Home > Work > The Duke (Knight Miscellany, #1)
1 " Mind you, after your silly debutantes have finished their proper posture and walking lessons, tell them it never killed any young lady to remove the book from off the top of her head and open it for a change. Just like I taught you. "
― Gaelen Foley , The Duke (Knight Miscellany, #1)
2 " No man that good-looking could be a bachelor. Life wasn't that kind. "
3 " Our souls need music, Robert, as our bodies need touch. "
4 " I’ll never leave you. I’ll never mistreat you. I think you know that by now. Try with me. Let us find what we may find.”“What do you expect to find, Robert?”“How should I know? I’ve never experienced anything like this before in my life.” Tears shone briefly under her graceful long lashes before she blinked them away and glanced at him again with a reluctant twist of a smile. Sitting up, she wrapped her arms around her bent knees and sighed.“You are asking us both to set ourselves up for great hurt when it comes time for me to leave.”“Leave? Don’t speak of leaving, angel. You must stay forever.”“As your mistress.”“As my love,” he countered insistently. "
5 " I’ll never leave you. I’ll never mistreat you. I think you know that by now. Try with me. Let us find what wemay find.”“What do you expect to find, Robert?”“How should I know? I’ve never experienced anything like this before in my life.”Tears shone briefly under her graceful long lashes before she blinked them away and glanced at himagain with a reluctant twist of a smile. Sitting up, she wrapped her arms around her bent knees andsighed. “You are asking us both to set ourselves up for great hurt when it comes time for me to leave.”“Leave? Don’t speak of leaving, angel. You must stay forever.”“As your mistress.”“As my love,” he countered insistently. "
6 " You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besides—” He captured her hand and stoppedher from walking on, holding her in place.“Besides what, you insufferable prude?”“Prude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?”“Don’t you dare.”“Then don’t call me names.”“You started it. "
7 " You’re safe now .. .and I love you.”She lifted her face and turned to him, her eyes wide at his words, her lips soft and trembling. “I love you,too, Robert,” she said very quietly. “I shouldn’t, but I do. "
8 " I’ve been wanting to do this all night. Give me those luscious—” He ripped the front of her bodiceopen, freed her breasts, and buried his face between them. “Mmmm. God, I could devour you,” hemoaned as his hot, wet mouth captured her nipple.Bel gasped then let out a low, breathless laugh of delirious pleasure. "
9 " for the first time, in this unforeseen way, with half a house between them, the frigid star of the demimonde finally allowed a man to touch her. "
10 " When you love a man, you are in his power. "
11 " If you let true love escape you, all for the sake of your worldly fame, one day you will wake up and realize you are no better than I - a blind, bloody fool. "
