Woodiwiss Quotes

#1. In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It took me a year to complete the manuscript. I was a forty-year-old Scarborough housewife who knew no one in publishing.

Virginia Henley

#2. I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my first book was published by Avon in 1982. The biggest advantage of this genre for me is that it allows me to blend fact and fiction.

Virginia Henley

#3. Be gone, Pitney, before you undo the best of my plans.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#4. I want to be your wife, your lover, your mate for life. I want to feel you inside me, to be one with you, to bear your children, to possess you as you possess me, to touch you as often as I wish, and to feel you quicken in my grasp. I need you ... most desperately.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#5. After all, they were just words, and she had learned long ago that a man's actions displayed his truer nature more than the things he said.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#6. At first, I did not tell you any of this because...you were not supposed to mean anything to me. And later..." His voice became rough with emotion. "Later, I did not tell you because you mean so much to me.

Shelly Thacker

#7. Barrage of delectable sensations within her loins. Her whole being awakened to a heightening excitement as his tongue slowly traced around the delicately hued areola, and still she watched as if nothing more than a distant

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#8. There is revenge and then there is justice. Sometimes the two are met as one.
-Christopher

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#9. You are stingy with your words," she accused, then laughed gayly as she swept around, tossing over her shoulder a roguish look that drew the length of him. "But I am more generous, my lord. You are indeed a fine sight." - Aislinn

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#10. It was terrible of you," Shanna pouted, but her eyes danced as they turned askance to meet his. "I could have left, you know. I was that angry."
"I would have followed you," Ruark assured with a flash of white teeth. "You have my heart and my baby. You would not have escaped.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#11. A woman's scorn has been the downfall of a goodly number of men and the cause of many a conflict.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#12. His gaze dropped and fell to the floor in thoughtful concentration for a long moment. When he looked up at her again, his gaze was direct and unflinching. "Because I have fallen in love with you."

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#13. Location. Alaina gave a last pat to the freshly made bed in the newly occupied room and sat down on it, facing Mindy. She smoothed the quilted bedspread beside her as she asked, "Will you sleep here now?" Mindy's nod came without hesitation, but again there were no words, only the fleeting smile,

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#14. heartrending memory

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#15. Tis a fact I've learned all too well that words cast out in the light of day, like doves, oft come home to roost in the darkest hours.
-Christopher

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#16. I have no intention of spending the night in a chair and leaving you the bed.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#17. Do you think me a bloody eunuch, wench?" he questioned harshly. "Cover yourself before I spill your virgin blood!

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#18. Shanna - Madam Beauchamp. You have provided the brightest moment in my day." As she stared, his lips moved further in soundless vow. "I love you.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#19. I must remember to be troublesome now and again, else you are going to be impossible to live with. And by what magic did you find the gown and the horse?"
"Scottish fairy magic." His grin widened.
"Do you mean that fairies are real in Scotland?

Shelly Thacker

#20. reasons. Included was the episode in which Shanna had slain the one. He related the plan and execution of the escape, with minor details omitted, and

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#21. followed her and,

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#22. She didn't care to be reminded how starved she looked, but she could hardly bemoan the fact. It had lent well to her disguise. Though seventeen, she had masqueraded as a stripling lad beneath the very noses of the Yankees. Captain Latimer had not even been suspicious.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#23. I am trapped in darkness, Erienne. I can only come to you when the night will hide my face, and yet there grows in me a craving to take you in my arms while the sun is high, when I can see you flushed and warm with passion. 'Tis my hell that I must be a beast of the night.
-Lord Saxton

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#24. Ruark held the door open for her to pass through. "The first I cannot deny, Shanna, for then I did not know of you. But you are my only love and shall remain for as long as I live." His eyes were serious and seemed to probe her being. "I

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#25. What price did William pay for your life, for your loyalty sworn by oath? Could I purchase it from him?
-Aislinn

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#26. Tis said that wisdom comes to those who seek it.
-Christopher

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#27. Honor you? he breathed. Sweetest Erienne, how could I not? You are ever in my thoughts, bending me, plucking at the fibers of my mind. The man inside me trembles whenever you're near, and I groan with agony for the touch of your hand laid upon me in a soft caress.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#28. Rolling onto his side, he drew her close. "Sleep, milady. I will keep you warm tonight, and safe." He pulled the blanket over her, wrapping one arm around her waist as he settled beside her on the furs. "And for one night, at least, neither of us will be alone.

Shelly Thacker

#29. Shanna, my love, the bargain is fulfilled. But what, then, of the vows we exchanged?

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

#30. She was his; he was hers. The world could fall apart, and they'd still be one.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss