“From my vantage point I can see the back of his neck flush pink beneath his collar. He's got freckles there, too.… — Jessica Spotswood Cate Copy Share Image
“Everybody breaks at some point. It's how you patch yourself up that counts" -Connor” — Jessica Spotswood Copy Share Image
“He may not have said the words, but I know my son. I saw the way he looked at you." "How?" "Like… — Jessica Spotswood Finn Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine a life without books. Without Father's stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, without pirate stories and fairy… — Jessica Spotswood Ancient greek Copy Share Image
“Maura looks stunned, as though she's been slapped. "What about me? Don't you trust me?" She gives a hysterical little laugh. Tears… — Jessica Spotswood Ambition Copy Share Image
“I have never been this close to a man before. Something stirs deep, pulsing through my body, and its quite like the… — Jessica Spotswood Cate Copy Share Image
“I can’t see any other reason he would shut down the bookshop, unless it was to help you somehow. He loves books.'… — Jessica Spotswood Books Copy Share Image
“I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days,… — Jessica Spotswood Cate Copy Share Image
“Brother Ralston smiles fondly, only too willing to believe in my womanly frailty. If it weren’t to my advantage, I’d slap the… — Jessica Spotswood Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“I fumble with the top button of his vest and, when it comes undone, tug at the next one. Finn catches my… — Jessica Spotswood Copy Share Image
“I give Finn a wicked smile. "Don't you think a peg leg would be charming? Like a pirate? The first mate of… — Jessica Spotswood Cate Copy Share Image
“Tess focuses on Cyclops’s placid, one-eyes face. He lost one of his black button eyes year ago, but she wouldn’t let Mrs.… — Jessica Spotswood Copy Share Image
“Countries are forged by war; perhaps girls are, too. New England and I will be reborn together in this war between the… — Jessica Spotswood Bitter cold Copy Share Image
“You, in the moonlight, in this library, in this dress--" His eyes rove over me, from my frothy pink skirts embroidered with… — Jessica Spotswood Dream Copy Share Image
“Cate, I cant say what you want to hear. Not yet. I want you to know that-- when I do, I'll mean… — Jessica Spotswood Amazing woman Copy Share Image
“Get on with it," Mrs. O'Hare prompts, and I do, wrapping the bandage snugly over Finn's instep and up his calf― which… — Jessica Spotswood Cate Copy Share Image
“No matter how safe and beautiful it is, a cage is still a cage.” — Jessica Spotswood Beauty Copy Share Image
“It was the winter after Mother died, and Mrs. Corbett and some of the Brother's wives came to call. They kept bleating… — Jessica Spotswood Dear mother Copy Share Image
“You don't have to apologize for your feelings. You can't make yourself fall in love with somebody.” — Jessica Spotswood Fall in love Copy Share Image
“The universe has yet to take my wishes under consideration.” — Jessica Spotswood Physics Copy Share Image
