Grace Burrowes





Grace Burrowes

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Grace Burrowes started writing as an antidote to empty nest and soon found it an antidote to life in general. She is the sixth out of seven children, raised in the rural surrounds of central Pennsylvania. Early in life she spent a lot of time reading romance novels and practicing the piano. Her first career was as a technical writer and editor in the Washington, DC, area, a busy job that nonetheless left enough time to read a lot of romance novels.

It also left enough time to grab a law degree through an evening program, produce Beloved Offspring (only one, but she is a lion), and eventually move to the lovely Maryland countryside.

While reading yet still more romance novels, Grace opened her own law practice, acquired a master's degree in Co...more


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He's Given Up

I know a fellow, a friend, who will say upon seeing a fat person, "He's given up."

My friend is not fat. I suspect his version of struggling with weight is to decide about two weeks out he ought to lose five pounds so he'll fit into his black suit a little better at his niece's wedding. He skips desserts and all five pounds fall off.

I carry extra weight and have for most of my adu...

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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,749 ratings · 548 reviews · 10 distinct works
The Heir (Duke's Obsession,...
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“I love you, he thought, because you are honest with me and because you are willing to speak the truth to me when others might seek to curry favor instead. I love you because you are in this bed with me, not trying to conceive the much-awaited next generation of Windhams, but just holding my hand.

-- Gayle Windham”
Grace Burrowes, The Heir (Duke's Obsession, #1)

“Is this all you want, Anna?” He brought his arms around her and urged her to lean into him. “Merely an embrace? I’ll understand it, if you do.”
“It isn’t merely an embrace,” she replied, loving the feel of his lean muscles and long bones against her body. “It is your embrace, and your scent, and the cadence of your breathing, and the warmth of your hands. To me, there is nothing mere about it.”
Grace Burrowes, The Heir (Duke's Obsession, #1)

“Even when I cried,” she said, a world of resignation in her tone, “I was glad to be here with you, Westhaven. Believe that, if you believe nothing else of me.”

What she had meant was: Even when I cried because I must leave you, I was glad to be here with you… Believe that if you believe nothing else of me when I find the courage to finally go.”
Grace Burrowes, The Heir (Duke's Obsession, #1)

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