Ann

“Don't tell me you consider yourself qualified to give me instruction on the art of kissing! What an elevated opinion you hold of yourself."
"Oh no, ma belle. I would never have the patience." A corner of his mouth turned up in faint amusement. "Nor, if I were to instruct you, would I be satisfied with so lukewarm a response from you.”
― Nicole Jordan, Lord of Desire

“Give yourself to me, wife, let me make you mine,” and like the stallion, the stag and the other animals—both tame and wild—he made her his own.”
― Paula Marshall, The Deserted Bride

“The cleverest women hide it and create an aura of wit and charm instead. Those who can’t wait a moment to prove how much smarter than men they are--Dios, what bores! A man might as well invite a bearded professor to lunch than a female with all her mental pencils sharpened; instead of being an amusing companion she sits for an examination, gobbling food and words and waving her hands about like a merchant in a bazaar. It is probably the Spaniard in me that dislikes the type!”
― Violet Winspear, Satan Took a Bride

“How could you do such a thing to your husband?" Toni looked at Melisande with shocked eyes.
"Quite simply because he bored me. He agreed with everything I ever said, and not once in our four years together did he give me a bruise. He knelt to me when I wanted him to dominate me. He let me make a fool of him with a dozen men, but Luque was, on that point, a perfect Spaniard. He turned his back on me and so I stabbed him!”
― Violet Winspear, Satan Took a Bride