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If she had been a normal female, she would have swooned. But she was not normal, never had been."Good grief, you are impossibly handsome," she said breathlessly. "I vow, I have never experienced the like. For an instant, my brain stopped altogether. I must say, my lord, you do clean up well. But next time, I wish you would call out a warning before you come into view, and give me a chance to brace myself for the onslaught."Something dark flickered in his eyes. Then a corner of his hard mouth quirked up. "Miss Adams, you have an interesting - a unique - way with a compliment."The trace of a smile disoriented her further. "It is a unique experience," she said. "I never knew my brain to shut off before, not while I was full awake. I wonder if the phenomenon has been scientifically documented and what physiological explanation has been proposed. By Loretta Chase Normal Female Swooned Good Brain

HOrrible. The most horrible sound on earth. The sound of death and torture and the agonies of a burning hell," Lisle said. "Damn them. It's bagpipes. By Loretta Chase Horrible Lisle Sound Damn Earth

I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember, after a night in a bawdy house. You go about collecting street urchins and letting inebriated vagabonds kiss you, and then you get into brawls in pawnshops. You are probably past all redemption, but I'm going to reform you anyhow. If you behave yourself, perhaps I'll let you reform me on occasion, but I make no promises. By Loretta Chase Doggedly Shocking Night Training Continued

While you were leaping headlong into an ambush you should have foreseen, she might have been attacked. She might have been killed or worse.'Rupert came to a halt. 'What could be worse than her being killed, do you think?''I thought I had communicated to you Mr. Salt's opinions and wishes in the matter of Mr. Archdale's disappearance,' Beechey said. 'I thought I used easily comprehended terms.''You did,' Rupert said. 'I told Mrs. Pembroke about it in much the same way.''You told -' After a pause, Beechey went on, his voice strained, 'You cannot have revealed our suspicions about the - ahem - places of dubious repute. This is one of your jokes, I daresay. Ha ha.''She said her brother was not in a brothel or opium den and I was on no account to go to such places looking for him,' Rupert said. 'I obeyed, as I was obliged to do. You did tell me I wasn't to upset her, did you not?'There followed the kind of furious silence with which Rupert was more than familiar. By Loretta Chase Rupert Beechey Foreseen Attacked Leaping

I beg your pardon for questioning your judgement," she said. "It is nothing to me, after all, if it proves faulty. I am not the one responsible for the Marquess of Atherton's heir and sole offspring. I am not the one who will be toppled from my pedestal if the world learns I have not only permitted but encouraged my nephew to associate with the most shocking persons. I am not the one who-""I wish you were the one who had heard of the rule Silence is Golden," he said. By Loretta Chase Judgement Beg Pardon Questioning Marquess

If you try to find a replacement, you'll be sadly disappointed, I can't be replaced. I'm the only man in all the world who possesses the right combination of qualities for you.You can turn your Ballister stare upon me all you like, but you can't petrify me. You can knock me about to your heart's content without worrying about doing any damage. You can perpetrate any sort of outrage your wicked mind conceives and be sure I'll join in, with a will. You're a troublemaker, Lydia. A Ballister devil. Nothing less than a Mallory hellion would ever suit you.- Vere Mallory - By Loretta Chase Replacement Disappointed Replaced Ballister Find

It was then Jessica realized he wasn't using his left hand at all, and that he held the arm oddly, as though something were wrong with it. There shouldn't be except for a minor bullet wound. She'd aimed carefully, and she was an excellent markswoman. Not to mention he was a very large target.He looked her way then, and caught her staring. Admiring your handiwork, are you? I daresay you'd like a better look. Regrettably, there's nothing to see. There's nothing wrong with it, according to the quacks. Except that it doesn't work. Still, I count myself fortunate, Miss Trent, that you didn't aim a ways lower. I'm merely disarmed, not dismanned. But I have no doubt that Herriard here will see to the emasculation. By Loretta Chase Jessica Oddly Realized Left Hand

Jessica, I know I've been ... difficult," he said. "All the same - ""Difficult?" She looked up, her grey eyes wide, "You have been impossible. I begin to think you are not right in the upper storey. I knew you wanted me. The only thing I've never doubted was that. But getting you into bed - you, the greatest whoremonger in Christendom - gad, it was worse than the time I had to drag Bertie to the tooth-drawer. And if you think I mean to be doing that the rest of our days, you had better think again. The next time, my lord, you will do the seducing - or there won't be any, I vow. By Loretta Chase Difficult Jessica Time Christendom Bertie

I have a plan," he said."Yes," she said."Let's get married," he said."Yes," she said."Let's conquer the world," he said."Yes," she said. No one in her family had ever been accused of dreaming small."Let's bring the beau monde to its knees.""Yes.""Let's make them beg for your creations.""Yes," she said. "Yes, yes, yes.""Is tomorrow too soon?" he said."No." she said. "We've a great deal to do, you and I, conquering the world. We must start at once. We've not a minute to lose.""I love hearing you say that," he said.He kissed her. It lasted a long time. And they would last, she was sure, a lifetime. On that she'd wager anything. By Loretta Chase Said Yes World Plan Married

Since you made it clear you didn't want to hear anything about [your son], I was obliged to act behind your back.''I understand. You had no choice.''And I should not distress you now, if I were not obliged to do something that you might never forgive.'He swallowed nausea and pride in one gulp. 'Jess, the only unforgivable thing you can do is leave me,' he said. 'Se mi lasci mi uccido. If you leave me, I'll kill myself.''Don't be ridiculous,' she said. 'I should never leave you. Really, Dain, I cannot think where you get such addled ideas.'Then, as though this explained and settled everything, she promptly returned to the main subject, and told him what had happened that day By Loretta Chase Obliged Son Understand Leave Made

But I liked you from the moment I first heard your voice," he said, "when I had no idea what you looked like. I thought it delicious, the way you bargained for me, as though I were an old rug. Then I loved the way you looked at me. Then I loved the way you ordered me about. I loved your patient and impatient ways of explaining things to me. I love the sound of your voice and the way you move. I love your courage and your kindness and your generosity and your obstinacy and your passion." He paused. "You're the genius. What do you think that means? By Loretta Chase Loved Looked Moment Heard Idea

