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“I don't need light to see you. I know what you are: a beautiful, infuriating force of nature.”
― A Reckless Match
― A Reckless Match
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”
― A Reckless Match
― A Reckless Match
“If I ever decide to become a male tart, I'll use that quote on my trade cards. Tristan Montgomery: a hundred times better than your previous lover”
― A Daring Pursuit
― A Daring Pursuit
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great”
― A Daring Pursuit
― A Daring Pursuit
“Witch,” he groaned. His hips rocked against her. His entire body was taut, shaking. “Say it. Say it, or so help me, I’m going to fuck you up against this wall right now.”
He dragged his head back and glared at her, determined to frighten some sense into her, but his heart stuttered at the expression on her face.
She looked as feverish as he felt. Her hair had come loose from its upswept style and hung in glorious disarray around her face. Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips—God, her lips—were pink and swollen from his kisses.Every muscle tensed as he waited for her to put an end to this insanity, but instead a wicked twinkle sparkled in her eyes.
“Go on then. I dare you.”
― A Wicked Game
He dragged his head back and glared at her, determined to frighten some sense into her, but his heart stuttered at the expression on her face.
She looked as feverish as he felt. Her hair had come loose from its upswept style and hung in glorious disarray around her face. Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips—God, her lips—were pink and swollen from his kisses.Every muscle tensed as he waited for her to put an end to this insanity, but instead a wicked twinkle sparkled in her eyes.
“Go on then. I dare you.”
― A Wicked Game
“That’s rather romantic, for someone who claims not to believe in love.” His smile was bittersweet. “I didn’t say I didn’t believe in it. I said it was stupid and illogical.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
― Second Duke's the Charm
“Daisy Hamilton had been looking forward to her first highway robbery, but someone had beaten her to it. Several someones, in fact.
Bloody Hell.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
Bloody Hell.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“It’s finding someone to do nothing with, that’s the real test. Someone with whom to just sit and read by the fire. Someone to eat dinner with. To converse with, or not converse, as the mood takes us.”
― A Wicked Game
― A Wicked Game
“I thought one night with him would prove that he was nothing special.”
“Ah.” Tess managed to imbue the single syllable with a world of meaning.
Daisy sighed. “I thought it would work in the same way as those inoculations invented by Dr. Jenner. If I deliberately infected myself with a small dose of the disease—Vaughan, in this case—I’d be able to fight off a much more serious case in the future. But I was wrong. I didn’t make myself immune. All I did was give myself a full-blown case of him. He’s all I can think about. All I want. I am infected, and the worst of it is, I don’t think it’s simply a case of incurable lust. I have all sorts of other complicated feelings about him.”
Tess and Ellie were both regarding her with fascinated, rapt expressions.
“What other sort of feelings?” Tess asked tentatively.
“I like him. Even though he’s an absolute monster.” Daisy shook her head, disgusted with herself. “He fought for me, risked his life for me. Cared for me when I was ill. He was kind.”
Ellie frowned. “Well, that’s not fair. It’s bad enough him looking like he does, and being all brooding and masterful, but if he’s secretly nice beneath all that sarcasm, how were you supposed to resist?”
“Everything conspired against me,” Daisy wailed. “There was only one bed. Only one horse. He bathed in front of me, for heaven’s sake.”
“Oh, bloody hell,” Tess muttered.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“Ah.” Tess managed to imbue the single syllable with a world of meaning.
Daisy sighed. “I thought it would work in the same way as those inoculations invented by Dr. Jenner. If I deliberately infected myself with a small dose of the disease—Vaughan, in this case—I’d be able to fight off a much more serious case in the future. But I was wrong. I didn’t make myself immune. All I did was give myself a full-blown case of him. He’s all I can think about. All I want. I am infected, and the worst of it is, I don’t think it’s simply a case of incurable lust. I have all sorts of other complicated feelings about him.”
Tess and Ellie were both regarding her with fascinated, rapt expressions.
“What other sort of feelings?” Tess asked tentatively.
“I like him. Even though he’s an absolute monster.” Daisy shook her head, disgusted with herself. “He fought for me, risked his life for me. Cared for me when I was ill. He was kind.”
Ellie frowned. “Well, that’s not fair. It’s bad enough him looking like he does, and being all brooding and masterful, but if he’s secretly nice beneath all that sarcasm, how were you supposed to resist?”
“Everything conspired against me,” Daisy wailed. “There was only one bed. Only one horse. He bathed in front of me, for heaven’s sake.”
“Oh, bloody hell,” Tess muttered.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“His stupid body didn’t seem to know the difference between fighting and foreplay.
With Daisy, there was hardly any difference. He wanted her with a desperation that was shocking.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
With Daisy, there was hardly any difference. He wanted her with a desperation that was shocking.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“They’d stopped in front of a pool much larger than the rest. Unlike the others, the surface of this one was not covered in lilies and other water plants, and Emma spied a set of shallow stone steps leading down into it. “Oh! A bathing pool!” she exclaimed in delight. “How wonderful!” “Yes. The heat of the water is extremely effective in relaxing the body. Feel free to make use of it yourself. It is a wonderful feeling, to float about in the steam.”
― Orchids and Mistletoe
― Orchids and Mistletoe
“You, Justin Thornton, are a man who knows the cost of everything, and the value of nothing. Nothing important, at least.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
― Second Duke's the Charm
“Consider that your first kiss paid.”
