“That was, perhaps, the most unfeeling proposal she could imagine. The man was cynical, insensitive, condescending, rude. And she was definitely going… — Tessa Dare Condescending Copy Share Image
A home isn’t only defined by what you need, Bram. It’s also about the people who need you — Tessa Dare Home Copy Share Image
“I wasn't aware that hope require a reason, any more than love. In case you have forgotten - I have no talent… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Every profane word Gray had ever heard, read, uttered, or invented spewed forth from his mouth.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I'm not a child," Eliza argued with the closed double doors. "I'm a grown woman. With accomplishments and bosoms and everything.” — Tessa Dare Children Copy Share Image
“Why didn't God apportion fine looks in equal accordance with deserving personalities? A horrid man ought to be horrid looking.” — Tessa Dare Horrid Copy Share Image
No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a… — Tessa Dare Confidence Copy Share Image
Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“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 Geologist Copy Share Image
“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 Curses Copy Share Image
“She sketched songbirds when she was supposed to be minding her lessons, and she sketched church mice when she was meant to… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Maybe ‘beautiful’ isn’t the proper word. It’s too common, and the way you look is . . . rare. You deserve a… — Tessa Dare Beautiful Copy Share Image
“She was so desperate to love and be loved, she could sprout tender feelings toward a rock. And rocks didn’t call her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“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 Castle Copy Share Image
“Logan's sleep was much as it always was. Dark. Cold. Empty. Seemingly endless. Then, out of nowhere, a face appeared to him… — Tessa Dare Dark eyes Copy Share Image
“It’s true. Every time you wake up, you let fly the most marvelous string of curses. It’s never the same twice, do… — Tessa Dare Restraint Copy Share Image
“The path was a familiar one. Over the years she’d resided in Spindle Cove, Susanna must have walked it thousands of times.… — Tessa Dare Sands of time Copy Share Image
“I know how it wears on a soul. How it eats little pieces of your heart at unexpected times. How you can… — Tessa Dare Time Copy Share Image
“That girl loves you, Gray. We’re going to get out of this, and when we do-I’d bet a hundred sovereigns to one,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I know you’ve always tried to do your best by me, in your own insufferable, arrogant way. You’ve been a decent brother,… — Tessa Dare Brother Copy Share Image
“But…but that’s tragic! To go through life without color? Unable to appreciate art, or beauty?” He laughed. “Now, sweet-hold your brush before… — Tessa Dare Art Copy Share Image
“Come on, Gray,” another sailor called. “Just one toast.” Miss Turner raised her eyebrows and leaned into him. “Come on, Mr. Grayson.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I still have no choice but to bring out Minerva instead.” “But Minerva doesn’t care about men,” young Charlotte said helpfully. “She… — Tessa Dare Books Copy Share Image
“The girl really needed to let him go. This was the voyage Gray went respectable. And it was off to a very… — Tessa Dare Travel Copy Share Image
“What is it?' 'Something is about to happen, and I want you to see it. I want to be with you when… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Language was a vast, complicated tapestry. The key to communication was finding a common thread.” — Tessa Dare Communication Copy Share Image
He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet. — Tessa Dare Beautiful Copy Share Image
After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed—because foolish women gave them the chance” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me? — Tessa Dare Code Copy Share Image
Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“She knew nothing. She was an idiot, an imbecile, a simpleton, and a ninny. Boarding a ship under an assumed name, then… — Tessa Dare Idiot Copy Share Image
The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going… — Tessa Dare Blushing Copy Share Image
“But when the sun goes down? We’re all just stumbling through the darkness, trying to outlast another night.” — Tessa Dare Darkness Copy Share Image
“Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.” — Tessa Dare Abundance Copy Share Image
“Izzy felt as though she’d wandered into the third act of a play. She had no idea what was going on, but… — Tessa Dare Dramatic Copy Share Image
“You are mine,” he whispered into her. “And the world is ours. There is nowhere beneath this sky that we do not… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Amazing, then, how with that one remark, he made a mortifying situation thirteen times worse. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Normally, she never paid calls, not on her own. But this was life after Leo - a series of tiny, halting steps… — Tessa Dare Freedom Copy Share Image
“You ought to take care how you bat those eyelashes, sweetheart. One of these days, you’re likely to knock a man overboard.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