If this is how it's going to be -you getting all broody and distracted every time you fall in lust with somebody -well, I haven't the stomach for it. I won't put up with it, not for a dukedom. Not for three dukedoms. I deserve better than the role of a quietly accepting wife. I'm an interesting woman. I read. I have opinions. I appreciate poetry. I have a sense of humor." "I know all that. I've always known." "I deserve to be loved, truly loved -mind, body and soul. And in case you haven't noticed, there's a line of men ready to give me all that. Why on earth should I settle for a man who can't give me anything but friendship. Why should I settle for you? By Loretta Chase Broody Distracted Time Fall Lust

Bertie's gaze fell there and his blue eyes widened. "Deuce take you, Jess," he said crossly. "Can't a fellow trust you for a moment? How many times do I have to tell you to leave my friends alone?"Miss Trent coolly withdrew her hand.Trent gave Dain an apologetic look. "Don't pay it any mind, Dain. She does that to all the chaps. I don't know why she does it, when she don't want 'em. Just like them fool cats of Aunt Louisa's. Go to all the bother of catching a mouse, and then the confounded things won't eat 'em. Just leave the corpses lying about for someone else to pick up."Miss Trent's lips quivered. By Loretta Chase Miss Bertie Widened Jess Dain

I know why you want to wear the plum," Marcelline said. "It's ravishing. It'll make Longmore swoon.""It might make him do some things," Sophy said. "But swooning isn't one of them. He's the sort of man who tells a girl he l-loves her - and then l-laughs. As thoughit's a j-joke. By Loretta Chase Marcelline Plum Wear Sophy Make

Did you think to have me against a tree in Hyde Park? On a public footpath?""I was not exactly thinking," he said. "And how could you expect me to, under the onslaught of you?"She rolled her eyes and turned away and marched down the footpath. "I can't believe you're playing injured innocence. Did I throw myself at you, my lord?""No, and it's extremely inconsiderate of you not to, when I've taken such great pains to make myself attractive to you. Why must I always be the one to make advances? Why can't you make a little more effort? By Loretta Chase Park Hyde Footpath Make Tree

With the world securely in order, Dain was able to devote the leisurely bath time to editing his mental dictionary. He removed his wife from the general category labeled "Females" and gave her a section of her own. He made a note that she didn't find him revolting, and proposed several explanations: (a) bad eyesight and faulty hearing, (b)a defect in a portion of her otherwise sound intellect, (c) an inherited Trent eccentricity, or (d) an act of God. Since the Almighty had not done him a single act of kindness in at least twenty-five years, Dain thought it was about bloody time, but he thanked his Heavenly Father all the same, and promised to be as good as he was capable of being. By Loretta Chase Dain Order Dictionary Females World

But you are a charming and beautiful dunces, madame. And," he continued in French, "a charming and beautiful womancan get away with murder. Can you imagine that any man here would prosecute you for assassinating our language? By Loretta Chase Madame Charming Dunces Beautiful French

We're of one mind, Grenville and I, and the mind is hers, on account of my being a man and not having one. By Loretta Chase Grenville Mind Account Man

It's about time you saw how fortunate you are. You have ... the most virile man in the world." He grinned, and in his eyes, black as sin, she saw the devil inside him laughing. But he was her devil, and she loved him madly."The most conceited, you mean," she said. He bent his head until his great Usignuolo nose loomed as inch from hers, "The most virile, " he repeated firmly. "You are pathetically slow if you haven't learned that by now. Fortunately for you, I am the most patient of tutors. I shall prove it to you.""You patience?" she asked."My virility. Both. Repeatedly." His black eyes glinted. "I will teach you a lesson you'll never forget. "She tangled her fingers in his hair and brought his mouth to hers. "My wicked darling," she whispered. "I should like to see you try. By Loretta Chase Time Fortunate Virile Devil Eyes

Then came her voice in his ear: "I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee."And at last she sank onto him, and he wrapped his arms about her and savoured the delicious peace. The stray, funny thought came: we're married, and he laughed out loud. By Loretta Chase Give Thee Ear Voice Thee

I don't ravish women, if that's what you're thinking," he said."Oh, no," she said. "I had supposed that women stood in line waiting for you to relieve them of their virtue. By Loretta Chase Thinking Said Women Ravish Virtue

He cleared his throat, "Zoe, i think you said you love me.""I did say it. I do love you with all my heart.""I see." There was a long pause, then he said, "For how long has this been going on?""I don't know," she said, "Sometimes i think it started a long, long time ago.""You might have mentioned it.""I didn't want to encourage it," she said, "I thought it was a bad idea. By Loretta Chase Zoe Long Love Throat Cleared

I mean to court you, yes," he went on. "But in thesecoming days I am determined as well to find a way to ease your heart."It took her a moment to answer, because the heart he spoke of was so full. "You're a shockinglygood man," she said at last. She mustered a smile. "Perhaps I'd better say yes and have done with it. I've never had any trouble resisting men's lures - at least not since that first time - but so much kindness isbeyond me.""No, I want a hearty yes," he said. "No questions, no doubts. I am determined to make youbelieve your life will be a desert - utterly unlivable without me. By Loretta Chase Court Determined Heart Answer Full

Humor will relieve an awkward moment. By Loretta Chase Humor Moment Relieve Awkward

I don't need to be coddled and sheltered. I don't need all my battles fought for me. I do need to be believed in. By Loretta Chase Sheltered Coddled Battles Fought Believed

I'll be glad to be rid of you. When a man sinks to reading fashion journals - no, it's worse than that. When a man finds himself plumbing their depths, seeking arcane knowledge of no use to him whatsoever ... Oh, it's your corrupting influence. I shall be glad to see the back of you, Noirot, and return to my life.''It annoys you to be a guardian angel,' she said. By Loretta Chase Rid Glad Man Noirot Journals

