Degrees Quote by Lisa Kleypas

“While I worked, I thought about Earl's wife, tried to bring forth an image of the once-passionate woman: her tired, withdrawn, unsuspecting face. Would…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“In other words, you'll pretend to be someone else in order to snag a husband." "Oh, for heaven's sake," she said defensively, "it's no…

— Sabrina Jeffries

“This embittered thought brought to her mind the several occasions upon which she might, had she been the kind of female his lordship no…

— Georgette Heyer

So, what do you think, my dear, will it be a girl or a boy?” “It will be a soul-stealer, apparently.” “What!” The earl…

— Gail Carriger

“I’m a decade her senior. I was a friend of her father, and I’m sure she looks upon me like a benevolent uncle. Even…

— Kathryn Smith

“I think,” Berta remarked with a proud little smile when she was seated alone in the drawing room beside Elizabeth, “he’s having second thoughts…

— Judith McNaught

“Leaning back in his chair, Westcliff regarded him with a cool speculation that raised Simon’s hackles. “I hope you’re not fool enough to fall…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Dale, a Plutonian Dreg Bug, the kind with seventeen eyes and a bad temper, got nailed in one of his eyes by a wild…

— Neil Leckman

“You don’t understand!” she exclaimed bitterly. “That,” said his lordship, with a touch of acidity, “is a foolish accusation which lacks even the saving…

— Georgette Heyer

“Dost thou verily think that the Earl of Birmingham is low enough to plead for his life?' Sir Robert returned angrily, the wrathful blood…

— Alicia A. Willis

I beg your pardon for questioning your judgement," she said. "It is nothing to me, after all, if it proves faulty. I am not…

— Loretta Chase

“General Lawry would rather plead guilty than allow his family’s dirty laundry to be aired out by the wife of one of his former…

— Marie Force