For the love of ammonites, man! That's just stupid. Why on earth would the Society need to protect unmarried women from bone-dry lectures regarding soil composition? Do your members find themselves whipped into some sort of dusty frenzy, from which no delicate lass would be safe?" Mr. Barrington tugged on his coat. "Sometimes the debate does get heated." Colin turned to her. "Min, Can I just hit him?" "I think that's a bad idea." "run him through with something sharp?
Tessa DareThis is ideal, youโll see. We do everything backward. Itโs just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we made love. Next, weโll progress to courting. When weโre old and silver-haired, perhaps weโll finally get around to flirtation. Weโll make fond eyes at each other over our mugs of gruel. Weโll be the envy of couples half our age.
Tessa DareSheโd always wondered what it would feel like to stand on one end of a ballroom and watch a handsome, powerful man make his way to her. This was as close as sheโd ever come to it, she supposed. Standing at Dianaโs side. Imagining.
Tessa DareI'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in public and are only marginally better in private. I only find you remotely tolerable when you're kissing me.
Tessa DareThink of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, youโre bound to trip up and stumble.
Tessa DareBefore I found Minerva, I'd passed nights with more than my share of women." Thorne groaned. Don't. Just don't. "I've passed time with duchesses and farm girls, and it doesn't matter whether their skirts are silk or homespun. Once you get them bare--" Thorne drew up short. "If you start in on rivers of silk and alabaster orbs, I will have to hit you.
Tessa Dare