Sarah

“It was only a matter of time. She would love him before the week was out and it would be gloriously terrible, wonderfully hopeless.”
― Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do

“What if I told you I know the risks, and I'm willing to take my chances?"
"It wouldn't change a thing. Those walls, as you call them. . . They're apart of me now, and they are iron strong." He lifted a hand to her face, skimming his thumb over her lower lip. "Even if I wished to, I wouldn't know how to dismantle them."
"I know," she said quietly. "I know." She wreathed her arms around his neck. "That's why you need me. I'm going to burn them to the ground.”
― Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal

“It was awful, this love.”
― Eloisa James, My American Duchess

“She wished him at her side this very moment. If only to turn it all to rights by doing his very best to turn it all to ruin.”
― Elizabeth Boyle, Along Came a Duke