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Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss) QUOTES

Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss) QUOTES

1 " He clutched his hands into a ball, praying, Why, God, why? I’ve been a faithful servant and served my church well. So why do You feel the need to test me? Actually, punish would be a more apt description. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

2 " I told you he had calico fever,” he drawled in a Texas twang. “Why else would a young man mope around like a tick-fevered doggie? "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

3 " Miss Princeton is . . .” He searched for a way to describe her. “Reckless.”
“Reckless?” The word escaped all four men in perfect harmony.
He sighed. It wasn’t like him to talk about personal matters. Drawing attention to himself was not his style. Back home in Phoenix people expected their ministers to be dignified and sedate. At age thirty, he’d served his church well. He could only imagine what his congregation would say if they knew how their esteemed leader bared his soul to a group of near strangers.
“Maybe that’s not the right word but . . .” He couldn’t think of another. “She taught our church ladies to play rounders.”
The eye behind the monocle never wavered from its examination of him. “Far as I know, rounders isn’t a sin. Why are you all riled up? "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

4 " What’s more, Miss Princeton sided with the Methodists.”
“No!” the preacher from Wyoming exclaimed with a hint of amusement.
“She also discussed politics in the churchyard.”
“Shocking,” exclaimed the reverend from Colorado with mock gravity.
Gregory studied the others; were they not taking him seriously? “And she made the children laugh during Bible class. Can you imagine? Laughing in church? And when I disapproved of a young couple holding hands during the Doxology, she called me a stuffed shirt. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

5 " Of course it is. Marriage is out of the question. It’s highly unlikely that God means for her to be a preacher’s wife.” Such a woman would have to be modest, reserved, and obedient—all the things
Elizabeth Princeton was not.
“As unlikely as Sarai and Abram having a child in their old age?” Alden asked.
“Or Moses, a man slow of speech, becoming a leader and great orator?” added the preacher with the watch.
The Texan gave a nod. “Or a lowly shepherd boy takin’ down Goliath without benefit of a firearm?”
Soon a friendly game was in progress with the four older preachers vying to name God’s most unlikely servants. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

6 " She had on men’s clothes—the hat, britches, shirt, boots, even a six-gun she wore on her hip. It had never bothered her before Rylan Carstens.
She wiped her eyes. It was sure enough bothering her now. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

7 " Tossing aside her buckskin gloves, she pulled her red handkerchief out of her hip pocket—no lace kerchief tucked up her sleeve for Maizy—and wiped her eyes again, then blew her nose in a completely unladylike way.
How had she let herself get this upset? And over a man, of all things. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

8 " She’d heard they were gentle, even the bulls. And she was savvy about cattle. She knew how to judge their tempers and stay clear of them when necessary. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

9 " She took a little pleasure in defying him. And it was a harmless defiance, especially if he didn’t know she was here. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

10 " Rylan bent low over his horse, coming as fast as he could on the rocky ground that rose to this bluff along the river. Was he trying to kill her? If so, he was doing a poor job of it. The bullets were missing, going way over her head. But even on her worst day, she’d never done anything to make the man killing mad.
And Maizy knew, even though Rylan seemed like a mighty cranky man, that he wasn’t the type to shoot a young woman, especially not for just being annoying. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

11 " Pound for pound there was no meaner animal on the face of the earth than a grizzly. Maizy had a Colt in her holster, but a bullet wasn’t enough to bring one of these huge beasts down. Maybe a perfect shot right into the heart or brain would do it . . . but mostly . . . getting shot just made ’em mad. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

12 " Maizy saw her chance and ran.
A shout and another blast of gunfire sent Maizy running straight down the grassy slope for Rylan.
Her eyes locked with his and she saw horror. She thought he’d seen her, but she could tell he’d been out here riding herd and seen the grizzly.
A thud from behind told her the bear was off the ledge. Another growl seemed to blow hot breath on the back of Maizy’s neck. Or maybe that was just the hair on the back of her neck standing up in pure terror. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

13 " She sure as shootin’ hoped that proved to be true. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

14 " The isolation of this place tightened like a vise around her throat. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

15 " Because she was praying so hard when she felt a twist of fear about his leg, she decided it was God putting the notion in her head. She’d get the boot off while Rylan was unconscious. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

16 " Except for those occasional looks, she’d always had the impression he was avoiding her. And the fact that he was so attractive pinched hard.
She’d done her best to ignore him, but she’d taken a liking to his herd of shining black Angus cattle. In fact she liked them a whole lot more than him. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

17 " When they did, she wore a dress, but she grumbled the whole time. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

18 " He’d always seemed ageless. Until Maizy’s recklessness had nearly killed a man. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

19 " I liked having you tag along with me on the ranch when you were just a sprout. I was hurtin’ bad from missing your ma, and I wanted you with me.” Then Pa took her by the shoulders and held her away from him. “And ever since you was half-grown, you did your share and part of mine. I’ve needed you. Truth be told, I doubt I could’ve made a go of this ranch without you. I’ve been a selfish old man who decided I didn’t have to live by any rules but my own, and that’s my sin. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)

20 " Maizy was a little bit afraid of what it might be because Pa had gotten a few wild ideas in his day. "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)