Just listen," she said. "You can't kill him in cold blood." "Whyever not?" Ye gods grant me patience. "Because he'll be dead," she said as patiently as she could, "and Lady Clara's reputation will be stained forever. Do not, I pray you, do anything, Lord Longmore. Leave this to us." "Us." "My sisters and me." "What do you propose? Dressing him to death? Tying him up and making him listen to fashion descriptions? By Loretta Chase Whyever Listen Lord Longmore Blood

Oh, Genevieve. He was so adorable. I wanted to kiss him. Right on his big, beautiful nose. And then everywhere else. It was so frustrating. I had made my mind up to not lose my temper, but I did. And so I beat him and beat him until he kissed me. And then I kept on beating him until he did it properly. And I had better tell you, mortifying as it is to admit, that if we had not been struck by lightning - or very nearly - I should be utterly ruined. Against a lamppost. On the Rue de Provence. And the horrible part is" - she groaned - "I wish I had been.""I know," Genevieve said soothingly. "Believe me, dear, I know. By Loretta Chase Genevieve Beat Adorable Provence Rue

Jessica frowned at her. "It was very difficult to keep a straight face - but that wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was - " She let out a sigh. "Oh, Genevieve. He was so adorable. I wanted to kiss him. Right on his big, beautiful nose. And then everywhere else. It was so frustrating. I had made up my mind not to lose my temper, but I did. And so I beat him and beat him until he kissed me. And then I kept on beating him until he did it properly. And I had better tell you, mortifying as it is to admit, that if we had not been struck by lightning - or very nearly - I should be utterly ruined. Against a lamppost. On the Rue de Provence. And the horrible part is" - she groaned - "I wish I had been. By Loretta Chase Part Jessica Hardest Frowned Genevieve

Oh, it's ridiculous. I ought to laugh. But I can't. You won't believe it.""Of course we will," Sophye said."He offered you a carte blanche," Leonie said."No, he asked me to marry him."There was a short stunned silence.Then, "I reckon he's in a marrying mood," Sophy said. By Loretta Chase Ridiculous Said Sophye Leonie Sophy

That is what I like about you, Mr. Dashwood," she said. "You are so decisive. It saves me the bother of thinking for myself.""That is what I like about you, Mrs. Dashwood," he said. "You are so sarcastic. It saves me the trouble of trying to be tactful and charming. By Loretta Chase Dashwood Saves Mrs Decisive Myself

Shall we proceed, and ought I do so with my knife drawn?""You'd better keep it where it is for the moment," he said. "Otherwise you might stab me to death accidentally." ."If I stab you to death," she said, "it will not be accidental. By Loretta Chase Proceed Drawn Moment Knife Death

Go away," he said. "Do you know you've almost no clothes on?" "Never mind. I need - " "Never mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can 'never mind.' A nearly naked woman isn't one of them. By Loretta Chase Mind Miss Innocence Clothes Listen

I reckon you must get bored more easily than other people." He came up onto one elbow and looked at her. "Yes. You'll have your hands full, keeping me excited." "I don't remember anything about that in the marriage vows," she said. "There was obey - I noticed that came first - but I privately added a lengthy footnote to that item." "This surprises me not at all. But there was the part about serving me." "It, too, needed a footnote. Then love and honor and keeping you and sticking with you and nobody else. I remember all those. But I don't recall the minister mentioning anything about keeping you excited." "That was the serve part. It had an asterisk and some fine print." "I did not hear any fine print. By Loretta Chase People Keeping Reckon Bored Easily

Bathsheba looked at Benedict. "You never told me they were matchmaking.""He didn't notice!" said his father before Benedict could answer. "He didn't notice handsome young misses of unexceptionable family. He didn't notice beautiful heiresses. We tried bluestockings. We tried country girls. We tried everything. He didn't notice! But Bathsheba Winngate, the most notorious woman in all of England, he noticed.""We notorious women tend to stand out," she said. By Loretta Chase Benedict Notice Looked Bathsheba Notorious

You needn't consult me about redecorating. I know no female can live two days in a house and leave anything as it was. I shall be much astonished if I can find my way about when I return. By Loretta Chase Redecorating Consult Female Live Days

The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates," Jessica said severely. "It would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself," said her grandmother. "He is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction." "He isn't husband material." "What I have described is perfect husband material." said her grandmother. "I don't want a husband." "Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective. By Loretta Chase Challenge Bertie Dain Jessica Pry

Dain kept his gaze on his plate and concentrated on swallowing the morsel he'd just very nearly choked on. She was possessive ... about him.The beautiful, mad creature - or blind and deaf creature, or whatever she was - coolly announced it as one might say, "Pass the salt cellar," without the smallest awareness that the earth had just tilted on its axis. By Loretta Chase Dain Gaze Plate Concentrated Swallowing

They didn't tell Miles what their destination was. He only knew they traveled south, and he'd as soon have done so on a mode of transportation other than the camel.The creatures bore heavy inanimate burdens calmly enough. But his showed a marked aversion to being ridden. The camel made insulting noises as Miles circled it, looking for a place to get on. The animal complained loudly and cursed him bitterly in camel language when he was finally seated. It snarled and growled and turned around to give him venomous looks. Then, as you'd expect, it flatly refused to obey him. When Miles tried to turn its head, it tried to bite his feet. When he snapped at the animal to behave, it promptly lay down. When at last the humor seized it to get up, it made sure to throw Miles back and forth violently in the process. By Loretta Chase Miles Destination Camel Animal Made

Silk and Shadows is something else. Like brilliant. It got under my skin as very, very few books have. It's still under my skin. Mikhal was haunting. By Loretta Chase Shadows Silk Skin Brilliant Mikhal

Mama, you know, lost all her enthusiasm for mothering by Baby Number Seven. What a pity she did not lose her enthusiasm for Papa at the same time. But then, I doubt she was ever altogether clear on where babies come from. She was very much astonished each time she found herself enceinte. Papa was naughty not to explain her. By Loretta Chase Baby Number Mama Enthusiasm Lost

