Carolyn Jewel Quotes

#1. Oh, my God. They were going to sleep together, with no sleeping involved.

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#2. He remounted. "I will ride with you." With some effort, he gentled his voice. "If that would be agreeable to you."
"How kind of you. Thank you.

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#3. Her gaze collided with the duke's. His eyes were a clear, pale green. Why was he staring so intently when there was hardly another woman less interesting than she?

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#4. I am not your wicked witch," Alexandrine said.
"Beg to differ there," Nikodemus said. "You sure as hell are."
"I'm your sworn fiend," she returned. Between Xia's body and hers, she moved her hand over Xia's crotch. "But I'm his wicked witch."
"Fuck, yes," Xia said.

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#5. He did not want to go to his grave knowing he had risked nothing for the woman he wanted. He wasn't an ass, though. Or if he was, he did not wish to give her incontrovertible evidence of the fact. What to say to her, then, when he knew he was likely to speak too gruffly?

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#6. He'd seen that absent look from her dozens of times in London. She thought herself invisible, and was not. Not to him. This was the second time he'd mentioned marriage to her. The second time she heard nothing but his words.

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#7. She laughed, and the duke might actually have smiled, though one could never be certain.

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#8. Because, good God, Lily Wellstone had the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the spirit of the devil glinting from her eyes. She was a woman worth losing his soul for.

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#9. With you it's different. I come like a bloody bull with you. I want to reach inside you and make you feel what I do, to know heaven and hell and pleasure so intense you can't tell if it's agony or pure bliss." ... "When I make love to you, I am yours. You own me body and soul.

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#10. You are walking to Hope Springs?"
"Yes, Your Grace."
"In this weather?"
She glanced around and gave him a smile. "I haven't any other weather to walk in.

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#11. Your reputation invites scandal. Your temperament assures it.

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#12. I dislike your formality." ... "Your formality keeps us at arms length when I want not even a hairbreadths between us.

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#13. The furnishings she'd chosen reminded him of the woman who lived here. Nothing to admire, and yet he wished to be here. To stay here and be surrounded by rooms that settled him. He was at ease, and the longer he stayed, the more he found to like.

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#14. She laughed, and the sound pierced his heart.

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#15. She had a good, strong voice. She smiled with her voice, too. This, he thought, was the magic that had drawn him to her.

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#16. Sure, he'd kill, she didn't doubt that, but she got the impression he'd rather leave you maimed someplace so you could die nice and slow. While he watched and took detailed notes so he'd do better the next time.

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#17. Her smile hollowed out his chest. She'd changed since last he saw her. She was brighter. More vibrant. Happiness suited her.

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#18. There is a view," he said. "You will admire it." A command. All wrong. He meant for her to hear that he wanted her to see the view, but no. By habit, he demanded that she accompany him. "I should like for you to see it. Please.

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