Rhonda Nelson > Quotes

“Someone to share his life with, who would greet him with a smile and a kiss, and a toddler to tackle him around the knees. Not much by today's standards, but everything by his own.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“But sometimes waiting can be murder…”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

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― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“You don’t want to wake up one morning and realize that everything you’ve done in your life has been to please someone else. That you’ve let yourself be railroaded along the way.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“she wouldn’t just be getting the time of her life…She’d be getting the ride of her life.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Giddy with a sense of liberation,”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“She’d done it! She’d escaped!”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“morning, it would only be a matter of time before she sidled up and kissed him again. Then Sam would”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“I was, uh, curious as to the w-whereabouts of your, er…groom?” Lou removed the last”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“James Whitehorn Honeycutt would simply have to find another way to merge Honeycutt Foods with Reedwater Snacks. Regardless of what her father thought, the merger wasn’t worth her freedom, or her happiness. She wasn’t some medieval bride to be bartered off like a herd of cattle and a milk goat, for pity’s sake. She was a woman who wanted more, who wanted to make her own decisions, her own choices. It saddened”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Still, agreeing to an adventure and getting involved with Lou were two entirely different things. He only hoped that she understood”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“every which way, making her resemble a cross between Cruella DeVille and Medusa, she thought disgustedly. She needed a barrette, a headband, something. Inspiration struck. Lou rifled through the bridal debris until she found the item she’d been looking for: her veil. Lips pursed,”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Lou closed the door behind him, then banged her head against the cool metal surface. “Stupid, stupid, stupid,” she chanted to herself. Oh well, she’d just have to suck it up and call her father. Dread coursed through her at the thought. He’d have to deal with the details—Edwina particularly. Lou worried her lip.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“pointed”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“grimaced.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“mother she was to her son. One who would appreciate the special gift of her love, and take every opportunity to just enjoy the pleasure of her company. To Gray’s immense emotional discomfort, the faceless new husband he was certain Bella needed suddenly bore an incredible likeness to himself. “Never’s a long time, Bella,” Gray said softly. He’d intended to make the comment light, but when the words left his lips, they were absolutely serious. Her eyes met his and he saw a wealth of emotion in their sweet blue depths. Lost hope, weary wisdom,”
― Rhonda Nelson, My Funny Valentine

“couldn’t go home, she couldn’t go to a friend. Getting cash and checking into a hotel would take care of the immediate problem, but not the long-term one. Ultimately, she needed to get out of town, to get as far out of Atlanta as she possibly could at the moment. Her brow furrowed. But where could she possibly— Suddenly a phrase emblazoned on a nearby awning snagged her attention. Are you ready for the time of your”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“bold as to ask a question, miss?” In the process of removing the dratted veil from her head, Lou sighed patiently. Though she was certain Jaynes had played a part of spy for her exasperating overprotective father, Lou had”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“adjectives which referred to an ultra-masculine man. The kind of man a woman sighed over. Lou gulped. And wanted. Not the kind of man who she generally kept company with, for sure. But what female”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“plan yet, Jaynes.” She grimaced. Probably because she hadn’t had one. “Just get as far away from the church as you can,” she instructed grimly, her satin gown hissing against the leather as she shifted into a move comfortable position. Eyes darting nervously between the road and the rearview mirror, her timid driver”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“who’ve been treated like garbage by their horrible husbands and would rather wait for widowhood than endure a divorce.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Honeycutt”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Giddy with a sense of liberation, Lou clamped a hand over mouth to keep a wicked giggle from escaping.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“freedom,”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Humph. Like hell. James Whitehorn Honeycutt would simply have to find another way to merge Honeycutt Foods with Reedwater Snacks. Regardless of what her father thought, the merger wasn’t worth her freedom, or her happiness. She wasn’t some medieval bride to be bartered off like a herd of cattle and a milk goat, for pity’s sake. She was a woman who wanted more, who wanted to make her own decisions, her own choices. It saddened her”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“I imagine he’s at the altar,” she replied matter-of-factly. “Where I left him.” Jaynes’ eyes bugged and a little choking sound emerged from”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“She was one hell of a saleswoman, who could talk almost anyone into anything. Her phone skills were incomparable. Had any of those previous employers kept Mona long enough to discover that, Sam wouldn’t have one of the very best secretaries in the greater Atlanta area. In his business, an employee with her particular skills was a must. Besides which, the moody Mona had grown on him. Despite her surly attitude, he sensed a kinder nature in her. She was nice to her cat. An animal lover couldn’t be all that bad, could they?”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Humph. Like hell. James Whitehorn Honeycutt would simply have to find another way to merge Honeycutt Foods with Reedwater Snacks. Regardless of what her father thought, the merger wasn’t worth her freedom, or her happiness. She wasn’t some medieval bride to be bartered off like a herd of cattle and a milk goat, for pity’s sake. She was a woman who wanted more, who wanted to”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Jaynes reddened, but blustered on. “Your”
― Rhonda Nelson, Double Dare

“Sam Keen. You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”
― Rhonda Nelson, Men Out of Uniform