You've been playing on my sympathies as though they were harp strings. You-''What do you expect me to do?' he cut in. 'Play fair? With a woman who makes up her own rules as she goes along?''I expect you to take no for an answer!'He rose. 'I should like to know what you're afraid of.''Afraid?' Her voice climbed. 'Afraid? Of you?''The only reason I can think of for your rejecting an opportunity to run the world as you see fit is fear that you can't manage the man offering the opportunity. By Loretta Chase Afraid Strings Playing Sympathies Harp

An adult should not be forced into marriage as a child is forced to eat his peas. Peas are only part of a meal. Marriage is a life's work. By Loretta Chase Forced Peas Adult Child Eat

Thank you, Dain," she said. "I should like that very much. I've never seen a proper wrestling match before.""I daresay it will be a novel experience all round," he said, gravely eyeing her up and down. "I can't wait to see Sherburne's face when I arrive with my lady wife in tow.""There, you see?" she said, unoffended. "I told you there were other benefits to having a wife. I can come in very handy when you wish to shock your friends. By Loretta Chase Dain Wife Sherburne Unoffended Before

I love you madly," she said. "I shall make you happy if I have to kill somebody to do it. But that ought not to be necessary. By Loretta Chase Madly Love Make Happy Kill

Mrs. Wingare regarded him through slitted blue eyes. "Have you any idea, Rathbourne, how utterly detestable you become when you adopt that tone of patient superiority?""The trouble is, you are tired, hungry, anxious, and afflicted with an aching hand," he said. "The trouble is, you had confidently expected a happy outcome only to have your hopes dashed. Consequently, you are too low-spirited at present to appreciate that I am perfect and therefore cannot be detestable."She gazed at him for a moment, up and down, then up again. Then, "Did your wife ever throw things at you?" she said. By Loretta Chase Wingare Mrs Eyes Trouble Regarded

I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter! By Loretta Chase Nitwit Gazing Eyes Termagant Love

I love her,' he said. 'I've loved her since we were children. But you-''It's my fault, is it?' she said. 'I'm the demon destroying your happiness? Only look at yourself and listen to yourself. Like every other man, you want what you can't have. Like every other man, you'll stay interested - even obsessed - until you get it. You came here this evening because you can't think straight - because it drives you mad not to have something you want. By Loretta Chase Love Man Children Loved Fault

You couldn't help yourself," he said."Actually, I couldn't," she said. "If I hadn't the opportunity - if you hadn't been so shockingly understanding - and tempting - ""I worked damned hard at that. The tempting part. I wasn't sure you were paying attention.""Apparently, I was doing little else but. By Loretta Chase Said Tempting Apparently Opportunity Understanding

He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a gently bred maiden's glove. He'd committed salacious acts beyond number. He'd never before felt so depraved as he did now, as the last pearl came free and he drew the soft kid down, baring her wrist, and his dark fingers grazed the delicate skin he'd exposed. By Loretta Chase Stays Chemises Garters Frocks Stockings

She swallowed it. So bitter."Vile," she said. "Vile.""I know, but it helps. Trust me. I know.""Trust you," she said. "Hah.""Clearly you are not dying.""No. Devil won't take me."The low chuckle again. "Then we're all safe. By Loretta Chase Vile Trust Vile Swallowed Hah

You refuse to listen. Because, like every other man, you can keep only one idea in your head at a time-usully the wrong one. By Loretta Chase Listen Refuse Man Idea Head

Charm of the most insidious kind: humorous, self-deprecating, and disarmingly frank and confiding. By Loretta Chase Humorous Selfdeprecating Charm Kind Confiding

He broke through the wall of men surrounding Olivia - dim-witted fowl clustered about a dozing crocodile, as he saw it - and offered to take her home. By Loretta Chase Olivia Dimwitted Crocodile Home Broke

Due to not getting pumped regular, females take the oddest fancies, such as imagining they can think. By Loretta Chase Due Regular Females Fancies Pumped

Everybody knew gentlemen could be obtuse, especially when it came to matters of the heart. Everybody knew, as well, that gentlemen needed to believe they were in charge. Therefore, ladies had to learn ways of communicating the obvious without being obvious about it. By Loretta Chase Obtuse Heart Knew Gentlemen Matters

Oh, good," he muttered. "We're going to discuss it now.""No discussion," she said. Her mind was quite clear now, as though a fire had blazed through it, burning away all confusion. "It's perfectly simple. No One MustEver Know."He came up onto one elbow and looked at her. "Do you know," he said, "I can hear those five words in italics. Capitalized. By Loretta Chase Good Muttered Know Now Discussion

Just like a damned man, he thought exasperatedly. She got what she wanted, then curled up and went to sleep.That was what he was supposed to do, blast and confound her bloody impudence. By Loretta Chase Man Exasperatedly Damned Thought Wanted

Clevedon told the dressmakers that the previous tenants (a husband and wife) had fallen into dire financial difficulties within months of opening the place. They'd absconded in the dead of night mere days ago, owing three months' back rent. They must have borrowed or stolen a cart, because they'd taken away most of the shop's contents and fixtures. This was a complete lie. The truth was, Varley had bribed them to move and sweetened the offer by allowing them to take with them everything that wasn't nailed down. By Loretta Chase Clevedon Tenants Wife Place Told

Get off," she said. "Get off now."Before its too late, and I decide to celebrate a narrow escape from death in the traditional manner of our species. By Loretta Chase Now Late Species Decide Celebrate

Why must women stay quietly? Why must we be little moons, each of us stuck in our little orbit, revolving around a planet that is some man? Why can't we be other planets? Why must we be moons? By Loretta Chase Quietly Moons Women Stay Orbit

If you want respect, you must take your medicine like a brave aristocrat," he said. "Think of the French nobles who walked to the guillotine, double chins aloft. By Loretta Chase Respect Aristocrat Medicine Brave French

