Lily Maxton > Quotes

“You have ink on your cheek,” he noted softly.

She glanced at his dirty hands. “That’s your fault. I hope it washes off.”

“It should.” He stared at her as though trying to puzzle her out. “When I was first introduced to you last Season, I thought you were the picture of the wilting wallflower. But you’re not, are you?”

“I thought I was,” she said, nearly as puzzled as he was.

“But not with me?”

“Not with you,” she agreed.

“Probably because I’m so unimpressive.”

“Most likely,” she said.

And after a heartbeat, they smiled at the same time.”
― Lily Maxton, The Love Match

“I thought I needed to be perfect because everyone’s eyes were watching me, and they were all comparing me to Charles. I dreaded making some misstep in front of them. So I tried to be perfect. But it hasn’t made me happy. And then I meet you, the only woman I’ve ever met who doesn’t give a fig about perfection or imperfection, who actually dares people to judge her. I think I was jealous of you.”
― Lily Maxton, The Wager

“And he whispered things to her, so many things—You are desired. You are wanted. You are loved. Because Annabel was wounded, too. But then, everyone was, in some way or another.”
― Lily Maxton, Enchanting the Earl

“There was nothing ethereal about Adam Radcliff. He was far more connected to the land than to heaven--elemental, primitive…virile.

No, she thought firmly, forget about that last one.”
― Lily Maxton, The Mistake

“Was this what her life would be? Love pressed carefully into the pages of a book, where she
could admire it from a distance and never be hurt by it?”
― Lily Maxton, The Mistake

“I’m not attempting to be contrary; I simply don’t see why a woman shouldn’t speak her mind or have strong opinions or be allowed to do the things a man does.”
― Lily Maxton, The Wager

“Mr. Darcy was not repulsed by Miss Elizabeth Bennet!” “Who is Mr. Darcy?” Adam asked, sounding as confused as he looked.”
― Lily Maxton, The Mistake

“It was funny, life. Each new moment, each new choice, was another roll of the dice. And all one could do was wait and see where it landed.”
― Lily Maxton, A Scot's Surrender

“I don’t think we’re very different at all. You simply hide yourself in plain view. You ooze charm and—” “I sound like an infected wound,” he remarked.”
― Lily Maxton, The Love Match

“I like having money, I'll admit. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“I’m home.”
― Lily Maxton, A Scot's Surrender

“It’s best to end these affairs before the passion fades.” She felt her face drain of blood. These”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“There are worse things than a life without teeth.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“An outspoken, opinionated woman who would most likely become a spinster,”
― Lily Maxton, The Wager

“What was the point of loving if you didn't do it with everything you had?”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“Cale gazed into the fire. “You didn’t see the way he looked at you. Or you didn’t recognize it.” She blinked, startled. “What do you mean?” His voice took on a low fervency. “I watched you dance with him at the ball. He looks at you in awe, like you’re untouchable. He puts you on a pedestal, Elizabeth. He’ll treat you like glass, like you’re too fragile to hear certain things, to know certain things. He’ll make love to you in the dark with half his clothes still on, like a true aristocratic husband. He’ll be too afraid to break you. Or to ever really know you.” It took her a moment to speak past her consternation. “You gathered all of that from one dance?” she said, striving for levity, frightened by his intensity.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“A walk?” she echoed. “It’s nighttime.” “But a warm night. A good time for a walk.” “I cannot simply leave.” “You’ve already left the ballroom. You can claim you had a headache and went outside for fresh air. And you can stop staring at me like that,” he added drily. “I won’t try anything untoward. You have my word as a gentleman.” Her lips quirked. “Fine. You have my word as a bookseller,” he amended. She laughed. She glanced down the hallway, feeling restless. Nothing could come from a friendship between them. Nothing.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“Surrender isn't always a weakness, lass.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“Good Lord, men did stupid, foolish, reckless things all the time, and no one ever worried about their virtue.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“I want you,” he said, low and vehement, “any way you’ll let me have you. I’d prefer marriage, as I’d like to bind you to me in every way known to man. But if you don’t want to marry again, I’ll gladly take you as my mistress. You should know, though, even then I’m never letting you go.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“Does that please you?” she muttered to her conscience.”
― Lily Maxton, The Wager

“Sometimes, the only way through life was to carve out the things you couldn't bear to contemplate.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“The vulnerability was an unpleasant reminder of how much he desired her. He would have thought it a weakness in anyone else, an obstacle that would take too much time and effort to overcome. But because this was Elizabeth, he wanted to overcome it, he wanted to smooth away all the little hurts her husband had inflicted”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“I don't care if something is a little unsafe if it's something I want to do. I don't want to have to worry about what someone else expects of me.”
― Lily Maxton, Claiming the Highlander's Heart

“It amuses me, I suppose. If I actually let myself be bothered by everything that was said of me, I would probably go mad.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“His philosophy was to enjoy life. The only thing he threw himself into wholeheartedly was his work. Lovers, friendships, they slipped in and out of his life like changing ocean tides. He never tried to hold on to them too tightly. Once he started to covet, he started to worry, and it took all the pleasure out of things.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair

“Anne kept her eyes glued to the floor clock on the other side of the room. “Oh, damnation,” she bit out when Thornhill stopped directly in front of them and bowed. It had taken just under the seven minutes she needed to win. Unfortunately, Anne didn’t swear quietly. Everyone heard. And everyone turned to stare, one by one. A long, blue vein in their mother’s forehead gave an alarming twitch. The glare she shot her middle child promised a slow, painful death.”
― Lily Maxton, The Affair