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ac318da
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I didn't mean to send love letters, but that is what they became. On their way to you, my words turned into heartbeats on the page.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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aab63b9
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I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. "Every woman dreams of being told that she's preferable to a dead cow."
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romance
weight
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5403daa
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Ghost?" St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. "Christ. You're not serious, are you?" "I'm a Gypsy," Cam replied matter-of-factly. "Of course I believe in ghosts." "Only half Gypsy. Which led me to assume that the rest of you was at least marginally sane and rational." "The other half is Irish," Cam said a touch apologetically. "Christ," St. Vincent said again, shaking his head as he strode away."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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7fb9082
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I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to dislike them for other reasons.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2990b7a
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I never want to be apart from you," he said. "I'm going to buy an island and take you there. A ship will come once a month with supplies. The rest of the time it will be just the two of us, wearing leaves and eating exotic fruit and making love on the beach . . ." You'd start a produce export business and organize a local economy within a month," she said flatly. Harry groaned as he recognized the truth of it. "God. Why do you tolerate me?"..
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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49d3fbc
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I think I know the secret to a long and happy marriage - just choose someone you can't live without.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5866855
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Some people there's no getting over.
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sugar-daddy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ae815d3
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Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?" "They're ravished in haylofts?" she inquired hopefully."
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6b94978
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I don't want to be a widow, I don't want Michael Bayning, and I don't want you to joke about such things, you tactless clodpole!" As all three of them stared at her openmouthed, Poppy leapt up and stalked away, her hands drawn into fists. Bewildered by the immediate force of her fury--it was like being stung by a butterfly--Harry stared after her dumbly. After a moment, he asked the first coherent thought that came to him. "Did she just say..
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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19b1cb8
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The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.
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live
learn
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b967c7d
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A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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7d55675
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Separately they had different strengths. Together they were complete.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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7c025b5
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No more Dane," he eventually said with unnerving finality. I tried to be funny. "I can't decide if that means you don't want me to see him again or if you're planning to kill him." "It means if the first thing happens, the second thing is likely to follow."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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dc82a0d
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I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you..
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soldier
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Lisa Kleypas |
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8460397
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Sleep, my love," He whispered, smoothing her long hair, lifting the damp locks away from the back of her neck. "I'll be here to watch over you." "You sleep too," she said groggily, her hand creeping to the center of his chest. "No." McKenna smiled and pressed a soft kiss against her temple. His voice was husky with wonder. "Not when staying awake is better than anything I could find in a dream."
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lovers
romantic
love
post-coital
sweet
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Lisa Kleypas |
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61473cc
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I beg your pardon?" Catherine interrupted. "Are you implying that women have poor judgment?" "In these matters, yes." Leo gestured to Christopher. "Just look at the fellow, standing there like a bloody Greek god. Do you think she chose him because of his intellect?" "I graduated from Cambridge," Christopher said acidly. "Should I have brought my diploma?" "In this family," Cam interrupted, "there is no requirement of a university degree to ..
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love-in-the-afternoon
lisa-kleypas
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Lisa Kleypas |
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61b2d00
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But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.
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romance
love
longing
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6e53103
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He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forcing her to stare at him. His voice was savage. "For twelve years I have been in constant torment, wanting you in my arms and believing it would never be possible. I want you for a thousand reasons other than your legs, and...no, damn it, I want you for no reason at all, other than the fact that you're you. I want to shove myself deep inside y..
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romance
love
reunited-lovers
torment
tortured-soul
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Lisa Kleypas |
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cdc41c5
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He wasn't mine anywhere except in my heart.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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82dc117
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You don't annoy me." Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. "I thought you did, at first. But now I realize it was more like the feeling you get when your foot's been asleep. And when you start moving, the blood coming back into it is uncomfortable . . . but also good. Do you understand what I mean?" "Yes. I make your feet tingle." A smile came to his lips. "Among other things."
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romance
tingling
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Lisa Kleypas |
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cfa7e21
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I'm not short. I'm...vertically disadvantaged.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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65a6765
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You're far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You're far better suited as a wife.
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lisa-kleypas
historical-romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b027575
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Rohan's fingertips drifted with stunning delicacy over her throat, behind her ear, pushing into the satiny warmth of her hair. "You are an interesting woman Amelia." Gooseflesh rose wherever his breath touched. "I can't f-fathom why you would think so." His playful mouth traced the wing of her brow. "I find you thoroughly, deeply interesting. I want to open you like a book and read every page." A smile curved the corners of his lips as he a..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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1ba935e
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His lips pressed against her forehead and she felt him smile against her skin. "Believe me...the only place in the world I want to be is wherever you are." -Grant Morgan"
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love
victoria-devane
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Lisa Kleypas |
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cad8c39
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I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.
