To Scotland, With Love
Karen Hawkins
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I dinna think tis romantic when a man says he's willin' t' give his life fer the woman he loves. Give me instead a man who'd fight to keep us both alive and kickin'! There's naught rommantic about a dead man, beau or no.”
“Oh, he rarely gets angry. But he is perpetually irritated.”
“For a real knight, rescuing maidens would be an everyday event." ... "Perhaps a true knight saves himself for the right maiden”
“hmmm. Didn't they say a man's feet echoed the size of his manhood? Of its own accord, her gaze darted up Gregor's leg to where his deliciously tight breeches caressed his- "Knife." She blinked, her gaze jerking up to his face, her skin flushing. Please, God, don't let him know what I was thinking. "Knife." he said again. "Knife?" she repeated dumbly. "Good god, Oglivie. I will need a knife if I'm to cut these vegetables.”
“There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting.”
“Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor. "What are you doing?" "I'm chopping carrots." "Gregor, they are carrots! not tree branches." "I fail to see the difference.”
“She also mentioned how close my balcony was to yours; so close that even an old lady like herself could leap between the two without the least effort." Venetia's cheek heated and she pulled her night gown closer, "Grandmama is anything but subtle." "Almost as subtle as your mother." "Oh no! Not mama too." ..."Your mother was concerned I might be afraid of heights. She told me if she were thinking of jumping between the balconies and couldn't bring herself to make the leap, it might be possible to pick the lock on the connecting door with, say, a cravat pin.”
“He can cook?" "In a manner of speaking," Mrs. Treadwell said, cheerfully. "What manner of speaking is that?”
“This is the woman I'm t' marry! Where have ye been all me life, me love?" And without a blink, I replied, "Don't start with me, ye scoundrel! If ye come with an empty purse, ye can leave now, fer I'd rather be unwed than unfed.”
“Gregor, have you ever been in love?" "No, I've never been that foolish.”
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