Clara will break him to bridle," Longmore said. "And if she can't cure his wild ways, who knows? Maybe he'll ride into a ditch or get run over by a post chaise, and she'll be a young widow. Do try to look on the bright side. By Loretta Chase Longmore Clara Bridle Break Chaise

The whole thing's absurd," he said. "Your sister married a duke. I told Clevedon ... " he trailed off."What did you tell him?""Never mind that now," he said."I certainly will mind it now," she said."Do you want to find Clara or do you want to quarrel?" he said."Preferably both," she said. By Loretta Chase Said Absurd Thing Clevedon Preferably

The bourgeoisie is so tediously self-righteous. By Loretta Chase Selfrighteous Bourgeoisie Tediously

It was unsettling. For a moment he believed she could see straight through his brain. Not that there was much to see. Still, he doubted she'd feel more amiably toward him if, for instance, she could discern how vast an amount of mental space his fantasies of seduction occupied, compared to the cramped corner devoted to the problem of murdered guides and corrupt police. By Loretta Chase Unsettling Brain Moment Believed Straight

Surely she'd heard voices like his, so low-pitched as to make every commonplace utterance seem of the deepest intimacy, every cliche a delicious secret. By Loretta Chase Surely Intimacy Secret Heard Voices

I'm in a mood to knock someone down, and you'll do very well.""Don't tell me," Longmore said. "The dressmaker doesn't want you, either. By gad, this isn't your day, is it? Not your week, rather. By Loretta Chase Longmore Well Mood Knock Gad

I tell you Dain is a splendid catch. I advise you to set your hooks and reel him in."Jessica took a long swallow of her cognac. "This is not a trout, Genevieve. This is a great, hungry shark.""Then use a harpoon. By Loretta Chase Dain Catch Splendid Jessica Genevieve

Lydia: What the devil do you mean by creeping up on me? You're suppose to be in a brothel.Vere: I lied. I can't believe you fell for the old going-to-a-brothel ruse. You didn't even look out the window to make sure I'd gone away. By Loretta Chase Lydia Devil Creeping Ruse Brothelvere

Life had a way of wrecking her careful plans, again and again. Roulette was more predictable than life. Small wonder she was so lucky at it.Life was not a wheel going round and round. It never, ever returned to the same place. It didn't stick to simple red and black and a certain array of numbers. It laughed at logic.Beneath its pretty overdress of man-imposed order, life was anarchy. By Loretta Chase Life Plans Wrecking Careful Round

Orphans? Would you really? Adopt children?""There are advantages. If they turn out badly, we can blame their natural parents. We can also choose our own assortment of ages and genders. We can even get them ready-grown, if we wish. By Loretta Chase Orphans Adopt Children Advantages Badly

It wasn't the time and place.He oughtn't to rush his fences.But she'd waved her arms, and that made her womanly parts jiggle and he could only keep one idea in his head at a time, and in any case, oughts never went down smoothly with him.He was who he was, and that wasn't a good boy. And so down he went, and crushed her sulky little mouth under his. By Loretta Chase Time Arms Case Boy Placehe

If Lady Brentmor told the prime minister to jump off a bridge," Fiona had once remarked, "Wellington would meekly ask, 'Which one? By Loretta Chase Fiona Wellington Lady Brentmor Bridge

That man," she said in low but still audible tones, "is an idiot.""Yes, madam, but he's all we've got.""I may be stupid," Rupert said, "but I'm irresistibly attractive.""Good grief, conceited too," she muttered."And being a great, dumb ox," he went on, "I'm wonderfully easy to manage."She paused and turned to Beechey. "Are you sure there's no one else? By Loretta Chase Rupert Good Beechey Madam Man

That is a horrid temptation to put before a man who is forbidden to make vigorous movements," he said. "Is it really?" she said. "No wonder Miles did not approve. He looked daggers at me." "Maybe his face froze that way," Rupert said. "He was looking daggers at me a few hours ago. Do you think he suspects?" "I think he knows ," she said. "I'm glad I don't have a sister," he said. "I should have to get over my aversion to killing people." -Rupert and Daphne By Loretta Chase Movements Rupert Horrid Temptation Put

No good would come of trying to make something of a man with a brain like machinery. By Loretta Chase Machinery Good Make Man Brain

The boat lurched.He fell against her, and she fell back, onto the divan.For onwe glorious moment she lay under him, her magnificent bosom crushed against his chest. His heart leapt into a gallop and his privy councilor leapt to attention. He lifted his head and looked down at her. She looked up at him, eyes wide and dark as an evergreen forest. He felt her breath on his skin, and heard it, soft and hurried. Her lips parted. He lowered his head.She shoved a fist against his chest, and "Get off!" she snapped. "Get off, you great lummox! Someone's coming! By Loretta Chase Fell Back Chest Boat Lurchedhe

Dain could not decide what to do with Lady Wallingdon's invitation.A part of his mind recommended he burn it.Another part suggested he urinate on it.Another advised him to shove it down Her Ladyship's throat. By Loretta Chase Lady Wallingdon Ladyship Dain Throat

Adieu, Lord Dain," she answered without turning her head. "Have a pleasant evening with your cows."Cows?She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain told himself. The remark was a pathetic attempt at a setdown. To take offense was to admit he'd felt the sting. He told himself to laugh and return to his ... cows. By Loretta Chase Lord Dain Adieu Cows Head

I am not in love with you," she said. "It is an infatuation. I have heard of such derangements happening to elderly spinsters. By Loretta Chase Love Infatuation Spinsters Heard Derangements

Stifle it,' Longmore told the boy. He needed a clear head to find his way through Sophy's rabbit warren of a mind. He couldn't do that and translate the boy's deranged version of English at the same time. By Loretta Chase Longmore Stifle Boy Told Sophy

No its you," she said. How far away her voice sounded, as though it had traveled to London already, ahead of her. "Your ducal self assurance. Everything will give way to you. Even Satan's own storm.""You are definitely improving," he said. "Full mocking sentences. By Loretta Chase London Sounded Ahead Full Satan

