The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress
Sabrina JeffriesLove is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, โDonโt risk it.โ Because itโs only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.
Sabrina JeffriesWhy did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?
Sabrina JeffriesNo disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.
Sabrina JeffriesWhat are you doing here?" she asked. "You forgot something when you left Halstead Hall," he said hoarsely. "What?" Her heart lept into her throat as he strode purposefully toward her. "Me.
Sabrina JeffriesAdvising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together." That was stretching it a bit, since all Charlotte had done was give Sarah lessons in how to avoid fortune hunters, thus ensuring that the recalcitrant girl went right out and married the first one who approached her.
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