Sarah Mac’s Reviews > Innocent Courtesan to Adventurer's Bride > Status Update

'He pinned her hands above her head, using his weight to subdue her & stared down as she lay panting beneath him. It was still there, the heat that was not anger, the trembling that was not fear. He kissed her deep & hard & without mercy.'

'She wanted to be loved, even though he suspected she would perish rather than admit it.' ....Yup. :D

'It was strange being shut up with him in the post-chaise. Yesterday's flurry of activity had given her little time to reflect on the events of the previous evening, yet now she was alone with the man who had taken her virginity, the man she still wanted with a passion that she knew she did not have the vocabulary of words, or actions, to express.' ....YES. Shyness in a nutshell, right there.

'Even the new aches & soreness were pleasurable, Lina found, as she cupped the water in her hand & let it trickle over her body. How could her body feel like this when there was so much wrong, so much to fear?'

"Why, thank you, my lord, it lacked only a camp fire & some silver to cross your palm with! I see you sometimes wear an earring, which would complete the illusion. There was just such a lurid fortune-telling in a Minerva Press novel I was reading only the other day." ....MINERVA PRESS! <3 Obscure regency-era trash publisher! *geek fangirl spazz*

'He must rely on his wits & his money to stay within the charmed inner circle while having his pleasure with its womenfolk & his revenge on its men. It would be amusing. The prodigal returns, far from penitent & reformed, but possessing now all the wickedness he was unjustly expelled for in the first place.'

'They sat back while the soup plates were cleared & the fish brought in. The steady green eyes came back to her face & she dropped her gaze immediately. Sensitive & intelligent, certainly, but also disturbing. When she caught that look she felt very aware that she was female.'