Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it." The logic in the words grated. "The first rule of scoundrels?

I never meant to hurt you, Isabel. Had I known what I would find when I came north, I would never have agreed to Leighton's request... That is a lie. Had I known that I would find you when I came north, I would have come years ago.

She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.

Love isn't one-sided and selfish.It is full and generous and life-altering in the best of ways.Love does not destroy, Gabriel.It creates.

And as the bullet ripped through his flesh, Ralston was consumed by a single thought: I never told her that I loved her.

Sometimes, love was not enough.

Colleen McCullough taught me that desire is the heart of romance.