Jillian Hunter > Quotes

“He wasn’t stupid. He’d watched enough of his friends drop like flies when the fatal illness struck.

Now he was himself stricken; he showed all the Six Deadly Symptoms of a Man in Love:

1) Inability to think straight.

2) An alarming propensity to smile at the oddest moments.

3) Constant thoughts of the object of one’s desire.

4) Absolutely no interest in other members of the opposite sex.

5) A startling sense of goodwill toward the world in general.

6) A perpetual state of sexual arousal.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“The host in question, the chapel's owner, Grayston Boscastle, the fifth Marquess of Sedgecroft, sat thinking that the bride had the most appealing derriere he had seen in a long time. Not that he made a point of lusting after young women in wedding dresses, but he had been staring at the back of her for over two hours now. A normal man's curiosity could not help but be aroused. What else was he to look at? He wondered whether the rest of her was appealing.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“The late Dominic Breckland, Viscount Stratfield, was returning to life in a sea of woman's underwear.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Love Affair of an English Lord

“A grin broke across Heath's hansome face. "The last time I saw such a collection of Boscastles in church was at Father's funeral. Who invited the mistresses?"
"I think I did, "Grayson said, suppressing a yawn."God knows I've been sitting here so long my brain's gone stiff."
"You invited them to a wedding?"
"It's not my wedding thank God."
"Well, it is your chapel."
"Ergo I invite whom I please."
"Someone might have thought to invite the groom.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“Heath slid two fingers beneath Adrian’s white neckcloth to feel his pulse. “In that case, I can state with complete confidence that he shall be all right.”
“Then why isn’t he moving?” she asked in a distraught voice.
Heath smiled. “Ask him.”
She looked down into a pair of hazel eyes smoldering with unholy mirth. Adrian’s lean cheek pressed into the curve of her breast.
A wolf, indeed.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke

“Lord Sedgecroft--"
"Ssh. It isn't polite to interrupt me when I'm kissing you.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“A god in the hand is worth two on Olympus.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Wedding Night of an English Rogue

“Long live tomorrow's foolish whims.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“The host in question, the chapel's owner, Grayson Boscastle, the fifth Marquess of Sedgecroft, sat thinking that the bride had the most appealing derriere he hadseen in quite a long time. Not that he made a point of lusting after young women in wedding dresses, but he had been staring at the back of her for over two hours now.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“Do you really think I'm bad?"
"Of course, Jane. Every woman is, if given the chance.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“Is that why the top three buttons of your riding jacket are unfastened?" Miranda asked with an innocent look. "Because you were showing him your bulbs?”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“You look even better than you did before," he added in a quiet voice. "I'm the one returning to the party with his rhubarb at full rise.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

“The late Dominic Breckland, Voscount Stratfield, was returning to life in a sea of woman's underwear.”
― Jillian Hunter, The Love Affair of an English Lord