Good God!" she cried. She rolled off him, tugging down her clothing. "Are you mad?"He blinked and dragged in air. "Well, yes," He said thickly. "Lust does that to a man.""You thought we wouldyou would do ... that in public?""I wasn't thinking about where we were." He said.Her eyes widened."I'm a man," he said with what he was sure must be, in the circumstances, saintly patience. "I can do one or the other. Lovemaking or thinking. But not both at the same time."She stared at him for a moment. Then she drew up her knees and folded her arms upon them and buried her face in her folded arms.She did not pick up the rifle and knock him on the head with it.Perhaps all was not lost."Somewhere else then?" He said hopefully. By Loretta Chase God Good Cried Thinking Folded

You are well aware of your effect on women, and I'm sure it gratifies you no end to watch them sigh and salivate over your magnificent physique. I do not wish to spoil your fun, Dain, but I do ask you to consider my pride and refrain from embarrassing me in public.Women ... sighing and salivating ... over his magnificent physique. Maybe the brutal bedding had destroyed a part of her brain. By Loretta Chase Physique Women Dain Aware Effect

In the month and a half since the Earl of Hargate's fourth son had arrived in Egypt, he had broken twenty-three separate laws and been jailed nine times. For what Mr. Carsington had cost the (England) consulate in fines and bribes, Mr. Salt (His Majesty's consul general) might have dismantled and shipped to England one of the smaller temples on the island of Philae.He now knew exactly why Lord Hargate had sent his twenty-nine-year-old offspring to Egypt. It was not, as his lordship had written, "to assist the consul general in his services on behalf of the nation."It was to saddle someone else with the responsibility and expense. By Loretta Chase Egypt Hargate Earl England Times

And so, as the stars came out, Miles took up his basket and made his way in the moonlight to the river, to the place where he'd hidden the little boat.It was gone.No great surprise, really. The region was notorious. Why shouldn't someone steal his boat? He'd return the favor and steal someone else's. Tomorrow.Tonight, though, he wanted a proper dinner.He set about fashioning a fishing line. By Loretta Chase Miles River Surprise Stars Basket

Beaumont wanted Esmond very badly. Esmond wanted Beaumont's wife. And she didn't want anybody. By Loretta Chase Beaumont Esmond Badly Wanted Wife

Snakes dislike surprises,' Rupert said. To Mrs. Pembroke he added, 'You frightened her. She attacked because she thought she was in danger.''Oh, you had time to discern that it was a female?' she said, her voice higher than usual.'Might have been,' he said. 'She was pretty enough. Did you note the markings? By Loretta Chase Rupert Snakes Surprises Dislike Mrs

Don't you remember telling me that you're the brain and I'm the brawn? Naturally I expect you to do all the talking. And naturally I shall knockheads and toss people out of windows as required. Or did I misunderstand? Did you want me to think, too? By Loretta Chase Brawn Remember Telling Brain Naturally

Women don't have a sense of humor," Bertie said. "They don't need one. The Almighty made them as a permanent joke on men. From which one may logically deduce that the Almighty is a female. By Loretta Chase Bertie Women Humor Almighty Sense

Keeping the secret was going to be more difficult than Rupert could have foreseen. Every time she met a hieroglyph, she'd act like this: vibrating like a tuning fork, the gigantic brain bubbling over and spilling out its secrets: Greek and Latin and Coptic and names of scholars and who believed what and this alphabet versus that one and phonetic interpretations versus symbolic ones. By Loretta Chase Rupert Keeping Foreseen Difficult Versus

Out of the darkness came Mr Carsington's deep voice, cool and calm. Pray don't trouble yourselves, gentlemen. It is merely a villain come to cut our throats, rob our stores and ravish our women. No need for alarm. Mrs Pembroke has the matter in hand. By Loretta Chase Carsington Voice Cool Calm Darkness

Dain wasn't certain what exactly was wrong with her, but he had no doubt that something was. He was Lord Beelzebub, wasn't he? She was supposed to faint, or recoil in horrified revulsion at the very least. Yet she had gazed at him as bold as brass, and it had seemed for a moment as though the creature were actually flirting with him. By Loretta Chase Dain Wrong Doubt Beelzebub Lord

She was a dreamer and a schemer & one didnt dream and scheme without hope. By Loretta Chase Schemer Hope Dreamer Didnt Dream

My mother has said that it's often better for a husband and wife not to understand each other too well," he [Rupert] said. "A little mystery keeps a marriage more interesting, she says. By Loretta Chase Rupert Mother Husband Wife Understand

I am not insane," he said. "A woman of your highly advanced intellect ought to be able to perceive that I am in love. With you. I wish you had told me. It was deuced embarrassing to find it out from your *brother*. By Loretta Chase Insane Love Brother Woman Highly

I deserve passion," she said. "I deserve to be loved- in every way. I deserve a man who'll give his whole heart, not the part he isn't using at the moment.. By Loretta Chase Deserve Passion Loved Heart Moment

I spent hours yesterday talking of little but medical symptoms and insane asylums. And you listened as though it were poetry and all but swooned at my feet. It is too bad I don't have any medical treatises about. I'm sure I need read a paragraph or two, and you will become ravenous with lust and begin tearing my clothes off. (Dorian from "The Mad Earl's Bride") By Loretta Chase Asylums Spent Hours Yesterday Talking

Looking at a man as though he was something the horse left behind isn't the way to elicit confidences. By Loretta Chase Confidences Man Horse Left Elicit

I expected a good deal more from you," Marcelline said, "You bungled it.""Yes," he said. "What else could I do? I was asking the wrong woman to marry me. By Loretta Chase Marcelline Expected Good Deal Bungled

Jessica swallowed. "I think you had better stick to English." "But Italian is so moving," Dain said. "To ho voluto dal primo che ti vedi." I've wanted you from the first moment I saw you. "Mi tormenti ancora." You've tormented me ever since. By Loretta Chase Jessica Swallowed English Dain Italian

