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1 " Better to say—we’ll find you a man of discerning tastes, who knows brilliance when he sees it, and knows to treasure it, too.” She hesitated. “Gentlemen don’t want a lady who knows more than them.” “Your mother told you that?” When she nodded, he pulled a face. “Well, that isn’t quite true. Some men reckon it a very fine thing, to have a wife with a brain. "
― Meredith Duran , Luck Be a Lady (Rules for the Reckless, #4)
2 " He was nature’s cruel trick on the fairer sex, the perfect picture of dark, charming, masculine wickedness. Shining black hair, high cheekbones, lips as full as a woman’s . . . That was surely a flaw. But then, he had that brutal jaw and chin to make up for it . . . and the slight bump to his high-bridged nose, suggestive of some violent fracture in his past. “Mr. "
3 " Here, inside her rooms, as she stood naked before him, an enchanted silence enclosed them, profound and "
4 " This was banter, all right—pointed and spiky, the kind he’d expect from a bloke. A blunt tongue in an angel’s body: it was the devil’s own recipe to enamor him. "
5 " Mr. O’Shea,” his wife said coolly. “Such language—” “One day you’ll call me Nick.” “One day I might call you Beelzebub. What of it? "
6 " life will always give you a reason to look away from opportunities. But courage means grabbing them, no matter the circumstances. "
7 " You don’t beg for anyone. For it never comes to good. Nothing’s worth that price. And I don’t mean the price is honor or pride. I mean, it’s got to do with knowing your own worth. "
8 " Kindness never cost me a penny,” he said. “I see no need to hoard it.” She "
9 " Shocking you? No. But here’s a promise: if I get you beneath me again, you’ll enjoy it even more. It’ll only get better, Kitty. Why, the fifth or sixth time, I expect I’ll make you come just by kissing your sweet little nipples. I’ll suck them slow and soft, and then hard. And when I use my teeth on you, the slightest scrape—” “Stop. "
10 " Only the tips of her stockings showed, quick flashes of white lace. She wore lace stockings to bed. Now, why should that be the best news he’d had all day? Should "
11 " She had that kind of power, though thank God she didn’t know it. She had no idea that she could light up a room like a lamp at midnight. He "
12 " As a child, she’d longed desperately for a true friend. And secretly, in some corner of her soul, she’d never stopped wishing for that. "
