He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world.
He didn't realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown.
Tag: independence
Her mother would be appalled, but she wouldn't say anything. She would just telegraph her distress with tightened lips and raised brows. She was good at that. Clemmie's mother's brows were better than sign language, complicated concepts conveyed with the minimum of movement.
Lauren WilligTag: mother-s
Right now, I couldn't have cared less if someone had waltzed across the room in a large flower costume with a sign saying GET YOUR BLACK TULIPS HERE. Every nerve in my body was on man-alert, screaming, "incoming!
Lauren WilligTag: spy spies funny-and-random lauren-willig black-tulip
Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England
Lauren WilligTag: historical-fiction spy bonaparte lauren-willig
Only the silver head of his cane blazed with reflected fire, held aloft above the grave like a medieval necromancer summoning spirits from the vasty deep.
Lauren WilligIts nice to know that your common sense stands between me and the grave.
Lauren WilligI didn't know there could be an almost kiss. It seems like the sort of thing that either happens or it doesn't.
Oh no... There's an entire universe of near misses out there, kisses that almost were, but weren't.
That was the problem with snide comments; they invariably lost all their punch on repetition. Besides, when facing impending death, what did the odd witticism matter?
Lauren WilligIt is a truth universally acknowledged that time moves differently for men.
Lauren WilligShe responded to Letty's well-meaning suggestions with the unblinking disdain perfected by cats in their dealings with their humans.
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