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b0a6f33
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Good." He straddled her, caging her with his body. "Were it up to me, all of London would know what we do here. -Griffin to Hero."
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lord-reading
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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d9502fa
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But like the legless man, I'm unaccountably fascinated by those who can dance.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ebd04df
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I watched you for years," she whispered. The tears were drying on her cheeks, and heat was building within her. If he would just touch her. Touch her there. "I watched you and you never saw me."
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melisande
to-seduce-a-sinner
jasper
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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e5f417d
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I would do violence for one glimpse of your naked breasts. Bleed for one taste of your nipple on my tongue. (Winter Makepeace)
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winter
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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2a43842
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If I've never stepped outside the role that's been assigned to me since birth, I've never tested myself. I've been too afraid of others' opinions, I think. I've been a coward. If that woman needs me, why not help her - for her... and for me?
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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5e22b7c
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Your cousin might be a pretty face, but , my darling, courageous, maddening, seductive, mysterious, Diana, are the Duchess of Wakefield. duchess.
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love
declaration-of-love
marriage-proposal
proposal
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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2cd6945
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Still, it was a sad state of the world that people judged others not by the best that they could be but by the worst thought in their own hearts.
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thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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8060a32
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She opened her mouth wide in a silent scream and his release caught him, hard and fast as he kissed her openmouthed. He tore his mouth from hers and shouted his triumph. She was his, now and forevermore, until the end of time, until the seas ran dry and man no longer roamed the earth, amen. His and only his. She slumped against him, the scent of their passion musky in the night air. "Sleep," he murmured to her, and held her against himself,..
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silence
oh-damn-hawt
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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2b0f58b
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What," came a deep male voice, "is this?" Silence froze, her hand still outstretched, clutching a damp, dirty cloth. Oh, dear Lord. Slowly she raised her eyes and found herself face-to-thighs with Mickey O'Connor's extremely tight breeches."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ed9908b
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Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin. Wanting a man who was sin itself.
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silence
scandalous-desires
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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a3c63a5
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Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done this. He'd destroyed his fairyland conservatory. Why? She sank to her knees, huddled on the cold floor, her one remaining flame cradled in her numb palms. She'd seen how tenderly Simon had cared for his plants. Remembered the look of pride when she'd first discovered the dome and fountain. For him to have smashe..
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the-serpent-prince
lucy
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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0990069
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Now I'll just have to do without." She raised her eyebrows. "I'm sorry?" Then Maximus did something very strange: he went on one knee before her. "This isn't right at all," he said, continuing to glare as if he found it all her fault. She sat up. "What are you doing?" "Artemis Greaves, will you do me the honor of --" "Are you insane?" she demanded. "What of your father? Your conviction that you must marry for the dukedom?" "My father is dea..
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love
marriage-proposal
proposal
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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813321d
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Humph." She peered down suspiciously as he parted the leaves to reveal the choke. "That doesn't look very tasty." "That's because it isn't," he said. "Pay heed: the artichoke is a shy vegetable. She covers herself in spine-tipped leaves that must be carefully peeled away, and underneath shields her treasure with a barricade o' soft needles. They must be tenderly, but firmly, scraped aside. Ye must be bold, for if yer not, she'll never revea..
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silence
scandalous-desires
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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7028c74
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She swallowed and licked her lips. "It's rather good." He laughed breathlessly. Have care, part of his brain whispered. This way only leads to pain. But his c*ck was pressing hard against the placket of his breeches and he wanted to take her hand and draw her away to his rooms and keep her there until she learned to scream in pleasure. Until she screamed his name and no other."
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scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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5304786
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And if he presses, tell him it's a female matter. That stops any question.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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7c2792c
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She gasped again and opened blue eyes lit with erotic mischief. "Are you trying to steal the reins from me?" Even with his penis buried deep within her, even moments from climax, he arched an eyebrow. "You have them only by my permission."
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winter
isabel
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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cff68c5
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I'm not letting you go after this." He raised his head. "Marry me, Phoebe, please. Damn the courtship. Damn your brother. Damn the . I can't...I can't when you're not with me. I love you with all my cynical heart. Be my wife and teach me to laugh and let me buy you beer and ride with me on the beaches of Cornwall. Be my love and my wife forevermore." (Captain James Trevellion)" --
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romance
proposal
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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1a24dd6
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Much of life is a game. If played skillfully, with an intelligent and fascinating opponent, it can become almost a dance. One challenges and moves, the other teases and skips away, only to dart forward later and strike a telling blow.
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life
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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8274b81
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She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. "And I love him more for it. Do you hear me? He was a good man when he went away to the Colonies. He came back an extraordinary man. So many think that bravery is a single act of valor in a field of battle--no forethought, no contemplation of the consequences. An act over in a second or a minute or two at most. What my brother has done, is doing now, is to live with his..
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to-beguile-a-beast
elizabeth-hoyt
σοφία
helen
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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457dcaf
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Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield's outraged eyes. "We seem to be under a confusion of communication. I did not come here to ask for your sister's hand. I came to tell you I will marry Hero, with or without your permission, Your Grace. She has lain with me more than once. She may well be carrying my child. And if you think that I'll give up either her or our babe, you have not do..
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griffinlordsexy
notorious-pleasures
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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fece2d2
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But..." Both men looked over inquiringly when Maximus spoke. "But I never asked you to help me with Noakes." Makepeace nodded, his expression grave. "You didn't have to." "You never had to," St. John concurred."
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friendship
ghost-of-st-giles
maiden-lane
duke-of-midnight
elizabeth-hoyt
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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9755501
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For the first time in a very long time, he yearned to see tomorrow. Tomorrow and the day after that and the year after that. There was a possibility that with Megs he might have a life to look forward to. And because of that, tonight he was going to hunt down a man and assassinate him in cold blood. This act would damn his very soul but for Megs it was worth it. For Meggie he would walk the fires of hell.
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love
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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4d3660b
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He looked down at her as he eased from the bed. Why such a creature of light and love and life should have come to him, he could not fathom. But he was grateful. Very grateful.
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godric
lord-of-darkness
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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c76a35c
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Silence cleared her throat, fearful her voice would come out a croak. "Is she asleep?" He blinked as if he, too, were waking from a dream, and glanced down at Mary Darling. "Aye, I'm a-thinkin' she is--she's stopped fussin' at me." Silence felt a huge smile of relief spread over her face. "She was fussing? Oh, how wonderful!" He shot her a look, one eyebrow arching. "Ye've taught the child to bully me, too, now?" "Oh, no," she said hastily,..
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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fd0989c
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Griffin took one step toward the big desk and swiped his arms across the entire top. Pens, papers, books, a small marbel bust, and an ink well all crashed to the floor. Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield's outraged eyes. "We seem to be under a confusion of communication. I did not come here to ask for your sisters hand. I came to tell you I will marry Hero, with or without your p..
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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3a54c46
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This is who I am, Seraphine. Naked, with blade and blood. I am vengeance. I am hate. I am sin personified. Never mistake me for the hero of this tale, for I am not and shall never be. I am the villain.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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165ad6d
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All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must be very, very careful of her actions so she did not put spark to the gunpowder that was a man's libido.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ffa400f
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Silence rose and crossed to the connecting door and knocked. The door was opened almost at once. Michael leaned a shoulder against the doorjamb, a wicked smile playing about his sensuous lips. He was so very big this close--every time it surprised her and made her breathless. "Well, now, and when did ye decide to start knockin' at me door?" Silence fought to keep her face from flaming as she remembered the last time she'd peeked through Mic..
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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5acf8d5
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The butterfly startled at Mary's gesture and floated up, drifting on the breeze, its wings sparkling blue and bright in the late afternoon sunshine. Silence watched it, enthralled, and then her eyes met Michael's. A corner of his mouth cocked up. "Welcome home, m'love."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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4024dad
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Will ye be wantin' this now, madam?" "Yes, please," she whispered. She wanted to engrave the sight of him thus, about to make love to her, in her mind."
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silence
oh-gawd-hawt
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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c98138b
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Women were something best bought, he'd found. Pay them, f*ck them, and send them away in the morning. That way avoided tears, recriminations, and feminine disappointment. Oh, and small things like being slapped across the face. Mick rubbed his jaw. But Silence wasn't one of his whores, as Harry had pointed out. Mick couldn't send her away. And he couldn't let her starve herself--he wouldn't let anyone hurt her, including herself.
