Elizabeth Cole > Quotes

“You don’t seem the type to endorse the obscure dictates of polite society,” she noted, thinking that he only played at being a gentlemen. There was something rather rebellious about him.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Heartless Design

“You could have left me where you found me.” That offended him, to judge by his stiffened posture. “Are you joking? Who would be so heartless as to do that?” “An unkind man,” she countered, tightening her arms around him as the horse sidestepped a long patch of ice. “So that logically implies that you are the opposite: a kind man.” He actually laughed at that, his momentary offense gone. “A tidy argument, Miss Hartridge. Is your father a barrister, by chance?”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Winter's Knight

“Oh, ma’am! I wouldn’t want to work for anyone but you. Just think if I worked in another house and someone found out about me, where I’d been!” Bond shuddered. “I’d die of shame, ma’am. That’s all there is to it.” Lucy Bond was not exaggerating. Only a few months ago, she’d been in Bridewell, a hideous place even compared to other prisons. Many women would die of shame before admitting that they’d seen the inside of it.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Heartless Design

“Within a few months, you’ll forget that horrible place. And rest assured that I have no intention of shipping you off anytime soon. I need a lady’s maid, after all.” “Thank you, ma’am. I’ll do my best.” “Besides, I imagine you’d miss Jem.” She looked archly at the girl, whose blush deepened.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Heartless Design

“Phoebe, who had put her arms round her rescuer’s waist to hold herself steady, felt the heat in his body, and noticed that he seemed to be all muscle, the lean torso widening to broad, strong shoulders. She had never been this close to a gentleman before, and she found it quite distracting, to say the least. Nonetheless, she huddled as close as she dared to his warmth.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Winter's Knight

“Her emotions had been tossed like a bark in a tempest the past few days.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Winter's Knight

“I do not kiss,” she said primly. Or she tried to be prim about it. She leaned away from him, preparing to return to the party. “By your own admission, you are not familiar with London society, sir, so let me tell you what they call me. Heartless. It’s a true description. And you’ll forgive me if I leave you now.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Heartless Design

“In her landlocked London home on the quiet drive of Quince Street, Cordelia Bering shivered. She had been distracted, daydreaming of her ship again. As a gifted engineer, she’d designed several ships in her life, but none captured her imagination like this one.”
― Elizabeth Cole, A Heartless Design