Emma Wildes > Quotes

“I know it is a cliché, but reformed rakes do make admirable husbands. Why? First of all, their wild oats are thoroughly sown. The second reason? They know how to please a woman between the sheets.
Think about it. After all, that is what made them rakes in the first place.”
― Emma Wildes, Lessons From a Scarlet Lady

“I take it, since you sought to change matters, I was the one you found boring.”
― Emma Wildes, Lessons From a Scarlet Lady

“The most impoverished peasant can be delighted by the opening of the first spring flower, and the most wealthy aristocrat can curse the day he was born because of some petty offense to his sensibilities. She is a very wise woman. To achieve serenity we have to view life not as it is measured by the world around us but as we ourselves measure it. We must accept that the scales are not at all equal.”
― Emma Wildes, One Whisper Away

“There are two types of people in the world, the bright lights and the quite shadows.”
― Emma Wildes, Seducing the Highlander

“Aconteceu outra vez. Um daqueles momentos em que o pulso se lhe acelerou e em que ela parecia esquecer o resto do mundo só porque ele estava a olhar para si.”
― Emma Wildes, Our Wicked Mistake

“The implied trust was humbling. He didn't deserve it, but then again, he wouldn't betray it either.”
― Emma Wildes, Our Wicked Mistake

“I’m rather an admirer of the book,” Robert said and took a sip from his glass. “Damien, when
you marry, you might want to see if Brianna won’t lend it out to your bride. I promise you no
regrets if you give it to your beloved. Let’s just say there are certain things a gentleman won’t
address with his wife that Lady Rothburg has no trouble discussing in detail.”
If his younger brother’s sinful grin was any indication, it was true.
“I’m headed back to Spain tomorrow.” Damien pointed out. “So I doubt romance of any kind is
in my future, but I’ll keep it in mind.”
“One never knows.” Colton commented. “Had anyone said it was in mine, I would have protested
vehemently.”
How true. How could anyone have guessed his upright older brother would marry such a lovely
but impulsive young lady and manage to become a different man than the upright,
unapproachable Duke of Rolthven?”
― Emma Wildes, Lessons From a Scarlet Lady

“Actually, Elizabeth realized, when he laughed like that, he did look quite handsome. His dark brown hair and his eyes, so light a brown as to seem almost gold in color, were not quite as nondescript as she'd once thought. Maybe the giggling young ingenues weren't completely daft. Despite his maddening tendencies to be deliberately obtuse and tease her relentlessly, he had a certain charisma.”
― Emma Wildes, Our Wicked Mistake

“Men are a little different than women... We kind of regard virginity as something to dispose of as quickly as we're able to do so." Parker West”
― Emma Wildes, Riding West

“Tell me about Spain.” He shrugged but his face went shuttered. “I survived. Many others didn’t. That is enough said about it, really. War is not a glamorous topic, nor should it be. We laud our heroes, but what it takes to make them such is not pleasant.”
― Emma Wildes, Ruined by Moonlight

“Not just any woman, I hope.” Her fingers went to the buttons on his shirt. “Aren’t you the only woman on this earth?” His voice held a sensual drawl, low and soft. “If there are any others, I haven’t noticed them since the day I met you.”
― Emma Wildes, A Most Improper Rumor

“At that moment there was a glimmer of understanding for all those wayward ladies who succumbed to temptation. If it feels like this, she thought as his mouth traveled down the curve of her neck, tasting and teasing, no wonder.”
― Emma Wildes, Ruined by Moonlight

“He was supposed to have tea with his wife and her elderly aunt, but he was much more interested in having a brandy in his study while listening to his unexpected visitor and her fascinating story.”
― Emma Wildes, A Most Improper Rumor