Miso Hime’s Reviews > What a Woman Desires > Status Update

“So as long as you get to keep your home, you’re happy for Miss Monica to live alone in this big house and run it all by herself? Don’t talk daft, Thomas Ashby. A woman like Miss Monica needs a man with fire in his belly and her in his heart. Any less and she’ll wither like a flower in winter. Is that what you want for her?”

“But you are still thinking only of yourself.” Jane slapped her hand onto the bedcovers beside her. “When will you stop being so selfish?” Monica flinched as Jane’s accusation sliced through her” // Dear Jane, please GTFO

“Monica slumped back in her chair. “Yet, I have a duty to the people who live and work on the estate to make a decision that is best for them. If all I cared about was me, then I would just toss the deeds to Jane and hotfoot it back to Bath and the theater. I can no more do that than I can say I want to stay at Marksville.” // Brave girl. You go, Monica!

“If I go now, I am once more abandoning her as I now feel I did before. She would love Marksville to remain her home but has made it clear she doesn’t want to bear the responsibility of it alone.” // Jane Danes - the most irritating, whiny, pathetic and selfish character in the book.

“I will only come back, I will only try to make a life in Biddestone if you promise me you will accept our lovemaking and move on. I want to help you. I want to help all the tenants, and the only way for that to happen is for me to return to Marksville with my head held high and you by my side” // I feel so bad for Monica...

“It’s not fair that this is happening. It’s not fair I have to choose between a life I love and my love and commitment to everyone else. No matter how hard I try to imagine myself the mistress of Marksville or the landlady of our tenants . . . or even your employer, none of it settles well in my heart. I do not belong here.” -Honestly, I can't blame Monica for her reasons. The silent ultimatum is driving me nuts.