Shelly Thacker > Quotes

“Would a dead man touch you like this?”
― Shelly Thacker, His Captive Bride

“You have not known very many men."
"I have no wish to know any others. I love this one.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is not. ~ Henry van Dyke”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“Beware, lion’s lady, for your predator is hungry tonight. He may not wait long before devouring you.” “Devouring me?” she asked, challenge gleaming in her eyes. “What if I devour him first?”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“As he looked at her, she felt that flood of restlessness that she now knew was called desire.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“When you find love, you must catch it close and hold it tight. Do not let it go so easily.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“One body, one breath, one love, united against any force that would tear them apart. Defiant in the face of time, fate, death, destiny.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“The only thing that can hurt me now is the thought of never knowing this feeling again. To never be able to touch you this way again...”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“I would be anyone if only I could be with you.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“... not within my memory."

"All 300 years of it?"

That comment earned her a frown.
"My apologies," she amended lightly. "I supposed I should not tease you about being so old."

"Nay, feel free."
His slow smile flashed in the moonlight.
"I would be happy to prove to you that I possess all the prowess and stamina of a man of 30. Mayhap I should demonstrate.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Captive Bride

“What have I done?" he asked, his voice raw. "You used to be such a sane, sensible lady."

"You took me on a journey into my own heart.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady."
"You are not asking."
"Aye.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“Lauren closed her eyes, remembering how desperate she had been this morn in Chartres, how she had prayed for divine intervention to stop her wedding.
She had never expected that intervention to be riding a black horse and wielding a sword.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“They should put their clothes on if they could find them which might be difficult in the darkness.
He decided that could wait until dawn.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Captive Bride

“It took Celine a”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“There is not a man alive who would not want you.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“He had won. He could release her at any time. But her lips... those soft, sweet petals were parting tremulously at the touch of his tongue, and she was granting him entry to the warmth of her mouth. He thrust boldly inside, wanting but one taste of her. Only one.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“She lifted her chin and returned his unyielding gaze. "Do what you will."
His blue eyes darkened to the color of a moonlit sky. "You should be careful, milady, about issuing such an invitation.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“He covered her mouth with his ---and she felt as if she had suddenly been enveloped in a cascade of sparks. The tingling warmth from his touch did not compare to the sensations that whirled through her as his lips moved over hers. It was as if every part of her body had at once become brilliantly alive.
His beard was a startling, silky roughness against her skin. His other hand came to rest at her waist, drawing her in tight, and her body seemed to meld to his hard, lean lines, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Her thoughts scattered. A sound escaped her, soft and deep, unlike any sound she had ever made in her life.
Then his tongue touched her lower lip and she gave a startled little squeak.
Her suddenly lifted his mouth from hers, his eyes midnight blue, his voice husky. "You have never even been kissed before, leannan. You are as innocent as the day you first set foot in the convent.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“As I have said, milady, I mean to keep you safe, not harm you. And it is not my habit to force myself on unwilling maidens."
"Aye, pilgrim?" she asked dubiously. "Next you will tell me you are as chaste as a monk." She backed toward the door.
A grin slowly eased the hard line of his mouth. "I did not say that.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“That when you have something important to do, you should simply do it. Because fear is a useless emotion that doesn’t change anything.” She rested her cheek against his chest. “And life is too short and too precious to spend any of it being afraid.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“So time, you see, is not so precise as many believe,” Brynna was saying, lighting a candle. “It is not a solid thing, to be carved into days and hours at our bidding. It is fluid, liquid. It can change as easily as the sea changes, on one day calm and smooth, on another stormy and dangerous.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“Now that you made me a knight again", he said lightly, "I'll have to keep my mind on certain knightly virtues like chastity."
Ciara could not remember that ever being a knightly virtue.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“I've tried to deny it even to myself...
My heart and soul are filled with you.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Forbidden Touch

“He drew her into his arms, gathering her close, and dusted kisses over her cheek, her hair. Wrapped in his embrace, Laurien closed her eyes, murmuring a sigh of exquisite satisfaction. A delightful drowsiness overtook her and she gave in to it, snuggled securely against Darach's chest, lying on a stolen wolf pelt, in the hold on a ship of thieves.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“She frowned at him. "Not every man thinks constantly of... of..."
Darach grinned. "Aye, they do, demoiselle. Every man, from the time he is about ten until the day he dies, thinks frequently of that.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“A fierce possessiveness gripped him, a need to brand her, to make her his, now and forever. And he knew it was madness.”
― Shelly Thacker, Forever His

“You might want to hold tight to the arms of the chair.”

That was the last warning he offered before he bent his head…”
― Shelly Thacker, One Night with a Scoundrel

“Rolling onto his side, he drew her close. "Sleep, milady. I will keep you warm tonight, and safe." He pulled the blanket over her, wrapping one arm around her waist as he settled beside her on the furs. "And for one night, at least, neither of us will be alone.”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride

“I must remember to be troublesome now and again, else you are going to be impossible to live with. And by what magic did you find the gown and the horse?"
"Scottish fairy magic." His grin widened.
"Do you mean that fairies are real in Scotland?”
― Shelly Thacker, His Stolen Bride