“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 Copy Share Image
“He’d made love to her four times now, he realized, but this was his first chance to truly look upon her body.… — Tessa Dare 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 Copy Share Image
“What kind of a modern woman was she, if she didn’t reach for her own dream? Maybe it was time to sweep… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“This would have been the perfect time to continue with his ravishment scheme. He could lay siege to her virginal clothing. Ruthlessly… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Blast. This day had not gone as planned. By this time, he was supposed to be well on his way to the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Pauline, she could almost imagine it to say. Pauline, Pauline, Pauline. That couldn’t be right. It had to be saying something else.… — tessa dare Copy Share Image
“I think you’ve more than made up for lost time now. In fact, I’m certain you’ve exceeded your teasing quota for the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I mean to taste you, mo chridhe. Try not to kick me in the head this time." Despite the warning, her hips… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“ Truly? That whole determined, dangerous saunter across the room was for me ? In that case, would you mind going back… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“The jolt of arousal was immediate. Electric. The moment his hand closed around his rigid staff, her own breeding parts went soft… — Tessa Dare 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 Copy Share Image
“He could not look at her, be near her, think of her, and keep the Kestrel afloat at the same time. No… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man… — Tessa Dare 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 Copy Share Image
“He gave her hand a little squeeze, and she drew in a gasp. Color flooded her cheeks. There, that was better. To… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
She couldn't "heal" him. No woman could. Events that far in the past just couldn't be undone. But perhaps he didn't need… — Tessa Dare 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“You're right,' he told her. 'Kissing is the one thing that would undoubtedly make this moment worse.' 'Oh, Lord.' She leaned forward… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“And even if she could discern what future she wanted . . . How would she bear it if that future didn’t want her?” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Yes, I am certain it’s infatuation. I’ve felt it before.” Now Ash was the one who became a maelstrom of irrational emotion.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“But whether I’m on deck or below it, I’ll never be far.” “Shall I take that as a promise? Or a threat?”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“They don't have the time to take on animals with dietary restrictions and missing legs." "Do you think I don't know that?… — 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
