Joanne Rock > Quotes

“privilege”
― Joanne Rock, The Magnate's Mail-Order Bride

“He’ll process the check.” Sage was still silent, blinking at TJ. “You’ll get the hang of it. I promise. And that platinum card I gave you? Gerry pays that bill too. But you have to take it into a store and buy something before he can pay it. Maybe a bed”
― Joanne Rock, Harlequin Desire February 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: For the Sake of His Heir\The Baby Claim\His Temptation, Her Secret

“And you would rather your friends care for our child when you're not around than me? The child's father?”
― Joanne Rock, A Nine-Month Temptation

“Please don't compare me to a man who couldn't appreciate you for all you have to offer, Sable. The anguish in his voice - in his eyes - was real.
I told you shouldn't short-change your dreams. I would make sure you had the resources you need to return to your work. Hell, I just told you to come to Malibu once you've ready-"
"I'm so grateful for that. You were the one who made me see that I couldn't go back to Baton Rogue just because I craved me the love of family during a challenging time. You helped me see the consequences of compromising too much of myself, and I can't thank you enough for making me see that.”
― Joanne Rock, A Nine-Month Temptation

“I guess you are good at detaching. If I saw someone had made a picture of me, I would have been quick to ask a hundred questions about it.”
― Joanne Rock, Expecting a Scandal

“It nearly killed me to realize that I married a man who chose me because I checked the right boxes for the kind of life he wanted. And when I stopped checking an important box - baby-making requirement - I was as disposable as yesterday's news.”
― Joanne Rock, A Nine-Month Temptation

“I think you're too concerned with not having your heart broken again to recognize that you're going to push away an incredible woman if you don't get your act together.”
― Joanne Rock , A Nine-Month Temptation