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“A real princess does not kneel to a false king,” I say.”
― Lauren Palphreyman, The Wolf King

“When he glances over his shoulder at me, something unreadable passes over his face. I tense, even as Callum relaxes beside me. There’s something hard in his eyes. Something calculating.”
― Lauren Palphreyman, The Wolf King

“You can do hard things, Laney. Never forget it. You’re a Shaw.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“The dog barks, knocking me out of my wandering thoughts. She barks twice more at him, as if to say, I’m coming. Me too, girl. Me too.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“And time is the only thing that feels too slow when you want to stop remembering, and too fast when you look back.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“Laney, that bowl of sausage gravy too, if you wouldn’t mind,” Griz interrupts again.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“Lark chimes in, “She was a florist. That was her high school job.” Lily adds, “Plus, she was fired.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“His mouth kicks up like he’s got something funny to say, looking between the two of us. “You playing for the other team now?” “Always been on the girls’ team, Waz.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“The way this woman wears vulnerability is like a fucking drug. I want to experience it, consume it, and tell her anything she needs to hear to keep herself open like this.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“And here I am, fucked up over the fact that as much as I want her, I don’t know how to have her.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“My brother is nothing if not animated when he talks about how much Lark and Lily run his universe.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“Life’s too unpredictable to worry how tidy it should be.” He nudges my arm with his elbow. “Get messy.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“I blink, because the way this man talks to me feels like foreplay.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“But it’s Ace who surprises me. “Then you go where she goes.” Lincoln grips my other shoulder as Ace takes a step forward and does the same to his. “No matter what.” “Doesn’t matter where you are,” Griz says as he looks around at each of us. “You’re my bourbon boys. And I’m fuckin’ proud.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“There’s not a single thing that’s been expected when it comes to this woman, and I smile as I think about the kind of life that’ll be.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“He whispers to me before he lets me go, “Welcome to the family, darlin’.” I swallow down the emotions that have been so intense today.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“I never had any dreams about growing old here, but I think I assumed I’d end up like Griz. Surviving on bourbon and lies.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“I promise to love you. In this life, but also in the next. You’re the part I never believed in. The kind of partner I didn’t understand. Until you got here, I didn’t know. But now that I do, I vow to stand next to you always, behind you for backup, and in front of you for protection.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Lies

“People assume I’m the nice one. The family man. But I’m very good at letting people believe what I want them to.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“She has a matching beauty mark.” Lily points to the right apple of her cheek. “It’s like we’re soulmates.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“Lark gives me one nod, as Lily throws both arms up high, fingers out as she repeats those words. “We’re Foxx girls.” Lark cracks a smile. “Fine. We’re Foxx girls.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“I watch in my rearview as she rubs her thumb and pointer finger together up high and mouths out, Middle fingers are ten bucks, Dad!”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“Believe me when I say that I’ve tried to forget. But those sounds you made . . . The way you came so beautifully for me . . .” He lets out a small laugh, and my stomach swoops. “That’s not something a man forgets.” When he moves a few inches closer, I have to suppress a shiver. “So no, I didn’t forget your name. You’re making that really fucking hard for me.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“Paid in full. Your girls dropped off the final payment a few days ago.” Eyes wide and chest tight, I turn my head slowly toward my girls. “You bought a cow.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“Lily chimes in with, “Dad, we’re Foxxes. We can figure anything out.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“Grabbing both of my wrists, he holds my hands behind my back. “Look at you, so needy right now.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“You’re pretty, Foxx.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“I nuzzle into him. I fit here so nicely that it’s hard to want to move.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“To bourbon and secrets.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets

“It’s why the rodeo comes to town. They do their end of season pro-am event here in Fiasco. Foxx Bourbon sponsors the event, and the rest of the money gets donated to local charities. Griz told her it was his gift to her—his rodeo princess.”
― Victoria Wilder, Bourbon & Secrets