So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me? — Tessa Dare Code 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… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Diana opened her eyes and steeled her resolve. Some days, she decided, freedom meant the wind in your hair and the sun… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I've spent years studying all sorts of creatures. Do you know what I've noticed? The ones that build themselves the toughest, strongest… — Tessa Dare Animals Copy Share Image
“I need to know,” he said. “I need to know, right now, if you’re mine. I’ve been patient for years, and if… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I lived in the grip of laudanum. I know what it is to crave. To tremble with wanting, be ruled by need.… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
“Dodgy bastard,” one of the twins spat. A trickle of blood from his temple made it hard to tell which one. “Shite… — Tessa Dare Twins Copy Share Image
“I'm here to present my findings at the symposium. I'm an esteemed member of the Society, with an impressive record of scholarship,… — Tessa Dare Geologist 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 Curses 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 Fantasies Copy Share Image
“Do you know what Aunt Marmoset told me once? She compared you to a spice drop. Overpowering and hard at first, but… — 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 Deserve love Copy Share Image
Don’t you do that.” She turned away from the mirror, toward him. “Don’t you dare make a joke. It took a great… — Tessa Dare Courage Copy Share Image
“You had your chance to explore every bit of me. Now it's my turn." And explore he did. Most thoroughly. He ran… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“It isna flouncing," he said. "It's pacing." "If you say so, Captain MacFlouncy." "Or prowling." "Prowling." She arched one eyebrow. "Like a… — Tessa Dare Maddie-and-logan 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… — Tessa Dare Beauty 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
“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
“Izzy was utterly convinced. Never mind Arabian horses, African cheetahs. No creature in the world could bolt so quickly as a rake… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Outside of muttering his way through Sunday service, Aaron had not voiced a conscious prayer in more than ten years. He supposed… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
She’d always wondered what it would feel like to stand on one end of a ballroom and watch a handsome, powerful man… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“She was so desperate to love and be loved, she could sprout tender feelings toward a rock. And rocks didn’t call her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“He’d imprisoned himself in this castle to rot. He’d cut off all contact with the outside world. And just when he thought… — Tessa Dare Castle Copy Share Image
“Maybe ‘beautiful’ isn’t the proper word. It’s too common, and the way you look is . . . rare. You deserve a… — Tessa Dare Beautiful Copy Share Image
How is it you’ve never married?” A soft splash. “It’s an easy enough thing. Every morning I wake up, go about my… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Mr. Sand, do you think it's possible to fall in love in the space of a single day?" He smiled. "I wouldn't… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“She’d always envied beautiful women. Not solely for the beauty itself but because when attributes were parceled out by whatever deity assigned… — Tessa Dare Beautiful women Copy Share Image
“He shushed her. “Goodnight. We’re trapped together in a small, dark space. For the moment, we’re getting on as well as could… — Tessa Dare Enemies-to-lovers Copy Share Image
He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative.… — Tessa Dare Body Copy Share Image
“Ransom?” She struggled to sit up. “What are you do—?” He laid his tongue to her core. “Oh.” She flopped back against… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Gray’s teeth ground like millstones. At this rate, they wouldn’t need a hanging. The effort required to hold his tongue in the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Yes, of course,” she replied with a shrug. “For the first year I knew you, perhaps two—I thought you were put on… — tessa dare Nature 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
“Let them know the real me. All my weaknesses. Yes, I’ll make plans to do that. Right on the heels of your… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I have to go," he said. "You don't understand. Someone wants to kill me. "Someone wants to kill you?" she repeated. "Well,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Thank you,” she forced herself to say. “I would be most . . . relieved.” He led her to the floor, where… — Tessa Dare Dance Copy Share Image
“You see, a man's... ahem... is shaped differently from a woman's..." Mama fluttered her hand. "... whatsit. And in the marital bed,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“There's a great deal you can sense about people without seeing them at all. Scents, sounds, textures. It amazes me sometimes how… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Of the three Highwood sisters, she was the only dark-haired one, the only bespectacled one, the only one who preferred sturdy lace-up… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“ I rather adore that about you. Her heart gave a bittersweet twinge. Don't be greedy, she told herself. With a bit… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
