Regency Romance Quotes

No amount of careful grooming seemed to erase their impression that he was actually a foul and frightening ogre. It was enough to give a fellow self-doubts.

~ Celeste Bradley

It was if the devil himself had devised the perfect earthly torture for Lady Alicia Lawrence. “Now how will I occupy myself when I get to hell?

~ Celeste Bradley

He then, with great presence of mind, put a stop to any further recriminations by kissing her; and his indignant betrothed, apparently feeling that he was too deeply sunk in depravity to be reclaimable, abandoned (for the time being, at all events) any further attempt to bring him to a sense of his iniquity.

~ Georgette Heyer

I've never kissed an art forger before Lord Huntington to Eliza Somerton in An Artful Seduction

~ Tina Gabrielle

But marriage is forever.''Oh, not really,' he assured her. 'Only until one of us dies.'Her eyes widened. 'I do not want you to die,' she said.'Perhaps you will go first,' he said, 'though I rather think I hope not. I would probably have grown accustomed to you by then and would miss you.

~ Mary Balogh

But marriage is forever.''Oh, not really,' he assured her. 'Only until one of us dies.'Her eyes widened. 'I do not want you to die,' she said.'Perhaps you will go first,' he said, though I rather think I hope not. I would probably have grown accustomed to you by then and would miss you.

~ Mary Balogh

His friend laughed. 'You missed your calling, Freddie,' he said. 'You should have been one of the aforementioned clergy. Is this what marriage does to you? One shudders at the very idea.

~ Mary Balogh

You are not by any manner of means the sort of woman I am in search of as a wife, and I am in a totally different universe from the husband you hope to find. But I feel a powerful urge to kiss you, for all that.

~ Mary Balogh

People do understand the language of the heart, you know, even if the head does not always comprehend it.

~ Mary Balogh

It was William who would climb out of his carriage unafraid and help a farmer drive a herd of cattle or sheep across a road when necessary.

~ Lisa M. Prysock

Lydia is enduring the same fate, I may remind you. Vincent remarked. And she is doubtless freezing, being forced to stand there in only her chemise. A rakish smile spread across his features. Perhaps we could go down and have a peek.Rafe scowled. I don't want you looking at my woman. Vincent folded his arms and glared. Well, I don't want you looking at my woman!

~ Brooklyn Ann

Rafael possessed unfathomable strength. His speed defied the laws of nature...and his bite, good God, his bite. How could something so macabre feel so pleasurable?

~ Brooklyn Ann

It may be small comfort, but I believe Rafe doesn't want to kill you. A light laugh escaped her lips. Actually, that is a substantial comfort.

~ Brooklyn Ann

You should know that Rafael is not the beast he would have you believe he is. He may be harsh, but he is fair. However, I highly recommend that you endeavor to be on his good side. She raised a brow. Does he have one?

~ Brooklyn Ann

Rafe pulled Cassandra into his arms. At first, I wanted my arm back to feel whole again and to not appear weak before my enemies. Now I only want it to hold you.

~ Brooklyn Ann

Rafe tugged her closer before she could trip over a gravestone. Damn it, woman. Devil take your wagon! You fail to grasp the severity of this situation.

~ Brooklyn Ann

There was no need to analyze the feelings that the people caught in the commission of the amorous act, held for each other, for it was literally written in their hands.

~ Noorilhuda

My disadvantages will tire him as they would any reasonable man of small expectations. - Jane Adams

~ Noorilhuda

Where do you prefer to sit, Sir? (Lady Alexandra to William, the Duke, during her mail-order bride interview.)

~ Lisa M. Prysock

We must go to the laboratory at once. I have some cannabis.

~ Brooklyn Ann

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.That word is love.(Sophocles)by Adam Harford, Duke of Harford,from the last page of Sophie's Salvation

~ Janet Aylmer

Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex.

~ Mary Balogh

Call it what you like, my lady, but it is still spying.

~ Jessie Clever

The only thing he was sorry for was slamming the door and perhaps raising his voice to the woman who'd been like a mother to him since the passing of his parents. Perhaps she hadn't really deserved his reaction, but he was, justifiably, weary of their meddling and hearing about his father's will. Apparently no suitable maiden was going to appear on his doorstep. He seemed to be looking for a needle in a haystack.

~ Lisa M. Prysock

Love is ease.

~ Noorilhuda

Love will find a way against time itself.

~ Sylvia Day

If I could,” he went on, “I would remain like this indefinitely—clasped by you, held inside you, a part of you—without moving at all. When we make love, I fight climax with everything I have. I don’t want to come; I do not want it to end. No matter how long I make it last, it isn’t nearly long enough. I am furious when I cannot hold back any longer. Why, Jess? If all I seek is the physical relief of natural lust, just as I would seek sleep or food, why would I deny myself?”She turned her head and caught his mouth with hers, kissing him desperately.“Tell me you understand,” he demanded, his lips moving beneath hers. “Tell me you feel it, too.”“I feel you,” she breathed, as intoxicated by his ardency as she was by the finest claret. “You have become everything to me.

~ Sylvia Day

He knew he could worm his way beneath her defenses—he’d read every word of those diaries. He knew the one absolute way to fulfill her every dream. The problem was, could he do that to her? He didn’t have to. He could turn about this moment and ride away. Yet that would mean leaving her forever.

~ Celeste Bradley

A hot romp is timeless ...

~ Sofie Darling

He clutched her to him with a desperate strength that almost hurt. I will love you for your light, if you can love me through the dark times. And that love will be like the clear night sky when the moon is full. Not like the sun....but beautiful and bright enough to find our way.

~ Kerrigan Byrne

I know you do not think very highly of me, but in some circles, I'm quite the thing.

~ Jessie Clever

I love stepping back in time

~ Frances Mccarthy

to want any woman so badly was unwise, let alone his enemy's daughter. An Artful Seduction

~ Tina Gabrielle

This was the kind of kiss you remembered when you were a very old lady with a very poor memory.

~ Valerie Bowman

I may be dead inside, but I'm more than alive enough for you. He gripped her chin and covered her mouth with his.

~ Erica Ridley

He tasted like Edmund, smelled like Edmund, felt like second chances. He kissed her as if she were as indispensable as air. As though his every heartbeat belonged as much to her as it did to him.

~ Erica Ridley

I've come to seduce you. His pupils dilated as his gaze heated. She smiled. He hadn't been surprised at her presence, but he'd been very surprised at the reason. He held up a palm. By all means.

~ Erica Ridley

Can't sleep? he murmured, the corners of his eyes crinkling. She blushed, but held his gaze. Don't wish to sleep. Mmm. I can help with that.... Do you have anything particular in mind? Everything.

~ Erica Ridley

The point is, people have been having babies for thousands of years. There will be frightening moments and exhausting moments, but more than anything--- --- there will just be love.

~ Erica Ridley

Let me give you one piece of advice. Do not get between a woman and her cause.

~ Jenny Holiday