Damsel in distress Quote by Melanie Dickerson

“There was nothing I wanted more than to be Val’s lover.”

— Santino Hassell

“If this was love, it felt different than she'd imagined it would, walking a thin line between passion and terror. It was Romeo and…

— Nenia Campbell

“There were things one could do, things so terrible, Val was certain they could make someone stop loving you. She was equally certain that…

— Nenia Campbell

“Thrown from the garden, she searches for true love. but she needs an heir.”

— Suzanne Stroh

“He must lay siege against Briseis' walls and conquer her. Love would be his sword and he would break all her chains.”

— Janell Rhiannon

“There was nothing I wanted more than to be Val’s lover. Maybe it would sound pathetic to him or Meredith or even Charles, but…

— Santino Hassell

“In all his centuries of existence, he’d never before taken a lover he considered his on every level. He’d kill for her, destroy for…

— Nalini Singh

“Like an echo in the wind, love had come to him a second time and he was more than grateful it had. It meant…

— Regan Walker

“El, you are telling me to run away with a man to become his mistress." "I am telling you to be happy. Even if…

— Jennifer Ashley

“Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I will end up an old maid.”

— Jane Austen

“...she fell in love with men who would not have her or could not keep her.”

— Lauren Oliver

“Aye, though he loved her from his soul with such a self denying love as woman seldom wins; he spoke from first to last…

— Charles Dickens