“I deserve better —such a dangerous, mad thought for a woman to entertain.” — Meredith Duran Deserve better Copy Share Image
“He smiled at her: he simply couldn't help himself. He was so glad she'd wandered into his house to kill him.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Your loyalty is not to me. Well do I know it, Nora ... You alone,' he whispered, 'among every creature in my… — Meredith Duran Loyalty Copy Share Image
“You really must let me seduce you, Miss Boyce.” He spoke against her lips, in a voice that had gone hoarse. “We… — Meredith Duran Time Copy Share Image
“He was a man of few personal possessions, and until this moment, he had never considered what they might say of him.… — Meredith Duran Time Copy Share Image
“I'm so sorry. I read of it only yesterday. Otherwise, I would have come sooner.' And what good that reassurance was, he… — Meredith Duran Confidence Copy Share Image
“How could any woman's skin be so soft? It was as if the world had never touched her.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“But here there were houses full of *stuff*, fancy sheets woven with silk floss as soft as a baby's bum; fancy washstands… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“I'm here," he said into her ear, as the tears came faster. "Emma, I'm here with you now. Listen to me: I… — Meredith Duran Thank god Copy Share Image
“Some women would never know a touch like this. They would never know what they deserved. But she knew” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“She was not clumsy, precisely. He doubted Miss Boyce would ever do anything so disorderly as stumble. But even at their first… — Meredith Duran First meet Copy Share Image
“Lord John: 'The court has suffered most sorely for your absence. We hardly know where to find our amusement now.' Lady Nora:… — Meredith Duran Evil Copy Share Image
“Now, when he sat at the piano, he did not play music for the company the notes provided him. He played the… — Meredith Duran Business Copy Share Image
“His smile faded a little, growing softer, more intimate, like the look he'd showed her in bed this morning. 'You haven't learned… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“You said we must coexist peaceably,' he continued. 'I agree. Instruct me how.' 'That was a lie,' she said, her voice choked.… — Meredith Duran Truth Copy Share Image
“His slow smile might haved lured angels from heaven, flocking noisily, arms outstretched,happy to burn for him.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“What modern art required was an imagination drawn to possibilities, rather than braced by smug presumptions.” — Meredith Duran Art Copy Share Image
“She urged him on; he remained with her, focused, his lips now on her shoulder, now on her jaw; a courtship above,… — Meredith Duran Romance Copy Share Image
“Alex understood such discipline. He knew the rarity of it, and the cost. And on the rare occasions when he happened to… — Meredith Duran Discipline Copy Share Image
“She arched as his fingers dug into her spine; she wanted to slip inside his skin and inhabit this wondrous body of… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“With so many willing, complex women in the world, he had little respect for men who fixated on girlishness. Innocence was, by… — Meredith Duran Respect Copy Share Image
“Olivia began the search feeling calm, numb even. She did not wish to break the chest unless she had to, and the… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Six hours’ uninterrupted sleep each night, correspondenceanswered promptly, tenants provided for, base temptations avoided,swearing curtailed, regular visits to church—this righteous routine kepthim… — Meredith Duran Sleep Copy Share Image
“In love my temperament found a new taste for life: it found a cure for the pain, and a pain without cure.'"… — Meredith Duran Life Copy Share Image
“she had, after all, been raised among wolves, or in America; he was not sure there was a difference” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
