“Sometimes life could be astonishingly efficient in dispensing mortifications. In the space of a minute, she would be exposed before three male… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Why must this be so mortifying? Oh, that's right. Because its my life.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“My God, what’s happened?” He crossed to her at once and knelt at her side. “What is it? Tell me.” “It’s ruined,”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I adored you. All my life, I adored you. I asked nothing of you. No promises, no courtship. I surrendered my virtue.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“The question is, Miss Finch . . . what are you doing in this village?” “I’ve been trying to explain it to… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“And yet, I can’t believe it’s been only a month that I’ve known you. I can’t decide whether it’s been the longest… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“No man deserves a woman like that. He mortgages his very soul to win her and spends his life paying off the… — Tessa Dare 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 Copy Share Image
“Which one was it? He’ll pay for it with his life, I swear to you.” “Settle down, Gray. And for God’s sake,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
The pain of an injury is over in seconds. Everything that comes after is the pain of getting well." He gave her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“That”-Mr. Grayson slammed the door of the captain’s cabin-“was the most breathtaking display of stupidity I have ever witnessed in my life.”… — 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 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
“Ransom knew he’d regret the words he was about to speak. Because they were the decent thing to do, and if there… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Of course you don't deserve her. No man deserves a woman like that. He mortgages his very soul to win her and… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“...I will find living quarters of my own." "Alone? You cannot live alone." "I most certainly can. I am a single woman… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Everything in his life backfired. First that rocket at Waterloo. Then his engagement. Now this whole blasted arrangement with Emma. Despite the… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“ 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
