“I love you, too,” she said. He lifted his head, surprised. “Did I say it?” She smiled. “Only several times.” “Oh. Then… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Have you been kissed before?” “I don’t know whether to say yes or no. Which answer will make you do it again?”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“So wet,” he murmured. The words shocked her. She wanted to hear more. He stilled, resting his temple against hers. His breath… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“It’s all right.” “It’s not. Nothing’s right. I’ve never done a right thing in my life, it seems.” “That makes a pair… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“And Gray…Gray was finished. Done for. Completely and hopelessly lost in the softest, most tender embrace he’d ever known. He held her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“What is it? For God’s sake, what is it about me you find so intolerable? So wretchedly unbearable you can’t even stand… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Miss Finch, it’s not wise for officers to quarter in the same house with an unmarried gentlewoman. Have a care for your… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You have a mouth made for kissing," he murmured, angling her to face him. "Did you know that?" She shook her head.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I’m so sorry,” he said between kisses. “For what I said that night. For leaving you earlier. I never meant-“ “I know,”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Julian," she said huskily, "you were right the other morning. You know me so well. I'm not made for illicit affaires ,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“This explains so much," she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. "You're compensating for this withered appendage." Withered appendage? What the devil was… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“You think a few features scattered on your face make you plain? I am ugly to the core. All England knows it. And after… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“I’d be more than happy to let you survey my physical perfection in its entirety. But only if I get to see you, too.”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“Words for everyday showers of prettiness, and the kind of misty loveliness that disappears whenever you try to grasp it. Beauty that’s heralded by… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“ The captain? Sophia stood staring numbly after him. Had he just said he’d introduce her to the captain? Of someone else was the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“Madeline stood before him in a gown of rich, emerald-green silk. The low-cut bodice did miraculous things for her bosom, and the vibrant color… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“And she was well-enough acquainted with loneliness to understand that the worst part wasn't having nobody caring for you - it was having nobody… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“He stood in the doorway to a side chamber, bared to the waist and dripping. He propped one shoulder against the doorway and clutched… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“And you claim to be feeling this way. Floatish. Singsong-ish. About me.” She sighed. “Yes.” “That’s absurd.” “I know, but I can’t seem to… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“No, of course she didn't say it. But there is no other reason she should have called, except to pave the way for her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“And there it was. The prim face of censure he’d been seeking. A strange sense of satisfaction descended on him. Divine justice, perhaps. Other… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“Another sketch-this one of Gabriel-hung on the all above the water cask. It swiveled gently on a single tack; or rather, the paper hung… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“I know what you’re thinking, Gray,” O’Shea’s brogue lilted down through the skylight one warm morning, while Sophia was hard at work. Mr. Grayson… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“The path was a familiar one. Over the years she’d resided in Spindle Cove, Susanna must have walked it thousands of times. She knew… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
“Miss Finch, it’s not wise for officers to quarter in the same house with an unmarried gentlewoman. Have a care for your reputation, if… — Tessa Dare Copy Share
