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I’m so sorry we’ll never meet,” she whispered, laying her posy atop the late Lord and Lady Payne’s grave. “But thank you.… — Tessa Dare Blessing Copy Share Image
“You are so beautiful,” he sighed into her hair. She tried to check her girlish giggle, unsuccessfully. “Gray, it’s dark as pitch.… — Tessa Dare Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“He had to be joking. “You can’t be asking me to marry you.” He sighed with annoyance. “I am a duke. I’m… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
He was right. They could have a whole conversation without exchanging a word. And the conversation they had right now went like… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I’m offering you a title and fortune. All you have to do is lie back in the dark, then spend nine months… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
“You’re mine,” he said hoarsely, lifting his head and staring deep into her eyes, willing her to believe. “If you leave, I… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
“He clutched her bottom, bringing her pelvis flush with his . His hardness ground against her, sending pleasure rushing through her veins.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
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“A hand clapped on her shoulder. Milk sloshed over the side of the pail, dousing her hand and splattering her skirts. A… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I can’t believe this. You go ashore for two hours of trade, and somehow you’ve exchanged an experienced sailor for a governess.”… — Tessa Dare Sailor 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 Time Copy Share Image
“That girl loves you, Gray. We’re going to get out of this, and when we do-I’d bet a hundred sovereigns to one,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“For the first time since they'd left the inn, his eyes stopped roaming the hills and crags of the countryside and roamed… — Tessa Dare Desire Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what to do with you,” he said, his voice growing curt with anger again. “Deceitful little minx. I’m of… — Tessa Dare Every moment Copy Share Image
“Have you been kissed before?” “I don’t know whether to say yes or no. Which answer will make you do it again?”… — 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 Historical-romance Copy Share Image
Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are… — Tessa Dare Books Copy Share Image
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“Thorne looked to the woolly beast at his [Bram's] knee and and cocked a brow. "You seem to have acquired a lamb,… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I need a penny,” Pauline said. “Quickly, give me a penny.” He fished in his pocket and produced a coin, then dropped… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“He shook his head, looking perplexed. “I even like it when you snipe at me.” “You’ve seen me with a gun. If… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel." "Why not? Because I'm a woman?" "No, because I've seen… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“His first glimpse of Izzy Goodnight was to see her bathed in gold. The sunlight showed him, in blazing relief, a slender,… — Tessa Dare Blindness Copy Share Image
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“For God’s sake. Don’t do that.” “Don’t do what?” “Smile.” “How do you know I’m smiling?” “I can hear it. Hell, I… — Tessa Dare Smiling Copy Share Image
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“Well,” he breathed against her ear, “I happen to have a few depraved fantasies of my own.” The words hummed in her… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“I don't care who he is. He needs to disappear." Ransom turned and called out the window. "For the love of G-d… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
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“Griff had never been the fanciful sort, even as a boy. When he was with Pauline, the world was different. She forced… — Tessa Dare Historical-romance Copy Share Image
“Feel that?” he growled. She nodded. Good Lord, how could she not? “I’ve been hard for you for days, Minerva. Since before… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
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This is ideal, you’ll see. We do everything backward. It’s just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we… — Tessa Dare Age Copy Share Image
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“He let his eyes flitter over her. “I don’t see anything ‘precisely.’ I can tell you’re slender. I can see you’re wearing… — Tessa Dare Octopus 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 Apology Copy Share Image