“The two men brushed shoulders in passing, in what Sophia assumed qualified as an acceptably masculine substitute for an embrace. How grateful… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You have splinters in your back.” “Do I? Well, you have a small fortune between your breasts.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.” — Tessa Dare Abundance Copy Share Image
“Izzy felt as though she’d wandered into the third act of a play. She had no idea what was going on, but… — Tessa Dare Dramatic Copy Share Image
“You are mine,” he whispered into her. “And the world is ours. There is nowhere beneath this sky that we do not… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going… — Tessa Dare Blushing Copy Share Image
“But when the sun goes down? We’re all just stumbling through the darkness, trying to outlast another night.” — Tessa Dare Darkness 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 Freedom Copy Share Image
“With a snap of linen, she shot him a look. “Smote?” “Grammatically speaking, I think the word you want is ‘smote.’ ”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Your breasts are alabaster orbs.' "What?" Rufus objected. "That's stupid. I'm not saying that." "Do you have some better suggestion?" "Why can't… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced that any of you possess the sense or… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“If Emma didn’t keep his attention focused on her, he would see Alexandra, and this already uncomfortable scene would enter . .… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from… — Tessa Dare Constellations Copy Share Image
So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the… — Tessa Dare Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“There was good in him. Raw, molten goodness, bubbling deep in his core. But he didn’t possess the charm or manners to… — Tessa Dare Volcano Copy Share Image
“Or could it be that you’ve come to care for me, carry me in your heart—unexpectedly, irrevocably. The way I’ve come to… — Tessa Dare Love Copy Share Image
“What if I told you I know the risks, and I'm willing to take my chances?" "It wouldn't change a thing. Those… — Tessa Dare Love Copy Share Image
“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.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“What the devil was Davy doing up there with a marlinespike? That’s what I’d like to know. It’s a sailors duty.” She… — Tessa Dare Falling in love Copy Share Image
“Bram stared into a pair of wide, dark eyes. Eyes that reflected a surprising glimmer of intelligence. This might be the rare… — Tessa Dare British army Copy Share Image
“I’m telling you, you bastard, you’re going to pay for that rum. In gold or goods, I don’t care which.” “Captain Mallory.”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I won’t tire of her,” Gray protested, just to be contrary. Because, apparently, that was how brothers behaved. “Perhaps a dolphin… — Tessa Dare Damaged goods 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 Time Copy Share Image
“Oh . . . goodness. She hadn’t known. She couldn’t have known, sheltered as she’d lived, and he couldn’t have guessed. But… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You ought to take care how you bat those eyelashes, sweetheart. One of these days, you’re likely to knock a man overboard.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Amazing, then, how with that one remark, he made a mortifying situation thirteen times worse. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“She smiled. “Do you know, I suspected you were a good man, deep down. Even if very, very, very deep down. In… — Tessa Dare Good man Copy Share Image
This is the normal way with birthdays, see? Amazingly enough, they arrive on the same day, every year. — Tessa Dare Birthday Copy Share Image
“Given her choice of any three words to hear from Logan's lips, Maddie probably would have chosen I love you. But she… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection. — Tessa Dare Affection Copy Share Image
“When you’re not flapping like an outraged chicken, I sometimes think you’re the most beautiful woman in the world.” — Tessa Dare Beautiful 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 Confidence Copy Share Image
Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“What is it?' 'Something is about to happen, and I want you to see it. I want to be with you when… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Language was a vast, complicated tapestry. The key to communication was finding a common thread.” — Tessa Dare Communication Copy Share Image
He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet. — Tessa Dare Beautiful Copy Share Image
Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“She knew nothing. She was an idiot, an imbecile, a simpleton, and a ninny. Boarding a ship under an assumed name, then… — Tessa Dare Idiot Copy Share Image
“Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed—because foolish women gave them the chance” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
