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Re-reading this book was a lot of fun! If I can admit to favorites, Francine and Mary often steal the show for me. It was nice to revisit Rose and Warren and watch her grow comfortable with parts of herself she's always been told to hide. ❤️

"Keep your voice down," I whispered. "Do you want the whole world to hear?"
"Maybe," he said slowly, "if it will keep you from murdering me with your eyes."

"I don't believe proposals involve undressing."
"No?" A smile teased his lips. "Forgive me. I'm not well-versed in the art of proposing to a woman."

"I'm not in this for a fleeting moment. I want you to choose me. No one else."

"Men beg me to accept their hands."
Something hot and urgent crossed his face. For a moment, I mistook it for anger. When he stalked toward me, it wasn't the gait of an outraged man. It was the prowl of a predator as it cornered its prey.
He stopped inches away from me. "I'm begging you now. Kiss me."

"If you think denying me the kiss will punish me," he said over his shoulder, "it won't. I have every contour of your lips engraved in my memory. I can relive it any time I want just by closing my eyes."

I'd nursed a broken heart many a time before. Once for the man my sister Violet had proceeded to marry.

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"No gentleman wants an unladylike wife."
"Maybe you haven't been attracted to the right men."

"I didn't know you had an interest in horseflesh," she said.
Mary snorted. "Her sister tells me she's a masterful horsewoma—"
I stomped on Mary's foot. She grunted.
"Forgive me," she said, her voice strained. "I meant to say she weighs as much as a horse."

"Rose, hurry up."
"Wait your turn," I told her, my voice serene. "A lady is poised. A lady is serene."
Mary elbowed her way past. "A lady waits for no one."