“What was the point of his saying with unsettling sobriety that he was prepared to commit to anything if he was in fact not prepared to commit to dealing with her honestly?” RelationshipsHonestyCozy MysteryRegency Romance Book:A Lark's Conceit Source: A Lark's Conceit
“We cannot stand idly by and allow our government to be run by a pack of incompetent ministers.” Nineteenth CenturyCozy MysteryRegency RomanceBritish Politics Book:A Lark's Conceit Source: A Lark's Conceit
“No, my love, if we miss our opportunity to break into [his] residence tonight, the consequences will be grave, for I’m convinced you would never let me forget it was my fault. Then you won’t invite me to help the next time you break into a gentleman’s apartments and I will be forced to sneak up on you whilst you are hiding in a dark corner, and your shout of alarm will alert the butler, which will cause a great ruckus involving Runners and magistrates. And that must be avoided at all costs.” HumorRegency Era Book:A Nefarious Engagement Source: A Nefarious Engagement
“I would offer to share my knowledge of locks, which, despite your mockery, is actually quite considerable, in a private tutorial, but I fear your aunt would insist on joining that as well,” he said, taking her hand and raising it to his lips.” HumorRegency Era Book:A Nefarious Engagement Source: A Nefarious Engagement
“When taking a suitor to task for not demonstrating sufficient impatience to declare himself so as to scale the wall outside your bedchamber and enter your room through the window, which, you will recall, you did last night,” he said with conversational ease as if arriving to take tea in her sitting room, “it’s commonly accepted courtesy to have a window through which he may enter. In the absence of just such an aperture, I was forced to sneak into the house through the front door.” HumorRomantic ComedyRegency Era Book:A Nefarious Engagement Source: A Nefarious Engagement
“If Bea was going to list her fears in descending order of greatness, surely being widely known as a deranged killer ranked higher than meeting the staff at the Matlock ancestral home.” FearsRegency Era Book:A Wretched Folly: A Regency Cozy Source: A Wretched Folly: A Regency Cozy
“You are a monster of selfishness and greed, bearing no loyalty to anyone but yourself, and you prance across the stage and preen as if ennobled by your inconstancy. You are the rot at the heart of France, and it must be rooted out for the sake of the country.” PoliticsFrench RevolutionCozy MysteryRegency RomanceNapoleonic Wars Book:A Lark's Conceit Source: A Lark's Conceit