“She trembled under his hand. "You don't need to manhandle me." "I mightn't need to, but I'd certainly like to," he purred… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“She straightened her back another degree, even as Merrick's eyelids sank lower. He looked half asleep but he remained alert to everything… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“She was bewitching. Even now when she conceded little more than she had when he'd kissed her last night. She quivered under… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Her jaw ached with tension. "Surely you don't respond to all women who...invite you this way?" "Only strangers who remain anonymous and… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“The tension drained from her face and she softened in his hold until she was again the fluid, responsive woman who had… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“A deeply feminine fear, thick and heavy as tar, coalesced in Sidonie's stomach as she surged up against the headboard. Merrick appeared… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“I see why you tolerate Mrs. Bevan's eccentric manners. What a pity she's forgotten cutlery." Merrick sipped his golden wine. The pleasure… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Open your mouth, tesoro." He angled her face higher. "Open your mouth for me." At his raw demand, her eyes flared wide.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Her belly clenched with a painful mixture of shame and reluctant excitement. She met his eyes, then heartily wished she hadn't. The… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Her spiking fear might send her scarpering. He curled one hand around her shoulder, bare under her flimsy bodice. At the contact,… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“His lips rubbed across hers, pursed to kiss the corners, returned to suck subtly at her lower lip. More dangerously alluring pleasure… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the relentless push and pull he practiced upon her was unendurable. Merrick lured her to deny everything she believed in return… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Let me go." Holding her with gentle implacability, he loomed nearer. His answer was a whisper upon her tingling lips. "Oh, no,… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“What are you doing, Mr. Merrick?" His advance didn't falter. "Unwrapping my gift, Miss Forsythe." "Unwr...?" This time she didn't bother hiding… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“He chanced one last touch of his mouth to hers then drew away. She was flushed and her lips were red and… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Miss Smith, your suspicions wound me,' he said with a smile. He drew her, stiff and unwilling, against his side. Immediately her… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“I won't write or try to see you. You have twelve months to mourn Josiah and decide what you want. You have… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Her lips parted and at last gave up the honey within. Luxuriously he savored her mouth. She was delicious. His tongue flickered… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“I'll never come to you willingly." When he caught her hand, the jolt of heat threatened to blast his control to ashes.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“He lurched forward to correct the slant of her glass. She seemed unaware of anything beyond the sexual energy blazing between them.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“You took advantage." She sounded as if she loathed him. Even on the first night, she'd never spoken to him with such… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Oh, Matthew," she whispered, moved to tears. "I called it Grace . I hope you don't mind." For the first time, his… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Nobody hits you while I've got breath in my body." Shock sent her heart crashing against her ribs. Jonas had fought William… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“She made an incoherent protest and tried to pull away, but his hold was implacable. Still he brushed his lips against hers.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“The dresses are indecent," she said stiffly, the rich silk flowing against her body like water. "But pretty." She shot him another… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Don't." She jerked away. Kismet shifted restlessly at her rider's abrupt movement. "You've never been kissed before, have you?" Merrick didn't sound… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“I look forward to leaving here in a week with both pride and virtue intact." "And I look forward to nights of untold rapture… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“He was ready to embrace a radiant new world. She was ready to snap his head off.” — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“The dresses are indecent," she said stiffly, the rich silk flowing against her body like water. "But pretty." She shot him another fulminating glance.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“And if you must sacrifice yourself, do that by marrying me. I’m not an easy man. You’ll earn your martyr’s crown before you’re done.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“She loved his laughter. She loved that he faced the world with a reckless smile on his scarred face. Her heart crashed against her… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“I see why you tolerate Mrs. Bevan's eccentric manners. What a pity she's forgotten cutlery." Merrick sipped his golden wine. The pleasure on his… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“What are you doing, Mr. Merrick?" His advance didn't falter. "Unwrapping my gift, Miss Forsythe." "Unwr...?" This time she didn't bother hiding her retreat.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“You promise to stop if I say so?" she asked doubtfully, even while she lay down. "I promise. Though never trust anything a man… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“He sat up, his shirt sagging to reveal the curve of one powerful shoulder. The sight of smooth tanned skin dried every drop of… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“Then she'd stared at him with those radiant blue eyes and asked him to let her go. And bugger, bugger, bigger, he'd suddenly imagined… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“She was bewitching. Even now when she conceded little more than she had when he'd kissed her last night. She quivered under his hands.… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
“He lurched forward to correct the slant of her glass. She seemed unaware of anything beyond the sexual energy blazing between them. She blushed… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