Jessica, you are a pain in the arse, do you know that? If I were not so immensely fond of you, I should throw you out the window."She wrapped her arms about his waist and laid her head against his chest. "Not merely 'fond,' but 'immensely fond.' Oh Dain, I do believe I shall swoon.""Not now," he said crossly. "I haven't time to pick you up. By Loretta Chase Jessica Fond Arse Pain Immensely

Hers was a tone and manner that assured the listener they had only two choices; obedience or death. By Loretta Chase Choices Obedience Death Tone Manner

That's what brings in the customers: the combination of gossip and the intricate detail about the dresses, all related as drama. It has the same effect on women, I'm told, as looking at naked women has on men. By Loretta Chase Customers Dresses Drama Brings Combination

Do you remember little Zoe Octavia Lexham?' he said.His aunt cast her pale blue gaze in the direction of the great chandelier, as though that was where she kept her memory. 'Zoe Octavia,' she said. By Loretta Chase Lexham Zoe Octavia Remember Chandelier

He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't see how matters could become worse," he muttered. "I am already besotted with a needle-tongued, conceited, provoking ape leader of a lady."Her head jerked up. "Besotted? You're nothing like it. Vengeful is more like it. Spiteful. By Loretta Chase Glove Fragile White Hand Fled

Let me explain something to you, he said. If you want to get something out of a man, dashing out his brains against a lamppost isn't the way to do it. By Loretta Chase Explain Man Dashing Brains Lamppost

In the real, grown-up world, unicorns were more plentiful than Prince Charmings. By Loretta Chase Charmings Prince Real Grownup World

By gad - do you mean to say I am as important a possession as your cattle?" She pressed her hand to her heart. "Oh, Dain, you are too devastatingly romantic. I am altogether overcome. By Loretta Chase Gad Cattle Dain Important Possession

Even now the wicked spirit lurked there, a glint of mischief in the darkness of heat and desire. It made her smile, and she brought her smile to his mouth and gave it to him. "Miss you," she whispered. "So much. By Loretta Chase Desire Wicked Spirit Lurked Glint

He'd forget all that, just as he would forget this night.The memories would linger for a time, but they'd grow dull. The ache he felt now, the frustation and anger and sorrow - all those would fade too.She'd given him a night to remember, but of course he'd forget. By Loretta Chase Forget Time Dull Nightthe Memories

I must be besotted," he said evenly. "I have the imbecilic idea that you're the prettiest girl I've ever seen. Except for your coiffure," he added, with a disgusted glance at the coils and plumes and pearls. "That is ghastly."She scowled. "Your romantic effusions leave me breathless. By Loretta Chase Besotted Evenly Coiffure Added Pearls

Jessica: "You great drunken jackass!"Dain: "I did not give you leave to use my Christian name. By Loretta Chase Dain Jessica Christian Jackass Great

We've been wed more than a month. Since it appears you mean to stay, I might as well give you leave to call me by my christian name. It is preferable, at any rate, to 'clodpole. By Loretta Chase Month Wed Clodpole Stay Preferable

Miss, I'm sure lots of women think of running away when men disappoint us. But if all of us was to actually do that, there wouldn't be a woman left in London. By Loretta Chase Miss Lots Women Running Men

Gout, I understand, has reformed a great many rogues. By Loretta Chase Gout Understand Rogues Reformed Great

By gad, is that you, Ainswood? I haven't seen you in a dog's age. How's the gout? Still troubling you? By Loretta Chase Ainswood Gad Age Gout Dog

What would you have done?" Esme demanded. "Screamed for help, of course. But it would never occur to you to call for help. You don't just think you're a warrior. You think you're a whole army. By Loretta Chase Screamed Esme Demanded Warrior Army

He started to draw away but she wasn't ready. She held on, and after a heartbeat he slid his hands to her waist and pulled her closer. His kiss grew more fiercely determined, as though he would wipe every recollection of anything remotely resembling kisses from her mind and imprint his, permanently, upon it. And upon her body, where the alien feelings simmered into excitement and happiness and a yearning for more. Strange By Loretta Chase Ready Started Draw Closer Permanently

He was a man, an attractive man if one overlooked the obnoxiousness. But women had to overlook men's personality flaws, else nobody would ever wed and/or reproduce and the human race would come to an end. Naturally By Loretta Chase Man Obnoxiousness Attractive Overlooked Naturally

Holding a large object aloft, she went after him, and the fellow ran. Then something struck the back of Rupert's head. The world went black with flashing lights. The ground opened up under his feet, and down he went. By Loretta Chase Holding Aloft Ran Large Object

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall. By Loretta Chase Fall Bigger Harder World

He was a man. Men always had lewd thoughts. It was perfectly natural and normal By Loretta Chase Man Men Thoughts Normal Lewd

THE Right Honorable Edward Junius Carsington, Earl of Hargate, had five sons, which was three more than he needed. By Loretta Chase Carsington Earl Hargate Honorable Edward

Venice she is like the beautiful cortigiana - the courtesan - who has" - Zeggio frowned, searching for the phrase he wanted - "dropped on the hours of trouble.""Fallen on hard times," James said."Fallen on hard times," Zeggio repeated. He murmured the phrase to himself a few times. "I see. The same but not the same. By Loretta Chase Fallen Zeggio Times Hard James

She'd read in novels of people who couldn't speak because their hearts were too full and she'd always thought, Not my black heart. But now she couldn't speak, because it was too much, whatever it was. By Loretta Chase Thought Speak Read People Full

And I think I am about to mistake you for a volume of Ptolemy." He drew her face closer to his. "Make that Ovid," he said. His lips brushed lightly against hers. "Make that Ars Amatoria. By Loretta Chase Ptolemy Make Mistake Volume Ovid

I have dealt with the poor, Bathsheba. They need a great deal, but I do not believe they feel any great want for aristocratic females dressed in the latest stare of fashion telling them they are proud, vain, and licentious. By Loretta Chase Bathsheba Poor Dealt Vain Great

Shockingly tactless," Lady Warford said. "Unfortunately, Longmore can be tactless quite fluently in several languages By Loretta Chase Lady Warford Shockingly Longmore Tactless

