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“Lady Merritt Sterling was a vibrantly attractive woman with large, dark eyes, a wealth of lustrous sable hair, and a flawless porcelain complexion. Unlike her two sisters, she had inherited the shorter, stockier frame of the Marsden side instead of the slender build of her mother. Similarly, she had her father's square-shaped face and determined jaw instead of her mother's delicate oval one. However, Merritt possessed a charm so compelling that she eclipsed every other woman in the vicinity, no matter how beautiful.
Merritt focused on whomever she was talking to with a wealth of sincere interest, as if she or he were the only person in the world. She asked questions and listened without ever seeming to wait for her turn to talk. She was the guest everyone invited when they needed to blend a group of disparate personalities, just as a roux would bind soap or sauce into velvety smoothness.
It was no exaggeration to say that every man who met Merritt fell at least a little in love with her. When she had entered society, countless suitors had pursued her before she'd finally consented to marry Joshua Sterling, an American-born shipping magnate who had taken up residence in London.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil's Daughter

“Cooing to the baby, Daisy entered the room. Lillian was resting against a stack of pillows, her eyes closed. She looked very small in the large bed, her hair braided in two plaits like a young girl鈥檚. Westcliff was at her side, looking like he had just fought Waterloo singlehandedly.
The veterinarian was at the washstand, soaping his hands. He threw Daisy a friendly smile, and she grinned back at him. 鈥淐ongratulations, Mr. Merritt,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t seems you鈥檝e added a new species to your repertoire.鈥�
Lillian stirred at the sound of her voice. 鈥淒aisy?鈥�
Daisy approached with the baby in her arms. 鈥淥h, Lillian, she鈥檚 the most beautiful thing I鈥檝e ever seen.鈥�
Her sister grinned sleepily. 鈥淚 think so too. Would you鈥斺€� she broke off to yawn. 鈥淪how her to Mother and Father?鈥�
鈥淵es, of course. What is her name?鈥�
鈥淢别谤谤颈迟迟.鈥�
鈥淵ou鈥檙e naming her after the veterinarian?鈥�
鈥淗e proved to be quite helpful,鈥� Lillian replied. 鈥淎nd Westcliff said I could.鈥�
The earl tucked the bedclothes more snugly around his wife鈥檚 body and kissed her forehead.
鈥淪till no heir,鈥� Lillian whispered to him, her grin lingering. 鈥淚 suppose we鈥檒l have to have another one.鈥�
鈥淣o, we won鈥檛,鈥� Westcliff replied hoarsely. 鈥淚鈥檓 never going through this again.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring