10 Quotes by Jess Michaels

Tears welled in Penelope's eyes, making the blue even darker. Then she reeled back and slapped him hard enough that his cheek stung."That is for what you did to me. Not in the dark, Jeremy. Not as the faceless lover. Not even for today when you made love to me... or perhaps we should call it 'fucking', since there was nothing loving about it, only manipulation". Her voice shook as hard as her hands as she turned on her heel and headed for the door. "It's for betraying my friendship".

He was changed, burned, branded, destroyed and rebuilt. And he loved it.

Rakes make good husbands. Especially when they fall in love.

Most certainly not. Why face this with honesty and directness? It is so much more fun to dance around the truth, dodge the reality of the situation, which is that you are in love with this man, you share some kind of unhappy past with him...and that he has feelings for you, as well. Why would you ever wish to deal with that head on?

Audrey tilted her head. “You are an idiot, Evan. An idiot. There, now I have spoken to.

Until the day I take my last breath, it will be my prerogative to fuss and worry and hope for nothing but the best for you, just as I do for all my children.

Someone who has come through heartache and maintains wit and charm is far more interesting than someone who has been kept on a pedestal all her life.

What else matters but pedigree and rumor, my lord? Those things make the world go around.

There was a heated spell being woven in the room, shrinking the world down to just the two of them.