Carter was so taken aback by her attack he dropped his knife. “You knocked him stupid,” he bellowed. “No,” Emily corrected in what she believed was a reasonable tone of voice. “He was already stupid. I knocked him out.

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor

Madelyne, we're married now. 'Tis a usual occurrence to bed one's wife on the wedding night.

Going for it and changing what you could change-that's what success was all about.

One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

He'd gone to Louddon's fortress to take Madelyne captive. His plan was revenge; an eye for an eye. And that had been reason enough. Until she'd warmed his feet. Everything had changed at that moment. Duncan had known with a certainty he couldn't deny that they were henceforth bound together. He could never let her go.