Jennifer Ashley’s lines show characters who cling to partners and call each other mates. She reminds readers that choices aren’t simply right or wrong, only what we do with them matters. The quotes also hint that everyone carries hidden darkness, and that living means learning to forget or confront it.
![“Why are you all buttoned up like that?" Cameron ran his gaze down the blackberry-shaped buttons of her bodice.[...] "You were happy to bare all last night," Cameron said. He let his mallet handler hover an inch from her chest. "Your bodice was down here." Ainsley cleared her throat. "Low neckline…” quote by Jennifer Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/423/jennifer-ashley-2595_ainsley_why-are-you-all-buttoned-up-like-that-ca_1553928.jpg)
