Bears Quote by Eloisa James

“When your lover visits to discuss the illegitimate child you kept a secret from him, offer him a glass of wine…" The one that…

— Nicola Cornick

We thought the Duke would have been pleased if the King's Majesty would have married his daughter, but nothing came of that--' Squints, and…

— Anonymous

“I am illegitimate," she said distinctly, as if he were a foreigner trying to learn English. "You are a viscount. You can't marry a…

— Lisa Kleypas

“That's something for me to consider. So what else can you tempt me with?" Breckenridge hid a wry smile; he'd guessed that, in common…

— Stephanie Laurens

“Clovis then asked what had happened to the head of the man who was strangling a snake and Sir Aubrey said that Dudley had…

— Eva Ibbotson

“In one conspicuous case, that of royalty, the State does already select the parents on purely political grounds; and in the peerage, though the…

— George Bernard Shaw

“So you've not only somehow married Fraser's wife, but you've accidentally been raising his illegitimate son for the last fifteen years?”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, overly educated and excessively rational, knowing right from wrong and fancy from fact, woke in a nest…

— Sara Donati

“For the next twenty minutes Elizabeth asked for concessions, Ian conceded, Duncan wrote, and the dowager duchess and Lucinda listened with ill-concealed glee.. In…

— Judith McNaught

“They make a lovely couple, my lord,” Jameson said, fishing in his pocket for a clean handkerchief. He found one and handed it to…

— Karen Hawkins

“Let's dispense with the nonsense, Victoria. This isn't a question of suitability, yours or his. You're perfectly capable of accustoming yourself to new circumstances……

— Lisa Kleypas

“As long as your father's alive, you aren't yet the duchess. All that deference isn't truly warranted, is it?" In an oppressive tone, Lady…

— Christina Dodd