“I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in public and are only marginally better in private. I only find you remotely tolerable when you're kissing me.” MenI CanLike YouKissingMajorityDenyAttractiveBehaveTolerableInfatuatedI Don't Like YouAttractive Man Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his liturgy. "There's an established rite, Your Grace. Marriage must be entered into with solemnity and consideration. I don't know that I can rush--" "Ten minutes. One thousand guineas." The liturgy snapped closed. "Then again, what do a few extra minutes signify to an eternal God?" He beckoned Amelia with a fluttering, papery hand. "Make haste, child. You're about to be married.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenI CanHandsGraceMinutesThousandTenEternalMarriedGenerousExtrasConsiderationBeing MarriedHasteRiteDonationAmeliaGuineaFrowningParishFlutteringLiturgySolemnity Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you." "I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too." His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me.” ThinkingKnowsWaySaidStillsI CanBitsHurtPromiseEqualFingersKillingLipsIronyTruthfulCheeksThumbsBruisedBeing TruthfulGetting HurtPromise Me Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” IfsMenWantMindHeartLittlesSaidI CanDifferentSoulBodyEyeLove YouGreenBottomLipsWhat You WantIntensityThumbsBecause I CanOnly LoveBreathtakingGreen EyesMind Heart Author:Tessa Dare
“What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I can’t let you do that. I . . . I forbid you.” It was Colin’s first attempt at forbidding anyone to do anything, and it worked about as well as he’d expected it to. Which was to say, not at all.” FirstsWellsMeanI CanFiveHundredExpectedMiles Author:Tessa Dare
“I don’t know. What do people see when they gaze at the sky? Inspiration? Beauty?” She heard him sigh. “Truth be told, this view always intimidated me. The sky’s so vast. I can’t help but feel it has expectations of me. Ones I’m already failing.” He was silent for a long moment. “It reminds me of your eyes.” PeopleKnowsFeelsLongI CanMomentsHelpingInspirationEyeViewsFailingHeardSkyTruth IsExpectationsSilentSighIntimidatedTruth Be Told Author:Tessa Dare
“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. For him. I promise, I’ll love him as fiercely as I can. Kindly send down some blessings when you can spare them. We’ll probably need them, from time to time.” NeedsI CanLordPromiseBlessingLateSorryGravesSparesI PromiseI'm So SorryLords And LadiesPosies Author:Tessa Dare
