One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.
Eloisa JamesMy duchess,โ James stated, his eyes sweeping the crowd with the air of a man who has ruled the waves. โShe is not a swan, because that would imply she had once been an ugly duckling.
Eloisa JamesPiers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.' 'Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm sorry, Lord Sandys, your son has contracted neythen and won't live a month. No, no, there's nothing I can do. Sandys would have preferred hearing that to syphilis.
Eloisa JamesI woke up this morning,โ Gabriel said, โthinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing: only kissing. As if I were a green boy of fourteen. In case you donโt realize it, Kate, kissing is not a manโs usual inclination in the morning.
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