SuperWendy

“Except she was helping him and she still felt alone. Separate from whatever was going on in his head. An accessory at best. When she’d risked so much for him, and he couldn’t even acknowledge it.”
― Nicole Helm, Wyoming Christmas Ransom

“You don’t actually want to get married, then. You want to inflict your wife on someone—the world, perhaps? As any girl would be, I’m of course delighted to be considered an infliction. It’s all my dearest fairy-tale fantasies made real, thank you.”
― Caitlin Crews, Expecting a Royal Scandal

“Maybe I dislike spoiled rich men who waste my time and think far too highly of their overexposed charms.” The edge to her smile and that glittering thing in her gaze grew harder. Hotter. “I’ve seen it all in the pages of every tabloid magazine every week for the last twenty years. It’s about as thrilling as oatmeal.” “I must have misheard you. I thought you compared me to a revoltingly warm and cloying breakfast cereal.” “The similarities are striking.”
― Caitlin Crews, Expecting a Royal Scandal

“Her eyes snapped to his, green and gold flecks alive with fire. ‘In my experience, if a man makes a mistake, it’s dismissed as youthful exuberance. If a woman makes a similar mistake, it only proves she’s not good enough!’ ‘Not on my ship.’ He bristled, knowing she spoke the truth and wanting to beat the senses out of any man who’d dared to question her worth. ‘Really? How nice.’ Her mouth twisted into a mocking smile and his mood soured further.”
― Lucy Morris, The Viking She Would Have Married