“Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother. She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze. She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.” LoveRomancePassionHistoryTormentHistorical RomanceVictorian RomanceAmerican Historical RomanceHistorical Victorian Romance Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you by 130 pounds, how could you possibly be afraid of me!" He laughed.” RomancePassionDramaPassionateTormentHistorical RomanceTenseVictorian RomanceAmerican Historical Romance Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“She is an able negotiator and a strong ally." Pickering said, as his eyes caressed her lovely face. He noticed both her arms were wrapped tightly around Victor's, and that she looked up at him with such commitment that it made his cynical view of love soften. Reminding him bittersweetly of how he had felt once, a very long time ago.” LoveRelationshipsFriendshipEmotionsBetrayalResilienceHonourTormentHuman EmotionsHistorical Backdrop Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six.” PassionRelationshipsFriendshipEmotionsBetrayalHonourTormentTenseHuman EmotionsLiterary Novel Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“Nearing the Riefler's big red brick house he could see the yellow light spill out on the galerie Yvonne had insisted her German husband wrap around the house. There was a tightening in Victor's chest. It happened to him whenever he got close to the Riefler's house, or church on Sunday- anytime he thought he might catch a glimpse of Celena.” PassionRelationshipsDramaDramaticTormentIntrigueTenseFiction WritingCaptivatingLiterary Novel Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with what she considered to be the silly confines of love or marriage.” LovePassionFriendshipEmotionsBetrayalResilienceHonourTormentHuman EmotionsHistorical Backdrop Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing