--- title: "3 Caress Quotes By Stephanie Laurens" description: "3 Caress quotes by Stephanie Laurens. Plus more from Stephanie Laurens and more Caress sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/stephanie-laurens-4465_arousal_patience-s-breath-caught-her-lids-fell-w_388186.png" --- > [“Patience's breath caught. Her lids fell. Wordlessly, she lifted her face, offering her lips. He took them, took her- as their lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/patience-s-breath-caught-her-lids-fell-wordlessly-she-lifted-her-face/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/stephanie-laurens-4465_arousal_patience-s-breath-caught-her-lids-fell-w_388186.png) > [“That's obviously my cue to depart." Patience grinned. "Coward," she whispered, as he passed her chair. A heartbeat later, he'd swung about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/that-s-obviously-my-cue-to-depart-patience-grinned-coward-she/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/stephanie-laurens-4465_caress_that-s-obviously-my-cue-to-depart-patien_428949.png) > [“You're rather good at this, aren't you?" And she didn't just mean his reading of Gerrard. Vane's grin converted to a rakish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/you-re-rather-good-at-this-aren-t-you-and-she-didn-t-just-mean-his/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/stephanie-laurens-4465_caress_you-re-rather-good-at-this-aren-t-you-an_1946420.jpg) ## More by Stephanie Laurens > [“I assume 'elegant gentlemen,' such as you, learn such useful skills very early in life." "Actually, no." Straight-faced, Vane reached for her pins. "Us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/i-assume-elegant-gentlemen-such-as-you-learn-such-useful-skills-very/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“Assault!" he croaked. "The battery might yet follow." The warning- entirely unnecessary from Patience's perspective- came from Vane. One look at his face, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/assault-he-croaked-the-battery-might-yet-follow-the-warning-entirely/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“then her ladyship, overwhelming in bronze bombazine, regally glided away. Cedric smiled”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/then-her-ladyship-overwhelming-in-bronze-bombazine-regally-glided/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“So how are the wedding plans progressing?" Richard asked, once they were out of the village. "They aren't." Breckenridge heard his clipped tones, heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/so-how-are-the-wedding-plans-progressing-richard-asked-once-they-were/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“So," he murmured, his tone deep, "nothing of any moment happened here." Her gaze transfixed by the long strip of linen, Patience tried to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/so-he-murmured-his-tone-deep-nothing-of-any-moment-happened-here-her/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“Why did you stay?" He stilled; again, Patience felt the net draw tight, felt paralysis set in as his predator's senses focused on her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/why-did-you-stay-he-stilled-again-patience-felt-the-net-draw-tight/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“She’d been expecting him to do so and had planned her revenge. She tipped forward as he lifted her; the shift in her weight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/she-d-been-expecting-him-to-do-so-and-had-planned-her-revenge-she/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“Delicate, hauntingly uncertain music floated out of the house. Vane heard it as he walked up from the stables. The lilting strains reached him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/delicate-hauntingly-uncertain-music-floated-out-of-the-house-vane/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“I've been meaning to ask," Breckenridge said, "jus how you came to topple backward off that rail." He looked at her. "What with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/i-ve-been-meaning-to-ask-breckenridge-said-jus-how-you-came-to-topple/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“You also," he said, lowering his voice, "haven't yet thanked me for saving you from sitting in the flower bed." She didn't even look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/you-also-he-said-lowering-his-voice-haven-t-yet-thanked-me-for-saving/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“That woman who was her true self saw Lord Sebastian Cynster, Marquess of Earith, as, quite simply, hers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/that-woman-who-was-her-true-self-saw-lord-sebastian-cynster-marquess/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“Do you ride?" The question was out of his mouth before he'd thought. She glanced at him, surprised by the comment coming out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/do-you-ride-the-question-was-out-of-his-mouth-before-he-d-thought-she/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“Holding her breath, she stepped out, heading for the better-illuminated section of the room. Hard hands closed about her upper arms. She started-very nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/holding-her-breath-she-stepped-out-heading-for-the-better-illuminated/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/my-heart-only-ever-had-one-thought-one-want-one-need-despite-all-in/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) > [“And remembered—all he'd nearly forgotten, all her wild responses had driven from his mind. This was one seduction he had to, needed to, manage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-laurens/and-remembered-all-he-d-nearly-forgotten-all-her-wild-responses-had/) [Stephanie Laurens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-laurens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caress/stephanie-laurens/#itemlist", "name": "3 Caress Quotes By Stephanie Laurens", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Patience's breath caught. Her lids fell. 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Aware of the hardness that surrounded her, of the steely flex of hard muscle about her. Of her tightly furled nipples pressed hard to the wall of his chest; of the softness of her thighs held intimately against him. Of the relentless, driving passion he ruthlessly held back. That last was a temptation, but one so potently, preeminently dangerous not even she dared prod it. Not yet. 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