Sarah MacLean

She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.

— Sarah MacLean

And... as long as they need me, it's easier to forget that I am alone.

— Sarah MacLean

“Yes Simon. He was in control. He was ruining her for all others. And she did not care.”

— Sarah MacLean

“We were discussing the fine puppetry of fate.”

— Sarah MacLean

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.

— Sarah MacLean

Silent mantra practice helps me respond rather than react.

— Sarah MacLean

“Kisses should not leave you satisfied. They should leave you wanting.”

— Sarah MacLean

why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?

— Sarah MacLean

“We cannot marry,' she said softly. He kissed the top of her head. 'Sleep with me tonight, and let me convince you…

— Sarah MacLean

You plan to be a challenge, do you?" Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent.

— Sarah MacLean

Even in 2014, when romance heroes are as varied as their genre, somewhere in them you can still always find the alpha male.

— Sarah MacLean

When I feel hurt, I fully experience my emotions (and don't make them anyone else's problem!). Then I question my thoughts, examining…

— Sarah MacLean

By the time I was 10 or 12, I had discovered the lure of the romance genre - and the dusty copy…

— Sarah MacLean

The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility.

— Sarah MacLean

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding…

— Sarah MacLean

“So we lie down and pillow our heads; so we lie down in the cool of our beds. We put aside dreaming,…

— Sarah MacLean

“But stay away from him, Juliana. When we said we wanted to make you a good match, Leighton was not who we…

— Sarah MacLean

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity.…

— Sarah MacLean

“Scandal had made it easy for Penelope to end the engagement without being jilted. Well, at least, not precisely. She would not…

— Sarah MacLean

I've spent twenty-eight years doing what everyone around me expected me to do...being what everyone around me has expected me to be.…

— Sarah MacLean

She did not want to be that woman - the one of whom they spoke. She had never planned to be that…

— Sarah MacLean

“She accused him of not thinking she was enough for him? The woman was entirely too much for him! She made him…

— Sarah MacLean

I want to wake up one morning and know how to write page one, or page 10, or page 250. But I…

— Sarah MacLean

In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the…

— Sarah MacLean

“..Instead of Ralston saying any number of wonderful things that could have been appropriate for the precise situation in which they had…

— Sarah MacLean

Juliana?” the words were low and far—too calm for her husband, who had found that he rather enjoyed the full spectrum of…

— Sarah MacLean

“And all of a sudden, she knew. He was going to kiss her. And she wanted him to. More than she could…

— Sarah MacLean

“He missed you just as I did. He worried about you just as I worried. He looked for you. Tried to find…

— Sarah MacLean

Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have…

— Sarah MacLean

To be honest, I thought it was similar to animal husbandry." Sally's tone turned dry. "Sometimes, my lady I'm afraid it isn't…

— Sarah MacLean

“I'm not going anywhere, Empress," he said with a wicked smile. "I merely want a better look." He had lifted her skirts…

— Sarah MacLean

“What is your name?" he asked softly. She winced, knowing what was to come, "Calpurnia." She closed her eyes again, embarrassed by…

— Sarah MacLean

“I do, love. I want you more than you could ever know. More than I could have ever dreamed. I want you…

— Sarah MacLean

..he wanted her. And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.

— Sarah MacLean

“Penelope! Marriage proposals from wealthy, eligible young men do not blossom on trees!” Particularly not in January, I wouldn’t think.”

— Sarah MacLean

So, are you... intrigued ... by Stanhope?" "Intrigued by him?" "Indeed. Do you find him ..." he paused. "Intriguing?" she teased. He…

— Sarah MacLean

In seven books, I've written my fair share of baby epilogues. Pregnancies and births and even grandchildren have made an appearance in…

— Sarah MacLean

Love isn't one-sided and selfish.It is full and generous and life-altering in the best of ways.Love does not destroy, Gabriel.It creates.

— Sarah MacLean

“Passion. She’d dared him to discover the emotion but had been unprepared to discover it herself.”

— Sarah MacLean

“I will thank you to stay out of my affairs. Or need I remind you that it is not Stanhope whom I'e…

— Sarah MacLean