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Jock Row (Jock Hard, #1) by Sara Ney

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If Scarlett keeps acting like I’m resistible, quite frankly, I’m going to become insulted.

Intrepid (Vigilantes #3)

by Keri Lake

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“I have loved ye since I saw you, Sassenach,” he said very quietly, holding my eyes with his own, bloodshot and lined with tiredness but very blue. “I will love ye forever. It doesna matter if ye sleep with the whole English army—well, no,” he corrected himself, “it would matter, but it wouldna stop me loving you.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

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“...he found that after prolonged contact with Claire and her opinions, he had much less trust in physicians that heretofore - and he hadn't had much to begin with.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

tags: 18th-century-medicine, claire-fraser, humor, lord-john-grey

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“And I don’t recommend murder as a way of settling difficult situations. It tends to lead to complications—but not nearly as many as marriage.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

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“When the day shall come, that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'—ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

tags: jamie-fraser, jammf

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“Jem made the little Scottish noise again, and Brianna looked sideways at him.
"Are you doing that on purpose?"
He looked up at her, surprised. "Doing what?"
"Never mind. When you are fifteen, I'm locking you in the cellar."
"What? Why?" he demanded indignantly.
"Because that's when your father and grandfather started getting into real trouble, and evidently you're going to be just like them.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

tags: heredity, jamie-fraser, jem-mackenzie, roger-mackenzie, scottish-noises, trouble

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