Karen Hawkins QUOTES

2 " Her gaze flickered to the balcony doors and back, her brows knitted in confusion. “My balcony doesn’t connect to yours.”
“I jumped.” He grinned at the flash of concern he saw in “her eyes. “At dinner, your grandmother informed me that you’d be moving to the room beside mine. She also mentioned how close my balcony was to yours; so close that even an old lady like herself could leap between the two without the least effort.”
Venetia’s cheeks heated and she pulled her nightgown closer. “Grandmama is anything but subtle.”
“Almost as subtle as your mother.”
“Oh, no! Not Mama, too.”

Gregor paused beside a small table to pick up a silver tray holding a cut crystal decanter and matching glasses and set it on the table before Venetia. “Your mother was concerned I might be afraid of heights. She told me that if she were thinking of jumping between the balconies and couldn’t bring herself to make the leap, it might be possible to pick the lock on the connecting door with, say, a cravat pin.”
Venetia blushed. “I’m surprised they aren’t in here now, throwing rose petals before you as you walk.”
“I would never countenance petal tossing. Too showy. "

― Karen Hawkins , To Scotland, With Love (MacLean Curse, #2)

4 " No woman worth her salt would listen to a proposal without the word ‘love’ in it. "

― Karen Hawkins , How to Capture a Countess (The Duchess Diaries, #1)

6 " With a hoarse moan, he swept her against him, kissing her wildly, passionately, his mouth promising and teasing, as if her kiss had broken the dam that had held back his passion. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Princess Wore Plaid (The Oxenburg Princes, #2.5)

8 " I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a
woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man. "

― Karen Hawkins , How to Abduct a Highland Lord (MacLean Curse, #1)

10 " Love doesna always mean burning flashes o' passion. Sometimes, it's jus' the warmth o' yer hearts as they beat yer day together." ~Old Woman Nora to her three wee granddaughters on a cold winter's night. "

― Karen Hawkins , Sleepless in Scotland (MacLean Curse, #4)

12 " I dinna think tis romantic when a man says he's willin' t' give his life fer the woman he loves. Give me instead a man who'd fight to keep us both alive and kickin'! There's naught rommantic about a dead man, beau or no. "

― Karen Hawkins , To Scotland, With Love (MacLean Curse, #2)

14 " One of the benefits of travelling is that you learn what you truly value when you are home. And little things that you might take for granted are sweeter, softer, larger, and infinitely better for the experience of not having them. "

― Karen Hawkins , One Night in Scotland (Hurst Amulet, #1)

16 " If you ever find yourself presented with a fork in the road of life and you do not know the correct direction, close your eyes and listen to your heart. I have found more adventure, more love, more happiness, and more life by listening to who I am, rather than attempting to tell myself. "

― Karen Hawkins , One Night in Scotland (Hurst Amulet, #1)

18 " I don't know which is more telling about a soul, their laughter or their tears. I suspect the latter, but hope for the former, "

― Karen Hawkins , Scandal in Scotland (Hurst Amulet, #2)

20 " There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting. "

― Karen Hawkins , To Scotland, With Love (MacLean Curse, #2)