Becky of Becky's Bookshelves

“Effie's brow lifted. Miss Corvus never received any of the girls in her private rooms. Not even the teachers. At least, she hadn't during Effie's tenure. Miss Corvus's rooms had always been sealed off, as impenetrable as a tomb, behind an impassable set of tall, iron-banded wooden doors. Not even the canniest members of the Academy had dared attempt entry.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin

“It's all right," he murmured gruffly. "You're all right." His thumbs moved over her cheeks in an achingly gentle caress. "I've found you.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin

“She was no stranger to the game of flirtation. During her time in Paris, many men had attempted to woo her with sweet words and kisses. But this was different. Mr. Royce was no courtly French gentleman. His touch wasn’t sweet. It was incendiary.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin

“All the wrongness in her world had been extinguished by the rightness of whatever this was between them. It was a hazardous alchemy.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin