The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)

by Mackenzi Lee

When stripped of the illegalities and the Biblical condemnation, their attraction is no stranger to me than anyone’s attraction to anyone.

Thank God for friends who learn to speak to you in your own language rather than making you learn theirs.

“Do you want me to marry Mr. Doyle because you think I need a man to protect me? Or complete me? I’ll pass on that, thank you very much.” “No,” he says. “I just wish you had someone cheering for you all the time, because you deserve it.”

“You’re trying to play a game designed by men. You’ll never win, because the deck is stacked and marked, and also you’ve been blindfolded and set on fire. You can work hard and believe in yourself and be the smartest person in the room and you’ll still get beat by the boys who haven’t two cents to rub together.”