She still remembered sitting for hours as a little girl and pretending to be a hassock. A foot stool. Because if she… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Your mother never would have spoken to me in such a fashion.' 'I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the tone of my… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Then he just blurted it out, with no preparation. 'The truth of it is that whether your mother arranged our marriage, or… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“I'm a butterfingers, and I always have been.' 'An angel's foot got in your way,' Codswallop said. 'That's what my mother used… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“A small red face ringed in soft black curls looked up at him for one moment, registered that he wasn't the milk-providing… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Sophie swallowed, tears rising to her eyes again. It was an odd legacy to hand from mother to daughter: the ability to… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“I do not diminish his love for me,' Imogen said. 'I would never do that. I know precisely how much he loved… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Child!' Eleanor exclaimed. 'You didn't say there'd been a child!' 'I said a catastrophe,' her mother replied. 'And believe me, in cases… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“It was just that - Gabby's common sense came to the rescue. Quill was an uncommonly handsome man. His eyes made her… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
They were partners. She would always make impulsive decisions and he would make slow, reasoned ones. He would always be a little… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“It was as if the world was presenting her with everything she wanted ... in all the wrong ways.” — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“My eyes would have told you everything you wanted to know in the parlor ... You would never have spouted that drivel about how… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Will Peter be joining us for tea, do you think?' 'I doubt it. Peter rarely returns home before late in the evening.' 'Oh.' Quill… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
Oh, I have felt lust. And I've indulged lust. But no other woman has turned me into another person. — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“One night she got into an argument with one of the scientists about the recent discovery of a new planet called Uranus [...] 'What… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Marry me, Esme. Please. Honor me. I will honor you as your husband never did. Our marriage would be a remedy against sin, if… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“I would like, just once, for a woman to see me as other than a person with a coronet. Simply as a man, no… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Didn't it say it all that Griffin couldn't make it to his own bloody front door without a cane? For all his was mahogany… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“You're confusing desire and love,' she said, watching him. 'They are not the same.' 'I do love you. I feel near to murder at… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
In case there is any question in your mind," he said, cupping her face with his hands. "What I want, what I most desire,… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
There's nothing I like more than meeting velvet clad peers while wrapped in a towel. — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities. — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
