But they are murderers, madam! I am afraid of murderers!

(Jeffery, the footman in The Pirate Next Door)

Jennifer Ashley

Stichwörter: humor



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No one had explained to Cameron when he was twenty years old and proud as hell that he’d managed to get his wife with child, how difficult it would be to raise a son. Nannies and tutors and schools were supposed to do that, weren’t they? But sons needed so much more than food, clothing, and tutoring. They expected fathers to know things, to teach them about life, to be there when needed.

Jennifer Ashley


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Never around when you needed them, heroes.

Jennifer Ashley


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Explain to me what loving feels like, Beth. I want to understand.

Jennifer Ashley


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The house swallowed them. Dylan put his hands on Kim's and Liam's shoulders. "The Goddess bless you both." He kissed Kim's forehead. "Thank you Kim."

He smiled and walked away. Liam watched him, his heart full.

"Is he thanking me for getting pregnant?" Kim asked. "It wasn't difficult, with all the sex we kept having. You did as much as I did.

Jennifer Ashley

Stichwörter: pregnancy kim-fraser liam-morrisey pride-mates



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The count said in careful English, "That was perhaps not, as you English say, very sporting."
"Games are played to win," Cameron said. "And we're Scottish.

Jennifer Ashley

Stichwörter: humor scottish



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I'm not a bloodhound, your lordships."
"Woof, woof," Cameron said, giving Fellows an evil grin. "Good dog.

Jennifer Ashley


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...Illegitimate children can be left money, but they can't inherit the peerage."
"You wouldn't want it," Cameron put in. "More trouble than it's worth. And for God's sake, don't murder Hart or I'm next.

Jennifer Ashley


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she liked to laugh that a young widow who'd just come into a good fortune must be, to misquote Jane Austen, in want of a husband.

Jennifer Ashley


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If this person is a blackmailer, El, I want you to have nothing more to do with it. Blackmailers are dangerous."

Her brows rose. "You've had dealings with them before, have you?"

Too bloody many times. "Attempting to blackmail the Mackenzie family is a popular pastime," Hart said.

Jennifer Ashley

Stichwörter: humor blackmail



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