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And that was how the grand, epic story of their future – ended. Just as a proper fairytale should.

You look… Cataclysmic with beauty today.
She swallowed, taking a moment to recover from his masculine splendor. You rather devastate me, too.

He looked utterly bewildered. Well, what did he expect, after the power he’d given her? He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrential beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he had gotten wet.

During the Regency period, "Bristol diamonds" were actually clear, double-terminated quartz crystals found in the Avon Gorge. They looked like bright, highly transparent, six-sided rock crystal prisms ending in sharp, six-sided pyramids. While they lacked real diamond hardness, their natural glassy luster and sharp facets made them look remarkably clear and sparkly to the naked eye

I think it very inventive of Tessa Dare to dare to have a female geologist in the Regency period as her heroine, additionally, to have Francine, as the other female lead. Francine of course being a dinosaur footprint.

were not true carbon diamonds at all, but rather clear, water-worn quartz pebbles (rock crystal) gathered from the shingle beaches of Brighton

Brighton diamonds geologist or mineralogist of the era would describe them as transparent, colourless pieces of crystallized silica that were naturally tumbled, smooth, and rounded by the sea.

Perhaps she thought people were more like ammonites than one could suppose. Perhaps they two built shells on a consistent, unchanging factor – some quality or circumstance established in their youth. Each chamber in the shell just an enlargement of the previous. Growing year after year, until they spiraled around and locked themselves in place.

Geologist might seem boring, but we’re really renegades.


I know you’ve been with a great many women, but Francine just might be the most scandalous,
Heretical female to ever share your bed chamber

Then think of Francine
Francine?
Think of what she represents. What if long ago, before the first man ever breath, there were creatures like her everywhere? Giant lizards, roaming the Earth. Even flying through the air

Er… she could tell he was struggling not to laugh

Search deep inside this clever mind, and try to see if you can’t dredge up the imagination to pretend. To convince those around us that you find something in me to admire. That against all odds, you actually prefer my company to a clod of dirt

Men never hesitated to declare their presence. They were permitted to live aloud, in reverberating thuds and clunks, while ladies were always schooled to abide in hushed whispers.

When Minerva went to sing a ballad, my mind immediately went to Barbara Allen. And I interrupted my reading to listen to the pure sounds of Joan Baez. But that was not the entire song. For 350 years this has been a song that crossed oceans, sung by almost everyone of a deep musical background. amazingly, still seeking all the verses, the heavens opened to Burl Ives!! no more need to be said

Miranda
You were right, she told his cock. We do have the hottest conversations.

Colin has rules for himself, and etiquette towards the women he sleeps with, because he needs to sleep - not alone, on any night. (the carriage accident).

Temperature rising. Getting more interesting

Abbreviated review: not the best in the series, but still in the game. High point when Minerva shoots Francine.

Read in 2019, reread, empty book bag

Almost done I’m enjoying this quite immensely