She smelled like England, of soft rain and sun-kissed meadows. And she felt like the best kind of heaven. He wanted to wrap himself around, bury himself within her, and stay there for all of his days. He hadnโt had a drop to drink in three years, but he was intoxicated now, bubbling with a lightness heโd never thought to feel again.
Julia QuinnItโs a curse, really,โ Lady Danbury said. โIโm the only person I know my age who has perfect hearing.โ โMost would call that a blessing.โ She snorted. โNot with that musicale looming over the horizon.
Julia QuinnI can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.
Julia QuinnHe sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig, and a rabbit.
Julia QuinnShe smelled like England, of soft rain and sun-kissed meadows. And she felt like the best kind of heaven. He wanted to wrap himself around, bury himself within her, and stay there for all of his days. He hadnโt had a drop to drink in three years, but he was intoxicated now, bubbling with a lightness heโd never thought to feel again.
Julia QuinnI cannot feel like a duchess in my motherโs sitting room.โ โWhat do you feel like, then?โ โHmmm.โ She took a sip of her tea. โJust Daphne Bridgerton, I suppose. Itโs difficult to shed the surname in this clan. In spirit, that is.โ โI hope that is a compliment,โ Lady Bridgerton remarked. Daphne just smiled at her mother. โI shall never escape you, Iโm afraid.โ She turned to Gareth. โThere is nothing like oneโs family to make one feel like one has never grown up.
Julia QuinnHe said he loved me,โ she whispered. Daniel swallowed, and he had the strangest sensation, almost a premonition of what it must like to be a parent. Someday, God willing, heโd have a daughter, and that daughter would look like the woman standing in front of him, and if ever she looked at him with that bewildered expression, whispering, โHe said he loved me . . .โ Nothing short of murder would be an acceptable response.
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