“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Medicine is a bit like love," Aunt Gertrude began. "There are the theatrical outer forms gone through by the players-the bandages and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“What Mrs. Schuyler is saying," General Schuyler added, "is that it is the Schuylers who would be honored by a union woth… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“silly man. I know the man I am marrying is destined for great things, as the many remarkable things he has done… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“He had written her reams and reams of letters, as well as a poem that she kept folded in a locket around… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up"- then Alex looked… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all:… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Yes, she had seen Alex's temper flare over his disappointment with a lack of his own regiment to command, but she saw… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain? — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a moment you… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“She was very special to me. But I think I'm going to have to get back...so I can. God. So I can kill her.… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Schuyler grasped it tightly. She would never let go. Not in this lifetime.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Once the bond was sealed, it could not be broken for this cycle. Schuyler would become nothing more than a distant memory.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“She was a stranger in her own life, a tourist in her own body.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“It is my turn to wait. Funny that in all these months we have been meeting, it was always she waiting for me.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
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