I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life

To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word.

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.

Our gazes met. It seemed an entire conversation took place in that one glance. Each of us saw what we needed to know.

To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned quizzical. "What's so amus­ing?" Amelia toyed with a button on his coat. "I was just thinking . . . tonight those two old hens will probably go to their beds, cold and alone." An impish grin curved her lips. "Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night.

The truth is, you can never really know a man until you've loaned him money. And you can never know a woman until you've slept in her bed.

Hunt looked like a man who had visited many woman's beds and knew exactly what to do in them.