“ Gabe leafed through the report in disbelief. It went on for pages. She'd given not only the names, breeds, and ages of every misbegotten creature, but she'd appended a chart of temperaments, sleeping… Tessa Dare
“ A better man wouldn’t play this ‘sweethearts’ game with her when he knew very well it couldn’t lead to more.But he wasn’t a better man. He was Colin Sandhurst, reckless, incorrigible rogue—and damn it… Tessa Dare
“ He made his voice low and smug as he thumbed her hardened nipple. Smearing soot in a lewd circle. Don’t play innocent, Miss Highwood. You’ve been wanting this. A hard, sweaty pounding from the village… Tessa Dare
“ I will insist you be man enough to take it. I won’t have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourself—as if you’re not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. You’re a generous,… Tessa Dare
“ Come on, Gray, another sailor called. Just one toast.Miss Turner raised her eyebrows and leaned into him. Come on, Mr. Grayson. Just one little toast, she taunted, in the breathy, seductive voice of a… Tessa Dare
“ Don’t you do that. She turned away from the mirror, toward him. Don’t you dare make a joke. It took a great deal of courage to say what I did. And you don’t have to speak a word in return, but I will… Tessa Dare
“ Anyhow, she went on, so long as my mother forced me to embroider, I insisted on choosing a pattern that interested me. I’ve never understood why girls are always made to stitch insipid flowers and rib… Tessa Dare
“ What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I can’t let you do that. I . . . I forbid you. It was Colin’s first attempt at forbidding anyone to do anything, and it worked about as we… Tessa Dare
“ This was her body. She had learned to take pleasure in it, even if no man had ever done the same. It was curved and generous and womanly and strong, and it was formed to do more than decorate a drawin… Tessa Dare
“ At some point, while you were roaming the globe, making treaties and dividing the spoils of war, I quietly declared my own independence. I am the sovereign nation of Clio now. And there will be no ter… Tessa Dare
“ Have you been kissed before?” “I don’t know whether to say yes or no. Which answer will make you do it again?” “Oh, I’m going to do it again.” His thumb stroked her cheek. “Just wanted to know how slo… Tessa Dare
“ A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection. Tessa Dare
“ This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participant—and that included a drunken debate with Del over ostrich racing.“The color isn’t too awful?” She twisted… Tessa Dare
“ Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Victor Bramwell, Earl of Rycliff. Tessa Dare
“ I don't care who he is. He needs to disappear." Ransom turned and called out the window. "For the love of G-d man. I have England's sweetheart bent over the desk and panting for me. Go away and come b… Tessa Dare
“ You're so young, you can't know the meaning of true regret. It's never what you've done, love, it's what you've left undone. Tessa Dare
“ These kisses... they were confessions. Tastes of everything she had stored inside her. Everything she could give a man if he was brave enough to accept. Kiss by kiss, she was baring herself to the sou… Tessa Dare
“ It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book. Tessa Dare
“ Izzy felt as though she’d wandered into the third act of a play. She had no idea what was going on, but it was unbearably dramatic. Tessa Dare
“ I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfecti… Tessa Dare
