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cf51828
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I think your eyes might be the exact same color as mine," she said wonderingly. "What fine gray-eyed babies we shall have," he said, before he thought the better of it." --
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bevelstoke
sebastian-grey
ten-things-i-love-about-you
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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6de6e2b
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He was a puzzle. And Hyacinth hated puzzles. Well, no, in truth she loved them. Provided, of course, that she solved them.
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Julia Quinn |
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e40a93d
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George leaned to the right so that he could see her from behind his brother. "Shall I strangle him or will you?" She rewarded him with a devious smile. "Oh, it must be a joint endeavor, don't you think?" "So that you may share the blame?" Andrew quipped. "So that we may share the joy," Billie corrected. "You wound me." "Happily, I assure you."
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Julia Quinn |
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6b0bbf5
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Something important is always about to happen... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way.
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Julia Quinn |
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a5d1155
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Click. The door swung open. "Three," James said with a slightly self-satisfied smile. "Well done," Caroline said. He smiled back at her. "I've never met a woman or a lock that didn't love me."
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Julia Quinn |
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43c1495
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Help me. Please?" She gave him an abashed nod (but not nearly so abashed as she ought) and turned to Harriet. "I think that Lord Winstead refers to the rhyming qualities of the title." Harriet blinked a few times. "It doesn't rhyme." "Oh, for heaven's sake," Elizabeth burst out. " Finstead Winstead?" Harriet's gasp very nearly sucked the air from the room. "I never noticed!" she exclaimed. "Obviously," her sister drawled. "I must have been ..
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the-crazy-smythe-smiths
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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79a1b94
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Have you seen Frances?" He tilted his head to the right. "I believe she's off rooting about in the bushes." Anne followed his gaze uneasily. "Rooting?" "She told me she was practicing for the next play." Anne blinked at him, not following. "For when she gets to be a unicorn." "Oh, of course." She chuckled. "She is rather tenacious, that one."
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anne
julia-quinn
daniel
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Julia Quinn |
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5cb69ef
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And when he kissed her . . . All she wanted was more. "You are so beautiful," he murmured, and for the first time in her life, Sarah truly believed that she was. She touched his cheek. "So are you." Hugh smiled down at her, a silly half grin that told her he did not believe her for one second."
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the-sum-of-all-kisses
sarah
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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cd5b094
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Does that feel better?" she asked, not expecting any sort of an answer but feeling nonetheless that she ought to continue with her one-sided conversation. "I really don't know very much about caring for the ill, but it just seems to me like you'd want something cool on your brow. I know if I were sick, that's how I'd feel." He shifted restlessly, mumbling something utterly incoherent. "Really?" Sophie replied, trying to smile but failing mi..
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Julia Quinn |
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77e2900
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You're very impatient," Violet said, facing the door. "You always have been." "I know," Eloise said, wondering if this was a scolding, and if so, why was her mother choosing to do it now? "I always loved that about you," Violet said. "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." Eloise wasn'..
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love
mother
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Julia Quinn |
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a51248d
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He blinked a few times, each motion so slow that he was never quite sure if he'd get his eyes open again. He wasn't wearing a shirt. Funny how he was only just realizing it. Funnier still that he couldn't seem to summon any concern for her maidenly sensibilities. She might be blushing. He couldn't tell. It was too dark to see. But it didn't matter. This was Honoria. She was a good egg. A sensible egg. She wouldn't be scarred forever by the ..
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just-like-heaven
marcus
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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5b9bf29
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He didn't like her. He really didn't, but by God, he'd have sold a piece of his soul right then to dance with her
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love
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Julia Quinn |
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62eadf1
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She smelled like England, of soft rain and sun-kissed meadows. And she felt like the best kind of heaven. He wanted to wrap himself around, bury himself within her, and stay there for all of his days. He hadn't had a drop to drink in three years, but he was intoxicated now, bubbling with a lightness he'd never thought to feel again.
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Julia Quinn |
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cc29bd4
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But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling beautiful,
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Julia Quinn |
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68a89e3
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If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.
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Julia Quinn |
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efaa70d
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It wasn"t even desire. It was far more than that. It was love. Love. With a capital L and swirly script and hearts and flowers and whatever else the angels-- and yes, all those annoying little cupids--wished to use for embellishment." --
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Julia Quinn |
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03fad28
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Eloiseis getting married as well." "Eloise?" Michael asked with some surprise. "Was she even being courted by anyone?" "No," Francesca said, quickly flipping to the third sheet of her mother"s letter. "It"s someone she"s never met." "Well, I imagine she"s met him now," Michael said in a dry voice."
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Julia Quinn |
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b46aeb0
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Am I not allowed to speak in hyperbole?" "Only," he said, a bit too smoothly, "if you are talking about me." Ellie's face slid into a smirk. "Oh, Charles," she exclaimed, "I feel as if we have known each other for a million years." Her tone grew more ironic. "I am that weary of your company."
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eleanor
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Julia Quinn |
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6fd1658
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It's too hard to explain,' he said in a petulant mutter. 'If you want a new direction for your life,' she said, 'then for heaven's sake, just pick something out and do it. The world is your oyster, Colin. You're young, wealthy, and you're a *man*.' Penelope's voice turned bitter, resentful. 'You can do anything you want.' He scowled, which didn't surprise her. When people were convinced they had problems, the last thing they wanted to hear ..
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Julia Quinn |
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2c1437f
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Nothing like trapping the gentlemen where they couldn't get away.
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Julia Quinn |
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2eafab6
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You'd never have gotten it right. You have to hit the door just so. It took me weeks to learn." "And what were you doing sneaking out at night?" he demanded. "I fail to see how that is your business." "You became my business when you took up residence in my house." "Well, I wouldn't have moved in if you hadn'tkidnapped me!" "I wouldn't have kidnapped you if you hadn't been wandering about the countryside with no thought to your own s..
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humor
team-work
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Julia Quinn |
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b03536d
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She was in love. Lady Sarah Pleinsworth was in love. And it was grand.
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the-sum-of-all-kisses
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Julia Quinn |
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997ccd2
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Full lips are better for kissing.
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miranda-cheever
nigel-bevelstoke
viscount-turner
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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1af0032
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Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished--oh, how she wished--that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him.
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Julia Quinn |
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83d9511
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Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.
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Julia Quinn |
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4fc71e2
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Is there anything else I can do to see to your comfort, Miss Trent?" Perriwick inquired. "She's fine," Blake growled. "Clearly, she--" "Perriwick, isn't the west wing on fire?" Perriwick blinked, sniffed the air, and stared at his employer in dismay. "I do not understand sir."
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Julia Quinn |
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39a8b4c
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I'll talk to my mother," she promised. "If I'm sufficiently annoying, I'm sure I can get the engagement period cut in half." "It makes me wonder," he said. "As your future husband, should I be concerned by your use of the phrase if I'm sufficiently annoying?" "Not if you accede to all of my wishes." "A sentence that concerns me even more," he murmured. She did nothing but smile."
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Julia Quinn |
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25edde3
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Your heart is free now." "No," he whispered. "It's yours."
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Julia Quinn |
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a4ba178
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Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought the urge to throttle him. His nose was running, his eyes were red, he couldn't stop coughing, and still he found the energy to act like an arrogant peacock. "I assure you," she said slowly, "that I know how to drive a team of horses."
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sophie
horses
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Julia Quinn |
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4602fa0
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He had to kiss her. He had to. It was as basic and elemental as his breath, his blood, his very soul. And when he did... The earth stopped spinning. The birds stopped singing. Everything in the world came to a halt, everything but him and her and the feather-light kiss that connected them.
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Julia Quinn |
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45557a1
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He felt a bit like Romeo to her Juliet, minus the feuding families and poison. And with pigeons.