It had been countless kisses, not just one. A conversation without words. A slow, wet slide toward delirium.”
― A Wicked Game
It had been countless kisses, not just one. A conversation without words. A slow, wet slide toward delirium.”
― A Wicked Game
“The most infuriating man on seven continents and the very last creature Caro would have chosen as a fellow survivor—including the Artemis’s pig, which she’d affectionately named The Duke of Pork.”
― Desert Island Duke
― Desert Island Duke
“I want to be that person. I want to do nothing and everything with you.”
― A Wicked Game
― A Wicked Game
“it’s amazing how being so close to death helps clarify the mind.” His fingers closed over hers. “I came to realize that nothing really matters except people. Not things. Not possessions. People. Life is worth living because of relationships. With family. With friends. With lovers.” His gaze caught hers. “What really matters is love.”
― The Princess and the Rogue
― The Princess and the Rogue
“I’d rather have someone build me a city, not burn one down. Destroying something is the work of a moment. Creating something that will stand the test of time takes much more effort.”
― A Wicked Game
― A Wicked Game
“Did you know that each type of orchid attracts its own particular pollinator? Some attract bees, while others need other types of insects. It means there’s an enormous variety in appearance between different kinds.” Kit barely managed to grunt, and she carried on. “I like to think that’s true of people too. That everyone has some aspect of their character or appearance that will attract a specific person to them. That there’s someone out there for everybody. An ideal match so to speak. We just have to find the right one.”
― Orchids and Mistletoe
― Orchids and Mistletoe
“I'd know you anywhere, Georgie girl.”
― This Earl of Mine
― This Earl of Mine
“Her map had led to his hunger, thirst, and exhaustion. He could make her suffer the same torments, but with a decidedly carnal twist; she would hunger for his touch, thirst for his kisses, and emerge exhausted from his lovemaking.”
― A Wicked Game
― A Wicked Game
“It’s the antithesis of reason and logic. History’s littered with fools dying for love, going to war for love. Ruining themselves for love. That’s not romantic. It’s imbecilic. Look at Lady Caroline Lamb, smashing a glass and making a scene when Byron ended their affair.” He shook his head. “Ridiculous.” Tess bit back a laugh at his fervency. For someone who claimed to be dispassionate, he seemed to have very strong views on the subject. “And what about the Trojan War?” he continued. “That all started because Paris thought he was in love with Helen, another man’s wife. He wasn’t in love, he was in lust. And he dragged thousands of men to their death because of his unruly loins.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
― Second Duke's the Charm
“A life spent half asleep isn’t much of a life at all.”
― This Earl of Mine
― This Earl of Mine
“He gave a low laugh at her confusion. “I still can’t help feeling that I owe you a climax.”
She tried to school her unruly pulse. “You can write me a voucher – an IOU to be redeemed at a time and place of my choosing.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
She tried to school her unruly pulse. “You can write me a voucher – an IOU to be redeemed at a time and place of my choosing.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
“He was glad her eyes were closed. Something strange always happened to him whenever their eyes met: he experienced a tightening in his chest, an instant rush of desire that turned his cock to iron. It was infuriating. No other woman had ever had the same effect.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“Meet Huginn and Muninn,” she said fondly. “Named after Odin’s ravens in Norse mythology.” Huginn playfully nibbled her earlobe, while Muninn hopped onto her head and pecked at the ribbon that held her hair.”
― A Daring Pursuit
― A Daring Pursuit
“Do you find me hideous now, Lucia?” he teased, clearly unworried about his own scar. “Do I make you want to scream?” Lucy’s heart was hammering against her ribs. His words sounded as if they had another, far more seductive, meaning. How had things suddenly become so intimate? It felt as if they were the only two people in the ballroom. She clenched her fingers into a fist against the sudden bizarre desire to touch his injured face, and rallied gamely. “Scream? Only in aggravation.”
― The Phantom of Drury Lane
― The Phantom of Drury Lane
“If you can't be good, be careful.”
― A Daring Pursuit
― A Daring Pursuit
“A lump formed in her throat as she looked up at his profile and a thousand conflicting emotions tangled in her chest. “It’s good to see you. I didn’t think you’d—”
“Come for you?” he finished. A muscle ticked in his jaw as he glared down at her, as if mortally offended. “I’ll always come for you, Daisy.”
His gaze burned into hers for an instant before he looked away, as if realizing what he’d just said. How it could be construed. He cleared his throat. “We never leave a man behind.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“Come for you?” he finished. A muscle ticked in his jaw as he glared down at her, as if mortally offended. “I’ll always come for you, Daisy.”
His gaze burned into hers for an instant before he looked away, as if realizing what he’d just said. How it could be construed. He cleared his throat. “We never leave a man behind.”
― Road Trip with a Rogue
“I’ll go first. I’m fairly confident I won’t get distracted and fall to my death if I happen to glance up and see your stockings.” Maddie lifted her brows. “Fairly confident?” The wicked twinkle was back. “If I’m wrong, at least I’ll die happy.”
― A Reckless Match
― A Reckless Match
“I don't need light to see you. I know what you are: a beautiful, infuriating force of nature”
― A Daring Pursuit
― A Daring Pursuit
