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"Medieval-historical romance at its all-time, classic best!" Romantic Times |
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"Will you not grow tired of a wife always intruding into what you think of as a man's affairs?" Sybelle asked nervously. "Perhaps I am not as beautiful or clever" |
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"Shame!" Waiter cried, laughing and interrupting her. "Oh, shame, to throw out so plain a lure for a compliment. You know quite well that you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. But surely a clever girl could have found a more subtle way to induce me to tell her what she wished to hear." |
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Sybelle could not help laughing, too, but amid her amusement there was a treacherous warmth, an insistent desire to return Walter's embrace, to taste the mouth smiling down at her. |
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"I am cleverer than that, Sir Walter," she said, twisting out of his hold. |
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"Roberta Gellis is a superb storyteller of extraordinary talent."
John Jakes |
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