Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?They’re ravished in haylofts? she inquired hopefully.
Bad divorce? Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip.No, the divorce was great, I said. It was the marriage that sucked.
This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they don't like it, we do it again, harder and longer, until they surrender. It saves us hours of witty repartee.
I hate you for all the years I 'll have to live without you. How can a heart hurt this much and still go on beating? How can I feel this bad without dying from it?I 've bruised my knees with praying t...
You think you want me now. But you'll change. Someday you'll find it damned easy to forget about me. I'm a bastard. A servant, and not even an upper servant at that--""You're the other half of me." (A...
What are you thinking? he asks.I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything, I say...
We assured Phelan that we were more than happy to let him have you and your menagerie, Leo retorted.After that, he said he needed to think.About what? Beatrix demanded. What is there to think about? W...
The word mistress sounds like a cross between mistake and mattress.
The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await. He reached for her slowly, giving her every opportunity to object. Throug...
Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.
Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.
I’m fairly certain, Captain, she said, that the more you discover about me, the more you will dislike me. Therefore, let’s cut to the chase and acknowledge that we don’t like each other. Then we won’t...
It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark....
I won’t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.From all indications, you’ve acquired enough for ten men.
I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.
He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.
Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.
Don't ever trust men with good intentions. They'll always disappoint you.Leo
Dear Miss Independent,I've decided that of all the women I've ever known, you are the only one I will ever love more than hunting, fishing, football, and power tools.You may not know this, but the oth...
You sweet…beautiful…lunatic, he heard himself mutter.