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Julia Quinn |
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3afe648
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All I really need," he continued, "is for you to act as a deterrent." "A deterrent?" she choked out. "A human shield, if you will." "I cannot be left alone with that woman," he said, and he felt no remorse at the low desperation in his voice. "Please, if you have any care for your fellow man." Her lips clamped together in a suspicious line. "I'm not certain what I get out of the equation." "You mean besides the joy of my delightful company?..
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humor
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Julia Quinn |
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e71eba0
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There," she said triumphantly. "Like that." He began to wonder if they were speaking the same language. "Like what?" "That! What you just said." He crossed his arms. It seemed the only acceptable reply. If she couldn't speak in complete sentences, he saw no reason why he had to speak at all."
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Julia Quinn |
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af22480
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But Benedict Bridgerton was obviously determined not to be a gentleman this afternoon, because when she moved one of her feet-just to flex her toes, which were falling asleep in her shoes, honest!-barely half a second passed before he growled, "Don't even think about it." "I wasn't!" she protested. "My foot was falling asleep. And hurry up! It can't possibly take so long to get dressed." "Oh?" he drawled. "You're doing this just to torture ..
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Julia Quinn |
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e20a868
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She was in big trouble now. "You stupid man," she said to the body on the floor. "Why did you have to lunge at me like that? Why couldn't you have left well enough alone? I told your father I wasn't going to marry you. I told him I wouldn't marry you if you were the last idiot in Britain." She nearly stamped her foot in frustration. Why was it her words never came out quite the way she intended them to? "What I meant to say was that you ar..
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humor
historical
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Julia Quinn |
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47f9f0f
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Even Colin - the golden boy, the man with the easy smile and devilish humor - had raw spots of his own. He was haunted by unfulfilled dreams and secret insecurities. How unfair she had been when she'd pondered his life, not to allow him his weaknesses.
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Julia Quinn |
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878720c
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Your fangs are showing, Miss Lyndon." "Are they?" she asked, reaching up to touch her face. "I shall have to remember to retract them." Charles burst out laughing. "You, Miss Lyndon, are a treasure." "That's what I keep telling everyone," she said with a shrug and a wicked smile, "but no one seems to believe me."
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eleanor
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Julia Quinn |
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0be06e8
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What part of his being hunched over a sheaf of papers was so interesting to her? Because that was all he had been doing all week. Perhaps he ought to liven up the spectacle. Really, it would be the kind thing to do. She had to be bored silly. He could jump on his desk and sing. Take a bite of food and pretend to choke. What would she do, then? Now that would be an interesting moral dilemma.
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Julia Quinn |
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86122dc
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An eternity later, they reached what he thought might be the end, and King Henry waved his turkey leg in the air, loudly proclaiming, "This land shall be mine, henceforth and forevermore!" And indeed, it seemed that all was lost for the poor, sweet shepherdess and her strangely changeable flock. But just then, there was a mighty roar-- "Is there a lion?" Richard wondered. --and the unicorn burst onto the scene! "Die!" the unicorn shriek..
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humor
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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5264539
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what a sad pair we are," she said. "Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings."
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terrible-things
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Julia Quinn |
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9035f28
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She's my little sister. Mine to torture and mine to protect.
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Julia Quinn |
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92e770b
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No one said we had to spend every waking moment together, but at the end of the day and most of the time during, there is no one I would rather see, no one whose voice I would rather hear, and no one whose mind I would rather explore. I love you, Hyacinth Bridgerton. And I always will.
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gareth-st-clair
hyacinth-bridgerton
it-s-in-his-kiss
julia-quinn
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Julia Quinn |
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5154397
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I hope you know that I am listening, should you ever change your mind.
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Julia Quinn |
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382bd75
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His brows rose. "And how is it that you have come to be such an expert on scrapes and bruises?" "I'm a governess," she said. Because really, that ought to be explanation enough."
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anne
julia-quinn
daniel
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Julia Quinn |