Sally MacKenzie > Quotes

“The angrier the man, the more desperate his love.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Loving Lord Ash

“Sarah gasped and opened her eyes. Such wanton thoughts! James bent his head, his hands urging her even closer to his firm body. His lips were on level with her eyes. If she turned her head, if she leaned ever so slightly toward him, she would feel them on her temple. She felt his breath against her cheek as he counted. “One, two, three. One, two, three.” A strange, drenching heat pooled low in her stomach. “Follow me, love,” he whispered, his words stirring the tendrils of hair by her ears. “Come with me.” She did. She forgot about her feet. She forgot the music room, Robbie and Lizzie, and the others. She gave herself up to James, let her body move with his. When the music stopped, it took her more than a moment to come back to herself. “Well, Lady Amanda,” she heard Robbie say, “I do believe James and Sarah just showed us why the waltz is such a dangerous dance.”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Naked Duke

“my pleasure.” “Thank you, but no.” Mags frowned and looked as if she might take offense. He didn’t want to insult his new ally, but he was not at all interested in her generous offer. How could he—of course. He was betrothed now—he would hide behind Lady Anne’s lovely skirts. “My fiancée would not approve.” Mags’s frown turned immediately into a shout of laughter. “That’s rich—the King of Hearts is to be a hen-pecked husband!” “You’ve found me out.” He took the opportunity to step”
― Sally MacKenzie, Sally MacKenzie Bundle: The Naked Earl, The Naked Gentleman, The Naked Marquis, The Naked Baron, The Naked Duke, The Naked Viscount, The Naked King

“A man's pride needs careful handling.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“Denial is always a prison.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“Lady Beatrice grunted and turned to Emma. “Here is your escort, dear.” She shook the elderly man’s arm and shouted in his ear, “This is Miss Peterson, Mr. Maxwell. You’ll be taking her in to dinner.” “What? Thinner?” Mr. Maxwell was so bent over, his face was only inches above Emma’s bosom. “Sacrilege! Don’t take an ounce off ’em, my dear.” Emma stepped back before a bit of drool hit her bodice.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Sally MacKenzie Bundle: The Naked Earl, The Naked Gentleman, The Naked Marquis, The Naked Baron, The Naked Duke, The Naked Viscount, The Naked King

“Mr. Humphrey’s bluster died under the duchess’s unwavering gaze. His nose twitched. “Yes, well, indeed. It is all highly irregular.” Her grace smiled gently. “Duchesses can be ‘highly irregular,’ Mr. Humphrey. It’s one of the perks of the position.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“If opportunity knocks, throw open the door and drag it in.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“A pinch of jealousy thickens the broth. —Venus’s Love Notes”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“Once you see the glimmer of an opening, shove your foot into the crack.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Loving Lord Ash

“Venus Collingswood ran into the vicarage and flung open the door to the study. As she expected, Papa, Mama, and her older sister, Aphrodite, were all there reading. “Papa,” she said breathlessly, “did you know the Duke of Greycliffe and his cousin are coming to Little Huffington?” “Hmm?” The Reverend Walter Collingswood kept his eyes on his book. Venus turned to her mother. Surely with two unwed daughters, Mama would have heard the news. “Mama, did you know?” Mama turned a page. “Did I know what, dear?” “That the Duke of Greycliffe and his cousin, Mr. Valentine, are coming to visit now that Greycliffe has inherited Hyndon House.” Venus paused before she delivered the most important part. “And neither of them is married.”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Duchess of Love

“There is always a price to pay when one tinkers with the truth.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Surprising Lord Jack

“Overconfidence leads to carelessness, which leads just as surely to disaster.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Surprising Lord Jack

“Prinny growled. He was not interested in cooperating. “I’m sorry, my lord,” she said, looking up the length of him from where she crouched on the ground with Prinny. “It looks like—oh!” She stared at his towel. There was a very large bulge poking out from his body. “Have you dislocated something?” “What do you mean?” “Something is not right, my lord. See?” She reached toward the object. “Don’t touch.” Emma sat back quickly. “There’s no need to shout. Are you in much pain?” His entire body—at least all that she could see—turned bright red. “Yes. I am in intense pain. I am going to die in about five seconds if you do not turn around and close your eyes this moment.” His voice sounded clipped. She looked all the way up to his face. His mouth was pulled tight. “Can’t I do something to help?” “Yes, you can. I am positive you can cure my condition, but not today. Today you will turn around, put your hands over your eyes, and keep them there until I tell you to remove them. No peeking. Do you understand?” “I am not one of your privates, my lord.” “Privates. Oh, God. Just do as you are told, Miss Peterson. Please? I beg of you.” “Oh, very well.” Emma did not really want to add to his suffering, but she did not care to be shouted at. Still, she supposed allowances needed to be made for a man in obvious pain. She turned…but if she put her hands over her eyes, she’d have to let go of Prinny. “My lord,” she said, beginning to turn back. “Freeze, Miss Peterson.” “But…oh!” Emma felt a jerk on the lead and then watched Prinny run off down the lake, dragging Charles’s towel in his mouth.”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Naked Marquis

