Sabrina Jeffries is the pen name of a best-selling American author of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.
I love you, Minerva. I love that you believe in me no matter what. I love how you take whatever you see and distill it into your books. I love your clever mind and your generous heart and every inch of your beautiful body. I love you even when you give me heart failure, by risking your life before my very eyes. " He smiled tenderly. "I only hope in time I can prove worthy of your love.
Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.
A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)
The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if you force yourself to write when you're in the doldrums, it will have the perverse effect of cheering you up. At the very least, it allows you to inflict your pain on your characters, which has the dual effect of giving them more depth while relieving your own tension.
I always say that love is like the meat in a pie,” Freddy put in. “The crust is what people see—the practical things that hold a couple together. But love is the important part—without it you’ve got a meatless pie, and what’s the point of that?” “Why, Freddy,” Minerva said, “that was almost profound.
I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.
And in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)
Watch it, minx," he warned with a lift of his brow. "If you intend to taunt me for every foolish statement I've made in my life, you'll force me to play Rockton and lock you up in my dark, forbidding manor while I have my wicked way with you. " That sounds perfectly awful,"she said gazing at the man she loved. "How soon can we start?
What are you doing here?" she asked. "You forgot something when you left Halstead Hall," he said hoarsely. "What?" Her heart lept into her throat as he strode purposefully toward her. "Me.
The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress
If you never put your life in someone else's hands, then you can't really expect them to put theirs in yours. In the long run, never trusting anyone is a hard way to live.
I'll join you, sir. You'll need help finding your way about the estate. "His lips tightened into a disapproving line. "Begging your pardon, Lady Rosalind, but I didn't have a nursemaid when I was three, so I certainly don't need one now. I'm perfectly capable of navigating an estate alone. ""I'm sure you are - indeed, you demonstrated a remarkable proficiency for it last night, and in a strange house, too.
How do you know it won't be duels at dawn when you tell him you've accepted my proposal of marriage?" "Don't be ridiculous. He's not that hotheaded. Though I daresay he may try to. . . er. . . knock some sense into you. He and Jarret. And possibly Gabe. " "Our bargain is looking better and better all the time," he said drily. "I get to fight the Sharpe men while you stand around pretending to care. " He came close enough to whisper, "I will definitely require a few kisses of you if that comes to pass, minx. " -Giles and Minerva
Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.
He stared past her to the place at the other end of the dining table where Regina would sit as his wife. If she were here. If he hadn’t driven her away. “I’m not sure I know how to love, Louisa. ” She took his hand. “Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.
Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it. ’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.
Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.
Angel? Angels didn't sit on the lap of wicked scoundrels-not unless they were the fallen kind.