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The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3) QUOTES

The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3) QUOTES

1 " He doesn't lie so much as wrap the truth in temptation. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

2 " The older woman smiled. 'You're a good girl, my dear. Just what His Grace needs - someone to take him in hand.' Finley didn't think that meant quite what came to mind. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

3 " I'm not going to be a distraction for you, or allow you to be one for me."

"A distraction?" He folded his arms across his chest. "Is that what you think you are? What I am? Bloody hell, woman. I need something to distract me from you! "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

4 " You're not a distraction, you're a bloody obsession. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

5 " I can't promise that I'll never be an ass, or that I'll never make you cry. I can't promise that I won't make you so angry you want to cosh me over the head with a brick. I can't promise you forever...I'd love to, but I can give you right now. I can give you me in all my defective glory. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

6 " Call me Jack, darling. All the pretty girls call me Jack."
Finley rolled her eyes.
Emily grinned at him, bright eyes sparkling. "No doubt they call you many things, some of which they might even repeat in polite company."

"You come here to talk or flirt?" Sam demanded.

Jack smiled. "Unlike you, mate, I'm able to do two fings at once. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

7 " What would I do without you to give me clarity?"
"I imagine you'd suffocate yourself by shoving your head too far up your own backside. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

8 " What am I?"
She grinned. "A pain in my posterior."
He smiled, too, crinkles forming around his eyes. "I like your posterior."
"Yours isn't too shabby, either."
"Answer the question."
"I thought I had. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

9 " Dandy?" Sam was full-on scowling now. "What the hell does that scoundrel want?"
Finley returned his dark expression with one of her own. "You shouldn't use words you can't spell, mutton head. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

10 " I won't keep you from your beauty rest for long, Jack," Finley shot back as she strode into the drawing room. (...)
"I should 'ope not, luv. It takes a lot of rest to be this gorgeous. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

11 " He's rich, handsome and dangerous. You like that."
She smiled at the uncharacteristic lack of self-confidence in his tone. "My dear duke. You are rich, handsome and dangerous."

His lips lifted on one side. "I would never describe myself as dangerous."
"Could you maybe stop talking? I'd like to kiss you but your lips won't stay still."

Eyes twinkling, he pressed his lips shut. Finley smiled and guided his head down to hers. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

12 " Then, like a scene in a comedy - their lips but a breath away from touching - the door to the library burst open and Sam charged into the room like a bull, a map in his hands and Jasper hot on his heels.

Bloody hell, they had brilliant timing. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

13 " Your face is burning so bright, I'm afraid for the draperies. Are you all right?"

Fortunately, no one ever died of embarrassment. "Must be the sun. I always end up looking like a tomato."
"Right," her friends drawled. "Because the sun is so very hot through those thick rain clouds."

"Oh, shut up!" Emily laughed despite herself. "I'm blushing and I've not intention of explaining why. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

14 " I reckon that's the one thing you and I have in common - we both care about Em."
She gave him a small smile. "And we both have naturally charming dispositions."
His lips curved a little at her sarcasm. "That, too. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

15 " The sleeping beauty in the fairy tale was awakened by the kiss of her prince. Finley woke up to the over-whelming and oh-so-not-delightful smell of vinegar.

"Bloody hell!" She cried, lurching upright. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

16 " Spending all this time fretting and fawning over a bloke just wasn't her. If this was what infatuation did to a girl she'd take herself off to a convent in the morning. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

17 " It seemed humans, the scientifically minded ones at least, were either tempting death or trying to prolong life. Surely that was an indication of madness. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

18 " Blokes are different from girls," Sam informed her - still scowling. "We don't need to talk about every little thing. You don't hear me whining when I break a nail."
Finley's own brows pulled together. "Do you ever think before you open your mouth?"
"Did I offend your delicate sensibilities?" Sam asked sweetly. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

19 " Just smashing for a girl's confidence, that was. Nothing like having a bloke's attention wander when you were doing your best to divert him. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)

20 " When he moved to take another sandwich, she pushed the plate just out of his reach. "Talk first. Eat later, Jack."

His gaze narrowed, but there was a twinkled in his eye. "You've become cruel, Treasure. An 'eartless minx what delights in denyin' a man 'is proper tea. A little suspense is good for the digestion. "

― Kady Cross , The Girl with the Iron Touch (Steampunk Chronicles, #3)