“Caution is good, but sometimes courage is better.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Surprising Lord Jack

“Belief isn’t required. Finch told me my father scoffed at it all, and he’s just as dead as the other dukes.” “So”
― Sally MacKenzie, What to Do with a Duke

“Self-control was overrated.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“His brows shot up. “You are very frank.” She grinned. “It is one of the benefits of choosing spinsterhood.”
― Sally MacKenzie, What to Do with a Duke

“And Mama and Papa did have ten children.... It was all exceedingly embarrassing. Mary”
― Sally MacKenzie, What to Do with a Duke

“Married in haste, we repent at leisure.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Loving Lord Ash

“Is that what was under the towel this morning?” “Yes.” Charles bit back a slightly hysterical laugh. “I usually carry it with me.” “But how does it fit into your breeches?” “It collapses for storage.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Sally MacKenzie Bundle: The Naked Earl, The Naked Gentleman, The Naked Marquis, The Naked Baron, The Naked Duke, The Naked Viscount, The Naked King

“A pinch of jealousy thickens the broth.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“Disappointment is sometimes a blessing in disguise.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned

“It's a very bad idea to leave a woman alone with only 'er thoughts for company. Women stew and fret and make mountains out o' molehills until what we think was a little make turns into a killing offense.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Loving Lord Ash

“No, no, I’m not afraid of…of anything.” “Because some girls, they don’t like it much. I suppose with the wrong man, it could be uncomfortable, or even unpleasant.” “You really don’t need to—” “But the, um, conjugal act is really quite nice. You do understand what a man and woman do in bed together?” “Uh…” “No, no one has told you, have they? Well, men, they take their, their…thing.” Mrs. Begley made a vague gesture toward her waist. “And they put it, um, where it goes.” Another vague gesture to her waist. “The first time may hurt a bit, but after that it can be quite lovely. And there’s usually a bit of kissing and snuggling and…and kissing that goes on.” Mrs. Begley got an odd, almost dreamy expression on her face. “Squire is very good at it, you know.” “No! No, please, don’t feel—” Emma did not want to think about portly Squire Begley and Mrs. Begley doing anything that involved a bed and…things located anywhere near a person’s waist. Squire Begley didn’t even have a waist any longer. Mrs. Begley grinned. “Very good at it, indeed. Why, just last night…” She sighed and shook her head. “Well, that’s neither here nor there. The point is, Miss Peterson, that the marriage bed can be a very comfortable place. And I’m quite certain Lord Knightsdale knows how to please a lady. Why, if I didn’t have my Squire and if I were a few years younger…”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Naked Marquis

“discovered you and Lady Oxbury were going to be guests as well.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Sally MacKenzie Bundle: The Naked Earl, The Naked Gentleman, The Naked Marquis, The Naked Baron, The Naked Duke, The Naked Viscount, The Naked King

“Kita tidak bisa mengendalikan apa yang kita rasakan, kita hanya bisa mengendalikan tindakan kita.”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Naked Marquis

“You can uncover your eyes now, Emma. I’m decent.” Emma spun around. Her eyes immediately fell to the flap on his breeches. “You are sure you are all right, my lord?” She reached out again as if to touch him. Charles waited, hoping, but no, she stopped and pulled back her hand. “You do look better. There was something clearly amiss with your anatomy earlier. Did you notice?” She flushed and straightened her shoulders. “I know I should not be raising such an intimate topic, but you seemed in such pain. Have you had a surgeon examine you?” “God have mercy, woman, there is nothing amiss with my anatomy, as I will be delighted to show you once you agree to marry me.” He grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. “Perhaps I’ll show you sooner, if you continue to torture me in this fashion.” “My lord!” He had had enough of looking and talking. It was time for touching—past time.”
― Sally MacKenzie, The Naked Marquis

“There on the bed where Reggie had been lying were Ellie’s cursed red drawers.”
― Sally MacKenzie, Bedding Lord Ned