It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost." James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost." James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

He blinked a few times, each motion so slow that he was never quite sure if he’d get his eyes open again. He wasn’t wearing a shirt. Funny how he was only just realizing it. Funnier still that he couldn’t seem to summon any concern for her maidenly sensibilities. She might be blushing. He couldn’t tell. It was too dark to see. But it didn’t matter. This was Honoria. She was a good egg. A sensible egg. She wouldn’t be scarred forever by the sight of his chest.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield

The two of you together are a menace,” Penelope remarked. “My aim in life,” Lady Danbury announced, “is to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible, so I shall take that as the highest of compliments, Mrs. Bridgerton.” “Why is it,” Penelope wondered, “that you only call me Mrs. Bridgerton when you are opining in a grand fashion?” “Sounds better that way,” Lady D said, punctuating her remark with a loud thump of her cane.

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you’re through.