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“I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.”
― Christina Dodd, In Bed with the Duke

“Then it kissed me—not as a man would kiss a lover, not with tenderness or even passion. This was a kiss that stole the soul of men. Revulsion at this creature’s kiss was instantly replaced by the warmth stealing through my veins, as if my missing blood were being replenished and contrived to heal me. I craved to keep kissing the beast. My entire being awakened to that kiss feeding me ecstasy, feeding me life.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“Ray looked up and scanned Ilsa from North to South and then from East to West. It only took a moment. Ray was in love. Again. Probably. Conscious of his dashing Hispanic allure, Ray was always optimistic about his chances with the female sex. He had left a very long string of girlfriends in his wake, but there was something about this woman, who projected such shyness about her untapped feminine charms, that made his already active pulse race. Somehow he couldn’t help imagining her blundering into his bedroom at midnight wearing nothing but a towel. Those many affairs of the past, he told himself, were just steppingstones of his dead past on which he was rising to the discovery of his one, true love. And here she was. Probably.”
― James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

“The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible.”
― Barbara T. Cerny

“Then I noticed his rising blush, and I realized something.
Tobin and Angie . . . their togetherness was new. New enough that being touched by her still came as a
glorious, blush-worthy surprise.”
― Maureen Johnson, Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“Baseball was a safe bet. Baseball also didn't have a girlfriend. Then again, baseball didn't have big brown eyes or show a little hint of cleavage under its uniforms. Decisions, decisions.”
― Rachel Spangler, Heart of the Game

“Quiet fell upon the pickup and lasted for a little over nineteen minutes.
Is that why you hang around with him?", Loretta asked. "Cuz he saved your life?"

"Sort'a. I know Earl isn't always easy to get along with. Fact is, he can be a real pain the ass more often than not, but after you spend enough time with him, and you learn to ignore his personality, he's a pretty decent guy."

"If you say so.”
― A. Lee Martinez, Gil's All Fright Diner

“I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“God himself had sent me away. I was truly now among the damned.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“The cold Duke was afraid of Now, for Now has warmth and urgency, and Then is dead and buried.”
― James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

“President Bo Haydn was bent over the Resolute desk, snoring gently with the tip of his nose submerged in a half-eaten bowl of rice pudding. “Should we wake him?â€� asked Daisy. “We usually try not to,â€� said Nelson.”
― James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

“What's his name" I asked.

"Don't laugh." She wiped her mouth with a napkin. "It's Duke."

"No way!" I said. "That might be a good omen."

"Or it could mean ... he's a dog," Sebastian deadpanned.”
― Vi Keeland, Happily Letter After

“I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.”
― Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“I know I wasn't the person you needed me to be before, but I can be if you'll let me.”
― Rachel Spangler, Heart of the Game

“My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.”
― Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

“You poor little strawberry-leafed nonentity.”
― Saki, Ministers of Grace

“She could sit around listening to her heart breaking, or she could go watch a grown man piss himself.

“How crossed are her eyes?� Dove asked.

Duke gave her the shit-eating grin of victory. “So fucking crossed that she can see herself change her mind.”
― Debra Anastasia, Fire in the Hole

“His dick was hard as a rock and his heart was as soft as pudding for this girl.

She was taking deep, unhurried breaths when he quietly did as she’d told him. “I love you, Dove Glitch.”
― Debra Anastasia, Fire in the Hole

“He felt like he was losing a dream and a friend at the same time.”
― Debra Anastasia, Fire in the Hole

“You want to see what this is like? Then please don’t use your imagination. Use experience.”
― Debra Anastasia, Fire in the Hole

“If you’ll excuse me, I have to pull my date out of the garbage.”
― Debra Anastasia, Fire in the Hole

“We forgot about the lotion. We needed to put on the lotion!â€� He looked panicked. “The quick-drying plaster was a poor choice.â€�

Dove hunch-walked over to Duke, and he pulled on her boob bowls as she tried yanking on his crotch one.

“Oh my God, we’re going to have to go to the ER or the hardware store to get this stuff drilled off us.”
― Debra Anastasia

“It was late when father and the Duke tracked me down feigning surprise that I was in the usual place every time as if it was a game they played, “Where’s Rose? Why, growing in her usual spot!”
― E L Parfitt, Shattered Roses

“That kid is great for my ego."

"Don't make me regret this," I warn but smile at him.

"You know, I could hire you to run my fan club, since you're so good at finding people who see me for the true athletic superstar that I am, " Jude says, his grin even deeper.”
― Victoria Denault, Now or Never

“His face might've been carved by a Greek sculptor, so perfect were his cheekbones, lips, and nose. His eyes were of the clearest azure. His curling hair was the color of polished guineas and quite gorgeous- which the duke obviously knew, since he wore it long, unpowdered, and tied at the nape of his neck with an enormous black bow. He wore an elegant purple velvet coat over a cloth-of-gold waistcoat embroidered in black and crimson. Fountains of lace fell from wrists and throat as he lounged in a winged armchair, one long leg thrust forward. Diamonds on the buckles of his shoes glinted in the candlelight. His Grace was urbane male sophistication personified- but anyone who therefore dismissed him as harmless was a rank fool.
The Duke of Montgomery was as deadly as a coiled adder discovered suddenly at one's feet.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, Duke of Sin

“If I could be a true wife to you, I would marry you tomorrow. You are kind, thoughtful, and loyal. You’re brave, and tough, and just a little bit difficult. You are dangerous in the very best way, Your Grace, for you make me want to be exactly like you.”
― Allyson Jeleyne, The Infamous Duke

“Some gentlemen are not afraid of an assertive lady,â€� Flora said mildly. ‘I should have thought a duke who commands multiple estates and armies of staff would not balk at a woman who knows her own mind. But I suppose a title is only a word, after all.”
― Manda Collins, An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire

“Val leaned forward and dipped his head, looking her in the eye. ‘You are my family now. Or you will be soon. As a duke, my father is used to having his own way in all things. He wouldn’t have respected anything less than a full show of strength.”
― Manda Collins, An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire