft sparkle of her eyes, or her lusciously swollen mouth, for anything other than the results of physical passion. "Like you've been ravished," he said flatly. She astonished him by smiling. "Hurry, please. I want to go inside my house and consult a looking glass. I've always wanted to know what a ..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d39df76
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Amelia stopped before him, her skirts crowded between his parted knees. The clean, salty, evergreen scent of him drifted to her nostrils. "I have a proposition for you," she said, trying for a businesslike tone. "A very sensible one. You see--" She paused to clear her throat. "I've been thinking about your problem." "What problem?" Cam played lightly with the folds of her skirts, watching her face alertly. "Your good-luck curse. I know how ..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2877447
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one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.
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life
love
partner
storms
problems
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ca01697
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Helen, You ask if I regret our engagement. No. I regret every minute that you're out of my sight. I regret every step that doesn't bring me closer to you. My last thought each night is that you should be in my arms. There is no peace or pleasure in my empty bed, where I sleep with you only in dreams and wake to curse the dawn. If I had the right, I would forbid you to go anywhere without me. Not out of selfishness, but because being apart f..
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love-letter
rhys-winterborne
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5c66a0a
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It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect.
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romance
love
romance-novels
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c37d6ae
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When you're walking through the darkness, you can't depend on anything or anyone else to light your way. You have to rely on whatever sparks you've got inside you. Or you're going to get lost.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f253f16
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You're not suited for this Merripen. You can't hold your liquor worth a damn. And unlike people such as me, who become quite amicable when they drink, you turn into a vile-tempered troll." Leo paused considering how best to provoke him. "Liquor brings out one's true inner nature, they say."
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merripen
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Lisa Kleypas |
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63153cd
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It was likely that no one had been surprised, however, as it was clear that Aline and McKenna belonged together. There was something invisible and yet irrefutable that made them a couple. Perhaps it was the way both of them stole quick glances at each other when one though the other wasn't looking... glances of wonder and hunger.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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9da679a
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Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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688fa4d
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You've always asked me to wait, as if we had time in abundance. But time is too precious, Perry. We've wasted years, when we could have been with each other. Don't you understand how much even one day of loving each other is worth? Some people are separated by distances they can never cross. All they can do is dream about each other for a lifetime, never having what they want most. How foolish, how wasteful to have love within your reach an..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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8ea267b
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Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?
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romance
humor
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Lisa Kleypas |
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e0f37eb
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Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b4121d4
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Close your eyes," Marcus said, his hand moving to her bottom in a circling caress. He brushed his mouth over her forehead and her fragile eyelids. "Rest. You'll need to regain your strength... because once we're married, I won't be able to leave you alone. I'll want to love you every hour, every minute of the day." He nestled her more closely against him. "There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile... no sound sweeter th..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f9a5efe
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I wish you were a mind-reader. I want you to know everything but I don't want to have to tell you. Because there are some things I don't want to say out loud.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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134322b
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A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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e594b8b
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Men are like dogs," Stacy was fond of saying. And she usually went on to add that, like dogs, they all took up too much space on the bed, and they always went for the crotch."
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men
humor
smooth-talking-stranger
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a8cea9f
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just a little touches her and there. He puts his hands on your arms or back, he stands close to you, getting you used to him... it's a mating ritual. Like March of the Penguins.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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80f4627
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She had always maintained a cynical facade, using it as a defence against embarrassment, fear, loneliness... but at the moment she felt unusually vulnerable.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d54b101
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Every time you look at me, you'll remember that I'm half his." "No." His hand came to the side of her face, his thumb wiping her tears. "You're all mine." His voice was deep and shaken. "Every hair on your head. Every part of you was made to be loved by me."
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love
helen-ravenel
rhys-winterborne
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Lisa Kleypas |
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39b908b
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Annabelle, what happened to you?" Lillian asked the next morning. "You look dreadful. Why aren't you wearing your riding habit? I thought you were going to try out the jumping course this morning. And why did you disappear so suddenly last night? It's not like you to simply vanish without saying--" "I didn't have a choice in the matter," Annabelle said testily, folding her fingers around the delicate bowl of a porcelain teacup. Looking pale..
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marriage
perfume
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f242f1f
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I reflected that for all the people you lost touch with or couldn't hold on to, life occasionally made up for it by giving you the right person at the right time.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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383beab
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I love you dammit,"she brushed her lips teasingly against his. "How much?" He made a slight sound, as if the soft kiss had affected him intensely. "Without limit. Beyond forever." --
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Lisa Kleypas |
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cb6a71e
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Hardy! Hardy --" He had come for me. I nearly lost it then. In the wild torrent of relief and gratitude, there were at least a dozen things I wanted to tell him at once. But the first thing that came out was a fervent, "I'm so sorry I didn't have sex with you." I heard his low laugh. "I am too. But honey, there are a couple of maintenance guys with me who can hear every word we're saying." "I don't care," I said desperately. "Get me out of ..
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humor
hardy
travises
haven
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Lisa Kleypas |
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0c776dc
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I thought about the future, the oceans and continents he would cross, far away from everyone who knew and loved him. Far outside the sphere of his mothers prayers. Among the women of the future, there was one who would know his secrets and bear his children, and witness the changes the years worked on him. And it wouldnt be me. -Liberty Jones
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heart-break
liberty-jones
travises
sugar-daddy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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3080c1f
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It was often in small moments that significant things were revealed.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2a532de
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To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned quizzical. "What's so amusing?" Amelia toyed with a button on his coat. "I was just thinking . . . tonight those two old hens will probably go to their beds, cold and alone." An impish grin curved her lips. "Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night."
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cam
hathaway
old-hen
rohan
stony-cross-park
bed
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Lisa Kleypas |
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56db99b
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I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a1813f0
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I want you to admit just once what you feel for me. I want to know if you'll miss me even a little. If you'll remember me. If you're sorry for anything.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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eee2d4d
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The bargain..." she mumbled. "You said I could kiss you," came his gentle, wicked whisper near her ear. "But, my love...you didn't specify where."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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fc82505
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I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5f1e072
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Back to what? A guy who bails on you when you need him? What's Dane doing now that's more important than helping you? Fighting for the rights of endangered ferns?" I stiffened and pushed away from him, irritation jolting me out of my fugue-state. "You have no right to judge Dane or my relationship with him." Jack made a scoffing sound. "That half-assed excuse for a relationship was over the moment Dane told you not to bring the baby to Aust..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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3b8f5fc
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Evie " came his faint whisper "I'm going to your mother see...she's got 'em to leave a back door open...so I can steal into 'eaven."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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de80832
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No. But I understand her. Life makes people what they are.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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76b0f9f
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The word "mistress" sounds like a cross between mistake and mattress."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b93a5c5
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I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?' 'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c8c46af
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The truth is, you can never really know a man until you've loaned him money. And you can never know a woman until you've slept in her bed.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2eb331b
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I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger . . . it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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42a62b6
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You would be purely ornamental," Evie replied, giggling. "Ah, well, I suppose there's some value in that. God help me if I should ever lose my looks." "I wouldn't mind." He gave her a quizzical smile. "What?" "If..." Evie paused, suddenly embarrassed. "If anything happened to your looks...if you became...less handsome. Your appearance wouldn't matter to me. I would still..." She paused and finished hesitantly, "...want you as my husband..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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0de752b
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And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4075bd8
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Merripen, despite his fear of heights, had often climbed a ladder to wash the second floor window for her. He had wanted her view of the outside world to be clear. He had said the sky should always be blue for her.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ad19172
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She had discovered that the best remedy for heartache was trying to make herself useful to others.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c517dc6
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We are hidiously rich Annabelle-- and I've got three older brothers, all unmarried. Would you consider one of them? If you like, I'll have one shipped across the Atlantic for your inspection." -Lillian Bowman" --
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Lisa Kleypas |