“Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Marcus's fear that his wife might succumb to childbed fever receded day by day as Lillian returned to her old self, healthy… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“I was just thinking that it's a wonder you haven't rushed out to marry the first peasant girl you could find." "Impertinent… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You're not supposed to be here," Lillian told Westcliff when the contraction was over. She clung to his hand as if it… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“The world beyond the hidden garden vanished from her awareness. There was only this place, this patch of Eden, sunny and quiet… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Taking as deep a breath as the stays would allow, she became aware of a sweetly spicy scent in the air. "What… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Good God- is there nothing you won't stoop to?" "If there is," Lillian replied smartly, "I haven't discovered it yet.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“It was a popular belief in Victorian society that women, with their mercurial natures and lesser brains, could not have the same quality of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No, just an… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Why isn't it enough that I'm willing to submit to you?' Poppy asked, her own temper flaring. 'Why must I be eager to lie… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You've always been a know-it-all. Well, you're about to find out how much you don't know." "Believe me," I muttered, "I'm the first one… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Sometimes you meet a really nice guy, but no matter how you try, you can’t seem to make yourself want him. But that’s not… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Risking a glance at the dignified young man beside her- what was his name?- Mr. Arthurson, Arterton?- Pandora decided to try her hand at… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You'll be my wife," he said inexorably. "You want to own me!" she accused, trying to crawl away from him. "Yes." He flung her… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scratches of ink on paper could rip someone's soul… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
