historical-romance

My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up.

The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible.

I did not choose to be a monster__ shell of a man__alf-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.

Iona stared at me for a long time. __ou are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.

I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.

Then it kissed me__ot as a man would kiss a lover, not with tenderness or even passion. This was a kiss that stole the soul of men. Revulsion at this creature__ kiss was instantly replaced by the warmth stealing through my veins, as if my missing blood were being replenished and contrived to heal me. I craved to keep kissing the beast. My entire being awakened to that kiss feeding me ecstasy, feeding me life.

It simply isn__ a woman__ nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.

You asked if I loved her? I can't even whisper her name, my heart would burst out of my chest.

I know a feeling like that only comes once in a lifetime, and I think you should follow your heart__ desires. I believe in love, and I know love conquers all.

You__e not worried about being compromised, are you?_ he asked. __ecause I__e already done that.

The first time you went out, you became mixed up with a group of radical political terrorists.___hat could have happened to anyone!

We men had a meeting a long time ago, and we all decided, 'It's trousers'. And that's what we've worn ever since.

You__e far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You__e far better suited as a wife.

The wavelets flung themselves up as if trying to pat my feet and I darted back, laughing, and picked up my skirts to chase them back as they receded, in a game of tag more ancient than I then knew.

Making love with you is even more wonderful than making music."He drew her closer. "Och, Sarah, you _are_ my music.

You think Diana would come to your bed?_ Ned threw his head back and laughed. __ou__e mad! First of all, she would never break her marriage vows. Secondly, she__ certainly deduced by now what a whoremonger you are. She wouldn__ touch you with gloves, my friend._ from THE DEVIL YOU KNOW (DEVIL DEVERE book #3)

She squeezed her eyes shut. __o.___xcuse me?__he sniffed, opened her eyes then looked up. __o. I don__ wish you to leave.__is eyes changed from lukewarm to hot.The iron of the seat met her back. Oh yes, definitely she was the keeper at the zoo and she__ just offered her own leg, medium-rare, to the lion.

Rebel Number Four" is waiting patiently by the door. I named him "Rebel Number Four," for he is the fourth of his kind I have given the name "Rebel." To many he may be just a hound dog, but to me he is a champion and a friend to the end.