My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You don’t annoy me.” Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. “I thought you did, at first. But now I realize… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You aristocratic ladies and your gold-plated twats. You always think it's such a honor for me to touch you." He surveyed her… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I'm… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Over the years I’ve collected a thousand memories of you, every glimpse, every word you’ve ever said to me. All those visits… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—” “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
No more Dane,” he eventually said with unnerving finality. I tried to be funny. “I can't decide if that means you don't… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
No one needs to have their way all the time, first of all, but second of all, if you find the right… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
At first I wasn’t all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
What are you going to call the place?" "I haven't decided yet. Carrington wants to call it Clippety-Do-Da or Hairway to Heaven… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Simon,” she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never used it even in the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“It was a popular belief in Victorian society that women, with their mercurial natures and lesser brains, could not have the same quality of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No, just an… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Why isn't it enough that I'm willing to submit to you?' Poppy asked, her own temper flaring. 'Why must I be eager to lie… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You've always been a know-it-all. Well, you're about to find out how much you don't know." "Believe me," I muttered, "I'm the first one… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Sometimes you meet a really nice guy, but no matter how you try, you can’t seem to make yourself want him. But that’s not… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Risking a glance at the dignified young man beside her- what was his name?- Mr. Arthurson, Arterton?- Pandora decided to try her hand at… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You'll be my wife," he said inexorably. "You want to own me!" she accused, trying to crawl away from him. "Yes." He flung her… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scratches of ink on paper could rip someone's soul… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
