Tag: historical-fiction, historical-romance

What Mrs. Schuyler is saying,” General Schuyler added, “is that it is the Schuylers who would be honored by a union woth so brilliant and noble a personage as Colonel Hamilton.

He had written her reams and reams of letters, as well as a poem that she kept folded in a locket around her neck. Her letters were full of love and anticipation, matching his for enthusiasm and tenderness. He was the luckiest man in the world.

silly man. I know the man I am marrying is destined for great things, as the many remarkable things he has done thus far have brought himto such a high oint already. Mark my words, Alex. You are a man whose future lies before him for all to marvel at one day. And you, Colonel Hamilton, are mine, and I am yours always.

Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought him to his knees.

For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State’s blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright.

I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up”- then Alex looked into Eliza’s shining eyes and added a twist of his own-“and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you.