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sadness
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d5cda44
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I think the busiest people are often the loneliest.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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10a662a
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Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2a33bb2
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And then to Leo's surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo felt his chest tighten, and he went hot all over, as if some euphoric drug had gone straight to his nervous system. It felt like ... happiness. He remembered happiness from a long time ago. He didn't want to feel it. And yet the giddy warmth kept washing over him for no reason whatsoever. "Thank you," Catherine said,..
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romance
humor
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Lisa Kleypas |
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9dfae9a
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The chef turned back to the housekeeper. "Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur and Madame Rutledge?" The sheets," she said succinctly. Jake nearly choked on his pastry. "You have the housemaids spying on them?" he asked around a mouthful of custard and cream. Not at all," the housekeeper said defensively. "It's only that we have vigilant maids who tell me everything. And even if they didn't, one hardly needs great powers ..
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marriage
vegetables
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Lisa Kleypas |
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1a72499
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Bad divorce?" Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. "No, the divorce was great," I said. "It was the marriage that sucked."
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divorce
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2475a50
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To put to rest any doubts you might have... I'm jealous of every man who comes within ten feet of you. I'm jealous of the clothes on your skin and the air you breathe. I'm jealous of every moment you spend out of my sight
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Lisa Kleypas |
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e185f05
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Damn it. I don't know how to be a husband, or father. But since your standards in both areas seem to be relatively low, I may have half a chance at pleasing you.
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evie
lord-st-vincent
sebastian-st-vincent
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Lisa Kleypas |
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915b675
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She felt him tremble with the force of his need. He spoke just beneath her ear, his voice thick with tormented pleasure. "You have to leave, Sara ... because I want to hold you like this until your skin melts into mine. I want you in my bed, the smell of you on my sheets, your hair spread across my pillow. I want to take your innocence. God! I want to ruin you for anyone else."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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1b23e74
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Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. She's very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same qualities in Captain Phelan." "Yes," Amelia said. "You're absolutely right, Catherine. Put that way, the match does seem more appropriate." "I still have reservations," Leo said. "You always do," Amelia replied. "If you'll recall, you objected to Cam in the beginning, but now you've accepted him." "That's ..
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humor
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ec551c4
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I've always started every day by going to the window for a glimpse of the sky. But now I won't have to." "Why not?" She asked softly. "Because I'll see the blue of your eyes instead." "How romantic you are," she murmured with a grin, kissing him gently. "But don't worry. I won't tell anyone."
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merripen
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b143500
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I'm not short," Daisy muttered. "Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short."
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humor
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Lisa Kleypas |
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68094da
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It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
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love
hard
long
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Lisa Kleypas |
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9ff1a28
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I won't apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience." "From all indications, you've acquired enough for ten men."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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b507eb2
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Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office."
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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883050b
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A lang, lang time ago..." MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent's low groan, "there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the braw warrior who won her heart. Oscar bade his beloved tae wait for him while he went tae seek his fortune. But one black day Malvina received word that her lover had been killed in battle. He would lie forever in eternal rest in the faraway hills...lost in endless slumber..." "God, I envy hi..
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life
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Lisa Kleypas |
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671bad9
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But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you'd still say it wasn't enough time." "You're right. I can't think of a single day of my life that wouldn't have been improved with you in it." "Darling," she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, "that's lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts." Harry nipped at her finger. "Are you mocking me?" "Not at all," Poppy said, smiling. "I know h..
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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bb366f7
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It might do wonders for your marriage," Amelia continued. "It's lovely to talk to your husband after you've been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything." - Amelia to Poppy"
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tempt
lisa-kleypas
poppy
twilight
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4f91281
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Amelia told me once about a suspicion she'd had for a while. It bothered her quite a bit. She said that Win and I had fallen ill with scarlet fever, and you made the deadly nightshade syrup, you'd concocted far more than was necessary. And you kept a cup on it on Win's nightstand, like some sort of macabre nightcap. Amelia said that if Win had died, she thought you would have taken the rest of that poison. And I've always hated you for that..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c2bee79
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Darlin'...I know what you look like when you've been kissed.
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Lisa Kleypas |