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“He’ll catch the pox someday,” Pandora persisted darkly, “if he hasn’t already. And then he’ll give it to me.”
“You’re being dramatic. And not all rakes have the pox.”
“I’m going to ask him if he does.”
“Pandora, you wouldn’t! The poor man would be horrified.”
“So would I, if I ended up losing my nose.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“If it’s grouse season,” Gabriel pointed out acidly, “and you’re keeping company with a flock of grouse on a grouse-moor, it’s a bit disingenuous to ask a sportsman to pretend you’re not a grouse.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“You are no one in my life,” she said in a voice fraught with tension. “You cannot tell me what to—”
“Oh, I can,” he bit out, his voice a gravelly purr that abraded her skin and sparked something inside her. His hand slid around her nape and hauled her closer. His pirate’s eyes swallowed her up and forced all the air out from her lungs in one great rush. “I will.”
She opened her mouth to protest, but his mouth covered hers. Claimed her. It was the only word for it. This was a taking. And she the taken.”
― Sophie Jordan, While the Duke Was Sleeping

“Good God, she really did walk in circles. A pang of tenderness centered in Gabriel’s chest like an ache. He wanted all her circles to lead back to him.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring