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“The Aphrodite's yours, Joss. Take care of her for me."

"Aye, I will." A knowing look passed between them. "I'll look after the ship, too.”
― Tessa Dare, Surrender of a Siren

“Victoria turned and got her first look at the shower-fresh version of Ford Dixon. Gorgeous as ever; six-foot plus inches of incredibly blue eyes; wet, mussed hair; low-slung jeans; and a T-shirt stretched across his broad, solid chest.
And bare feet.
She heard the tiny cry of a hundred unfertilized eggs as one of her ovaries exploded.”
― Julie James, Suddenly One Summer

“You're so young, you can't know the meaning of true regret. It's never what you've done, love, it's what you've left undone.”
― Tessa Dare, Surrender of a Siren

“When a man is clever enough and knows his quarry well enough to choose such a time and place to propose marriage, well, a woman was a goner.”
― J.D. Robb, Immortal in Death