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He watched her for several seconds before asking in a level voice, “Why were you following me?”
Olivia clenched her hand into a fist and threw out a question of her own. “Why were you robbing the Platts?” Her conscience pricked a bit as she thought of the silver frog. But she had her reasons.
He shrugged one broad shoulder. “Because I can.”
It was so typically Dodger that Olivia bit her lip to keep from smiling.
— Apr 06, 2018 12:39PM
Olivia clenched her hand into a fist and threw out a question of her own. “Why were you robbing the Platts?” Her conscience pricked a bit as she thought of the silver frog. But she had her reasons.
He shrugged one broad shoulder. “Because I can.”
It was so typically Dodger that Olivia bit her lip to keep from smiling.
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“Jack confessed to the murder only to protect me, Your Honor.” Olivia’s voice trembled with emotion, and the tears she’d held back squeezed her throat.
“Why would he do such a thing?”
“To protect the one he loves, sir,” Topher declared, and wrapped an arm around Olivia’s shoulders.
The judge’s face was no longer passive; in fact, his mouth hung open slightly, his eyes soft and distant.
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Oh my god kill me now.
— Apr 06, 2018 01:01PM
“Why would he do such a thing?”
“To protect the one he loves, sir,” Topher declared, and wrapped an arm around Olivia’s shoulders.
The judge’s face was no longer passive; in fact, his mouth hung open slightly, his eyes soft and distant.
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Oh my god kill me now.
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“And one more thing.”
Jack turned back and the old man’s watery eyes locked on his. “For what it’s worth, my boy, love never needs to be forgiven.”
— Apr 06, 2018 12:59PM
Jack turned back and the old man’s watery eyes locked on his. “For what it’s worth, my boy, love never needs to be forgiven.”
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“Does he love you? Jack, I mean.”
“I don’t know.” Was Jack even capable of love? The forever kind of love that every girl dreamed of? “I don’t think so.”
Remembering Jack’s promises to do anything to help her, how he’d protected her since they were children, and how his eyes lit like blue fire when he looked at her, Olivia was forced to concede, “But he does care for me, in his way.”
“Then you have to fight for him!”
— Apr 06, 2018 12:57PM
“I don’t know.” Was Jack even capable of love? The forever kind of love that every girl dreamed of? “I don’t think so.”
Remembering Jack’s promises to do anything to help her, how he’d protected her since they were children, and how his eyes lit like blue fire when he looked at her, Olivia was forced to concede, “But he does care for me, in his way.”
“Then you have to fight for him!”
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“Remember that night, soon after I found you, when you rushed into my bedroom after reading Sleeping Beauty? You were terrified to fall asleep.” He shook his head, lost in memory. “You were afraid you might never wake up again because you hadn’t yet found your true love. You asked me if he was really out there.”
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Oh lord.
— Apr 06, 2018 12:54PM
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Oh lord.
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The vilest thug of London since Bill Sikes, and her blasted half brother, was challenging the man she loved . . .
Olivia gulped, a lump passing through her throat and lodging in her chest. Love? Did she love Jack? Her eyes landed on his dark head bent over the note, hair in his eyes, square jaw set in determination, and warmth spread through every inch of her body. Yes, she loved him. Perhaps she always had.
— Apr 06, 2018 12:52PM
Olivia gulped, a lump passing through her throat and lodging in her chest. Love? Did she love Jack? Her eyes landed on his dark head bent over the note, hair in his eyes, square jaw set in determination, and warmth spread through every inch of her body. Yes, she loved him. Perhaps she always had.
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Could she truly shut down the warnings in her head and follow her heart? Listen to her inner voice?
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Ugh...
— Apr 06, 2018 12:49PM
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Ugh...
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“Miss Brownlow, your lovely face is only surpassed by your brilliant wit.” Unintentionally, his voice had dropped low and soft, and with a start he realized he meant every word. Recovering, he wiped the besotted look off his face and quipped, “What a sparkling treasure you are.”
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Well, that's a bit cringeworthy.
— Apr 06, 2018 12:45PM
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Well, that's a bit cringeworthy.
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Me: I'm intrigued by this premise. Am excited for this book.
(A few pages in...)
"Olivia’s caramel-colored hair and odd, yellowish eyes" and "his blue eyes as frosty as a December morning."
Oh, so it'll THAT kind of writing, huh? :/
Let's be real, dear Author - 'yellowish eyes' in a character who is supposed to have a secret identity was an annoying and unnecessary choice.
— Apr 05, 2018 11:26PM
(A few pages in...)
"Olivia’s caramel-colored hair and odd, yellowish eyes" and "his blue eyes as frosty as a December morning."
Oh, so it'll THAT kind of writing, huh? :/
Let's be real, dear Author - 'yellowish eyes' in a character who is supposed to have a secret identity was an annoying and unnecessary choice.