Just because I squeezed my gigantic bottom into men's trousers, you needn't assume my brains have shrunk to masculine size. By Loretta Chase Trousers Size Squeezed Gigantic Bottom

The Cockney accent was almost impenetrable. *Nothing* was "nuffin," and aitches were dropped from and attached to the wrong words, and some of the vowels seemed to have arrived from another planet. By Loretta Chase Cockney Impenetrable Accent Nuffin Words

His conscience smote him. As smitings go, it wasn't much, his conscience being in poor fighting condition. By Loretta Chase Conscience Smote Condition Smitings Poor

But women had to overlook men's personality flaws, else nobody would ever wed and/or reproduce and the human race would come to an end. By Loretta Chase Flaws End Women Overlook Men

In my dictionary, romance is not maudlin, treacly sentiment. It is a curry, spiced with excitement, and humour, and a healthy dollop of cynicism. By Loretta Chase Dictionary Romance Maudlin Treacly Sentiment

Miss you, he said. It was the barest murmur, scarcely a sound. By Loretta Chase Miss Murmur Scarcely Sound Barest

And so I beat him and beat him until he kissed me. And then I kept on beating him until he did it properly. By Loretta Chase Beat Kissed Properly Beating

Women don't have a sense of humor. They don't need one. The Almighty made them as a permanent joke on men. From which one may logically deduce tha the Almighty is a female. By Loretta Chase Women Humor Almighty Sense Men

Hypocrisy seemed to be the fashionable equivalent of propriety, discretion indistinguishable from morality, and the By Loretta Chase Hypocrisy Propriety Discretion Morality Fashionable

I want you," she said."I told you so," he said. By Loretta Chase Said Told

Then he recalled whose daughter she was, and wondered why he wondered.Then he recalled who it was who had a child.A child, Noirot had a child! By Loretta Chase Child Noirot Recalled Daughter Wondered

She set her hand against his chest, to push him away. He laid his hand over hers, and held hers there, over his pounding heart. By Loretta Chase Chest Hand Set Push Heart

Life is not an opera. Scenes belong on the stage. By Loretta Chase Life Opera Scenes Stage Belong

Parents must be treated with respect, whether one wants to strangle them or not. By Loretta Chase Parents Respect Treated Strangle

The ton will be all atwitter about last night By Loretta Chase Night Ton Atwitter

Did you know you could kill a person with a hatpin?" she said."I did not," he said. "Do you speak from experience? Have you murdered anybody? Not that I'd dream of criticizing. By Loretta Chase Hatpin Said Kill Person Experience

It was hard to hide one's emotion from one's own kind. By Loretta Chase Kind Hard Hide Emotion

Coward he said softly. She stopped and turned and marched back to him. She dropped her reticule, grasped his neckcloth, cupped his face, dragged his mouth to hers, and kissed him. By Loretta Chase Coward Softly Reticule Grasped Neckcloth

Women do not lie, my lord Dain," came a faintly accented voice from the door. "It merely seems so because they exist in another reality. By Loretta Chase Dain Women Lie Door Lord

rules seemed to constantly shift on whim. By Loretta Chase Rules Whim Constantly Shift

And, while Jessica had faith enough in Providence, she preferred to seek help from more accessible sources. Her assistant was Phelps, the coachman. By Loretta Chase Providence Jessica Sources Phelps Faith

A dress is a weapon. It must dazzle his eye, raise his temperature ... and empty his purse. By Loretta Chase Weapon Dress Eye Raise Temperature

The witless destroy what they don't understand. By Loretta Chase Understand Witless Destroy

Bung upwards, she means, Your Grace, a tart called out. By Loretta Chase Grace Bung Upwards Tart Called

She's never met an adjective or adverb she didn't like. By Loretta Chase Met Adjective Adverb

There is no animal more invincible than a woman, By Loretta Chase Woman Animal Invincible

Prying into others' private affairs is the preferred occupation of small minds. By Loretta Chase Prying Minds Others Private Affairs

I should like to see you try. By Loretta Chase

The Vizier is a genius, truly, if he can keep peace among three hundred women. I can't do so with only one. By Loretta Chase Vizier Genius Women Peace Hundred

Hell, what was one more scandal? By Loretta Chase Hell Scandal

Men don't know what they want. Women must show them. By Loretta Chase Men Women Show

They were perfectly suited. They would speak of books the livelong day and night and bore everyone else but themselves to distraction. By Loretta Chase Suited Perfectly Distraction Speak Books

She longed to throw something at him. A chair. Herself. By Loretta Chase Longed Throw Chair

In all the excitement, I seem to have put my foot under yours," he said. "I do beg your pardon. By Loretta Chase Excitement Put Foot Pardon Beg

The beasts tossed their heads and answered with evil horsey laughter. By Loretta Chase Laughter Beasts Tossed Heads Answered

Masculine pride is an exceedingly precious and fragile thing By Loretta Chase Masculine Thing Pride Exceedingly Precious

Men are the inferior sex. Adam was made first, and the first effort is always the simpler and cruder one, non? With the second, one refines. By Loretta Chase Men Sex Inferior Adam Made

A man ought to look up to a woman, literally or figuratively, because that is the proper mode of worship, and worship is the very least he can do. By Loretta Chase Woman Literally Figuratively Worship Man

I have always believed that anyone who must violate the law to achieve his purposes must lack either intelligence or imagination, probably both. By Loretta Chase Imagination Believed Violate Law Achieve

I can do one or the other. Lovemaking or thinking. But not both at the same time. By Loretta Chase Lovemaking Thinking Time

Viscerally, what Genevieve felt, and it wasn't at all amusing. By Loretta Chase Viscerally Genevieve Felt Amusing

They believe Miles can read it," she said. "Good grief. They must be completely illiterateor desperately gullibleor""French," said Mr Carsington. By Loretta Chase Miles French Good Read Carsington

He knew there were no forevers and there was always a way out, yet he lost his way, lost his balance. By Loretta Chase Lost Balance Knew Forevers

I'm no good at being good. By Loretta Chase Good