Courtney Milan

“What are you planning to do with all my points?” Points? It took Jenny a moment to remember what he was talking…

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“Miss Marshall, are you trying to tell me that you didn’t dream of marrying a lord when you were young? That you…

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“But if eyes were windows to the soul, hers had been bricked up to avoid taxation.”

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“Most people who are struck by lightning learn to keep their heads down. It’s only people like you who grit your teeth…

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“Robert turned to the man standing beside him. “Oliver,” he said, “how did you ever come to the conclusion that I was…

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“For himself... He could rarely think of how to respond when immersed in that heady back-and-forth. Sometimes he thought of clever things…

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“It would have been easy to shut her eyes and let him kiss her. To have the choice taken from her in…

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“It was a good thing she was wearing her mother's pearls. With those clasping her neck, she felt as if she could…

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“Let them say what they wish behind your back. You need only be strong enough that they don't say it to your…

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“Ash Turner seduced her with the promise of her own self.”

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“His voice was rough when he spoke again. “So beat me to flinders,” he said. “Win. Overmatch me, Minnie. And when we’re…

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“The performance was exotic. It was short. And it wasn't much more dreadful than the Chinese opera that had been performed last…

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“Now, tell me, Mr. Clark. Did you come here to allow me the chance to once again demonstrate my intellectual superiority, or…

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“No. When I was a girl, I wanted to be a pirate.” That brought up an all-too-pleasant image—Miss Marshall, the rich, dark…

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“You always put things at risk. If you fell out of a tree as a child, I'd clean you up and bandage…

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“She raised her chin and looked him in the eye. “You see a river rushing by without end. You see a sad…

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“I earned this, fair and square." We'll, maybe it hadn't been fair. And maybe it hadn't been precisely square. Still, she'd earned…

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“There was no point in feeling hurt simply because a man she refused to want didn't want her back.”

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“All soldiers dreamed of armistice, after all.”

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“He looked over at her, at the fierce expression on her face. Her hair spilled around her shoulders in little curls, tickling…

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“He'd thought her unattractive in this mode, head turned down, voice so quiet. Not any longer. Some women blazed with light and…

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“What do you see?” asked Ned, his voice hushed. “I see…I see…an elephant.” “Elephant,” Lord Blakely repeated, as he transcribed her words.…

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“His fingers went to the buttons of his jacket, and her mouth dried. His buttons were simple cloth and metal affairs, scarcely…

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“You need to control your wife.” “Haven’t you figured it out?” Edward said quietly. “I married her to unleash her on the…

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“Ned knew what it was like to feel useless. He had been the expendable grandchild, the non-heir. He'd been the fool, the…

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