Quotes by Tessa Dare

Damn, she just kept on surprising him. First with her beauty. Then with the illustrations. Hed been forced to accept that there was more to her character than hed gleaned from her letters, but none of it fell too far outside the borders of his carefully mapped mental territory labeled Madeline. She was privileged, sheltered, intelligent, curious, and far too crafty.But this...This was different. As he watched her with the tenants children, his conception of her pushed against its established boundaries. He was forced to add new descriptors to his list. Ones like generous and responsible and protective.

It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book.

Of course one kiss changes things. If its done right, a kiss changes everything.

These kisses... they were confessions. Tastes of everything she had stored inside her. Everything she could give a man if he was brave enough to accept. Kiss by kiss, she was baring herself to the soul.

Youre an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, dont you? To her silence, he replied, Youd believe me if you could see your

Youre so young, you cant know the meaning of true regret. Its never what youve done, love, its what youve left undone.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

Oh no. Oh God. I couldnt possibly be so stupid.Dont limit yourself. You can be anything you wish.

Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

No man deserves a woman like that. He mortgages his very soul to win her and spends his life paying off the debt.

What if I told you I know the risks, and Im willing to take my chances?It wouldnt change a thing. Those walls, as you call them. . . Theyre apart of me now, and they are iron strong. He lifted a hand to her face, skimming his thumb over her lower lip. Even if I wished to, I wouldnt know how to dismantle them.I know, she said quietly. I know. She wreathed her arms around his neck. Thats why you need me. Im going to burn them to the ground.

This wasnt her first kiss. He could tell that much, though he doubted any of the young men whod kissed her had known what the hell they were doing. He felt a vague, stupid sort of rage toward them. It made him all the more resolved to make this kiss sublime. Sufficiently long and slow and sweet and deep to obliterate those embraces from her memory.From this day forward-when she thought of kisses, she would think only of him.

He couldnt escape it. Shed begun re-calibrating his senses the moment she came through that library door. His peripheral vision was now trained for flashes of golden hair: his ears, trained for her melodic laugh. He found himself following the drifting scent of her soap and dusting powder, like a dog panting after the butchers wife.

He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldnt have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back.

I dont care who he is. He needs to disappear. Ransom turned and called out the window. For the love of G-d man. I have Englands sweetheart bent over the desk and panting for me. Go away and come back tomorrow.

Im not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel.Why not? Because Im a woman?No, because Ive seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. Youd shoot me dead where I stood.

This explains so much, she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. Youre compensating for this withered appendage.Withered appendage? What the devil was she talking about? He shook his head, trying to clear it. Colins dire predictions of shriveled twigs and dried currants rattled in his skull. Wide awake now, he fought to sit up, wrestling the sheets.Listen, you. I dont know what sort of liberties youve taken while I was insensible, or just what your spinster imagination prepared you to see. But Ill have you know, that water was damned cold.She blinked at him. Im referring to your leg.Oh. His leg. That withered appendage

Her,” he said. “I’ll take her.

We have to get out of here, Bram. Before they take our bollocks and use them for pincushions.

Your breasts are alabaster orbs. What? Rufus objected. Thats stupid. Im not saying that. Do you have some better suggestion? Why cant you just say shes got a fair set of titties?