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scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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96cb4dd
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I am a whore," she said. "And in addition to that, I am not a nice woman. But despite these facts, my word is gold."
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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320f562
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Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady," one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veritable chills down George's spine. Harry."
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harryakathehunk
leopard
georgina
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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13e0e62
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At her gesture Michael cursed and caught her hand, falling suddenly atop her. She stared up at him wondering what bedchamber faux pas she'd committed. He groaned at her look. "I'll let ye pet and play all ye want--after. Now I need"--he pushed her chemise to her waist, parted her thighs, and settled between them--"to be inside ye."
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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eee8e54
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She smiled as she poured tea into his cup. "I hope you find your rooms comfortable?" "Quite." He took a too-hasty sip of tea and scalded his tongue. "The view is to your liking?" He had a view of a brick wall. "Indeed." She fluttered her eyelashes at him over the rim of her teacup. "And the bed. Is it soft and... yielding?" He nearly choked on the bite of cake he'd just taken. "Or do you prefer a firmer bed?" she asked sweetly. "One that re..
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winter
isabel
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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ad23652
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I love you," he whispered as he thrust again. And again. Each movement controlled. Each small movement devastating in its effect. "I love you." She lost all concept of time. She lost her place and surroundings. She couldn't remember who he was--who she was. She lost her mind."
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winter
isabel
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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283d9a9
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As I said, I don't expect you to understand--" "And I don't," he cut in. "Ye ask how I can live a life that I know will end with the hangman's noose. Well, at least I am alive. Ye might as well have climbed inside yer husband's coffin and let yerself be buried with his corpse." Her hand flashed out before she'd thought about it, the smack against his cheek loud in the little courtyard. Silence had her eyes locked with Michael's, her chest r..
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silence
scandalous-desires
mickey
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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d3a374e
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The lengths to which you're prepared to go to please a housekeeper make me wonder about the servant situation in Scotland. Good help must be thin on the ground." Vale widened his eyes and took a drink. "She's more to me than a housekeeper," Alistair growled. "Wonderful!" Vale slapped him on the back. "And about time, too. I was beginning to worry that all your important bits might've atrophied and fallen off from disuse." He felt unaccustom..
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munroe
vale
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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1cc0aae
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It hardly mattered. She was tired of waiting for him to acknowledge who he was. Tired of donning a false mask of gaiety when she was so much more--felt so much more--beneath. No one had ever noticed her mask. No one but him. If he couldn't or wouldn't make the first move, then damn it, she would.
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winter
isabel
thief-of-shadows
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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43f3613
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Why me?" "Because you draw me. Because you are kind but not soft. Because when you touch me, the pain is bittersweet. Because you cradle a desperate secret to your bosom, like a viper in your arms, and don't let go of it even as it gnaws upon your very flesh. I want to pry that viper from your arms. To suckle upon your torn and bloody flesh. To take your pain within myself and make it mine."
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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c401371
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Rebecca held her head high and swanned across the hallway, but as she neared the footman, she could see quite plainly that his gaze was not where it should be. She stopped dead and slapped her hands over her bosom. "Its too low, isn't it? I knew I shouldn't have listened to that maid. She might not mind her boobies hanging out for all to see, but i just can't-" Her brain suddenly caught up with her mouth. She removed her hands from her bos..
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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526d385
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She was already in his palace, in his life. He couldn't go back--and wouldn't even if he could. She was so close to him now that it was as if he held her in his palm like a glowing ember--and gave thanks for the pain even as he inhaled the smoke from his burning flesh.
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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b818c04
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That thought--that she was carrying his babe--steadied him enough to start off again. It was a strange but not unwelcome feeling to know that she carried his child. That someday she would hold a babe against her pretty white breast and that the child would be part of him as well. For the first time in a very long while, he yearned to see tomorrow.
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godric
lord-of-darkness
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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c870782
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Harry tucked her arm through his and marched her to the door. "Stop!" "What?" Men could be so obtuse. "Do I look like I've just been tumbled?" Harry's lips twitched. "You look like the most beautiful woman in the world." He kissed her soundly again. He hadn't exactly answered her question, but it was too late now."
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Elizabeth Hoyt |