They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner.

She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappropriate future moment.

His eyes are peculiar. There is nothing in them, like an eclair without the cream filling. It's wrong, lack of cream.

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers.

Oh, Professor Lyall, are you making a funny? It doesn’t suit you.” The sandy-haired Beta gave Lady Maccon a dour look. “I am exploring new personality avenues.” “Well, stop it.” “Yes, my lady.

Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.

A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.