Tessa Dare

Certainty becomes you.

— Tessa Dare

“Dukes and their problems.”

— Tessa Dare

Her,” he said. “I’ll take her.

— Tessa Dare

“Looks fade; gold doesn’t.”

— Tessa Dare

“Why must this be so mortifying? Oh, that's right. Because its my life.”

— Tessa Dare

“I want to have you in every way known to man, and then invent a dozen more.”

— Tessa Dare

“At times like these, patience came at a premium.”

— Tessa Dare

“Everything’s more amusing when read in voices.”

— Tessa Dare

I'm male. You rubbed your...femaleness all over me. I didn't think. I reacted.

— Tessa Dare

“If you'll only let me hold you, I won't let you go.”

— Tessa Dare

“Of course one kiss changes things. If it's done right, a kiss changes everything.”

— Tessa Dare

“Taken altogether, his appearance was a veritable assault of virility.”

— Tessa Dare

“Perhaps he would have no title or fortune to offer her, but he was determined to see her safe. Everything he did,…

— Tessa Dare

“Where shall we honeymoon? Will you take me to Italy, to see the Botticellis?” “I will take you anywhere you wish. Anywhere…

— Tessa Dare

“The Aphrodite’s yours, Joss. Take care of her for me.” “Aye, I will.” A knowing look passed between them. “I’ll look after…

— Tessa Dare

Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls.

— Tessa Dare

“Then she sighed. Just the faintest, softest release of breath. The sound swept through his chest like a hurricane, with the force…

— Tessa Dare

“Katie.” He groaned. “I burn for you.” Just a few husky words, but coming from a man so taciturn, she thought they…

— Tessa Dare

“It’s like a lizard’s foot,” she said. “With a footprint that size, that deep? That would have to be one bloody large…

— Tessa Dare

“Yes, Min. This is how it should be.” Raw need edged his voice. “Never settle for less. Be fearless. Wild and loud…

— Tessa Dare

She’d always wondered what it would feel like to stand on one end of a ballroom and watch a handsome, powerful man…

— Tessa Dare

“Outside of muttering his way through Sunday service, Aaron had not voiced a conscious prayer in more than ten years. He supposed…

— Tessa Dare

“Izzy was utterly convinced. Never mind Arabian horses, African cheetahs. No creature in the world could bolt so quickly as a rake…

— Tessa Dare

“She sketched songbirds when she was supposed to be minding her lessons, and she sketched church mice when she was meant to…

— Tessa Dare

“I'm here to present my findings at the symposium. I'm an esteemed member of the Society, with an impressive record of scholarship,…

— Tessa Dare

“Every time you wake up, you let fly the most marvelous string of curses. It’s never the same twice, do you know…

— Tessa Dare

“Maybe ‘beautiful’ isn’t the proper word. It’s too common, and the way you look is . . . rare. You deserve a…

— Tessa Dare

“He’d imprisoned himself in this castle to rot. He’d cut off all contact with the outside world. And just when he thought…

— Tessa Dare

“As she passed the door to Gray’s study, a familiar, muscled arm shot out into the corridor, catching her by the waist.…

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“If it’s a wife you want,” she said, “surely you could find many women—many well-bred ladies—who would be willing to marry you.”…

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“ The captain? Sophia stood staring numbly after him. Had he just said he’d introduce her to the captain? Of someone else…

— Tessa Dare

“She gazed at the man across from her. Her lover. His powerful shoulders worked beneath his shirt as he pulled on the…

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“Gray waited a full verse before approaching her, prowling around her periphery and coming to rest behind her right shoulder. A few…

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The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on…

— Tessa Dare

“When he’d ordered the Aphrodite converted to accommodate passengers, the builder had given him an option. Did he want four gentlemen’s cabins,…

— Tessa Dare

“Oh, but this gift isn’t the same as an ermine. This is property. Don’t you understand how rare that is for a…

— Tessa Dare

“Fortune was a heartless witch in perpetual anticipation of her monthly courses.”

— Tessa Dare

Dedication: For all the girls who walk and read at the same time.

— Tessa Dare

He laughed. A strained, ha, ha, ha, I may die of this laugh.

— Tessa Dare

“I knew yours to be the more resilient spirit.”

— Tessa Dare