Beard in Hiding (Winston Brothers, #4.5)

by Penny Reid

I don’t want to have to know how to kick butt. I want people to listen to me, to my words, I want them to mean something. Why can’t a woman’s words count for more than a man’s violence?”

Folks enjoy making claims about knowing exactly what they’d do in every situation, but the truth is, until it’s staring you in the face and it’s your situation, you don’t know a damn thing. It’s all a guess until it’s real and real decisions have to be made.”

“At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”