A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel Quotes

“My Doomsday. The end of my world.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“But there was still a kernel of him that was a desperate, lost, hungry thing, and no matter how hard he tried to starve it out, it was always there, poking its head out at a sniff of affection, howling for more, making him hopeful and vulnerable and stupid.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“He wanted his secretary. He wasn’t sure how you went about worshipping a man in bed but he wanted to find out and do it. He wanted to know what pleased him and do it all, piece by piece, until one or both of them was a babbling wreck.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“I don't want goodbyes is the sort of thing Luke says, but it's not what he means."
This was the kind of thing that left Rufus, a straightforward man, hopelessly adrift. "Because he means instead—?"
"He means, I'm scared you don't care, so I'm not giving you a chance to prove it," Emily said. "He's that way, Luke. Aunt Sybil says he's hard to love but it's not true. What's hard is making him see it when you do, because he's already decided you don't.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“His build made up for that, though: broad-shouldered and very solid, with arms that looked like they were used to, or for, hard work, and powerful thighs made for riding. Luke certainly wouldn’t mind riding them, a thought he put firmly aside.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“I don't know why you have to sit so close when we work, and watch me the way you do, if you're not going to reach for me.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“So many of his men were jobless now, soldiers abandoned by the country they’d spent years serving, returning to find themselves placeless and unwanted.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“Doomsday rubbed a hand over his face in a thoughtful manner that hid his mouth. It did not hide the malicious amusement that brimmed in his eyes, and Rufus looked at him and thought, This man likes trouble.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“Dark brown eyes that made a nice contrast to the shining hair, finger-thick near-black brows over them—as though a couple of caterpillars had found a resting place, Rufus thought unkindly—and a generous mouth.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

“Doomsday took a healthy swig. “Thank you, my lord. May I ask something?” “Go on.” “Well, Mr. Conrad clearly feels there is something in Mr. Brightling’s story. And now you’re suggesting, if there is, that I, a smuggler’s bastard, will put you out of your place as earl.” He cocked his head. “Why are you so cheerful about that?” “Honestly? Spite.” “Oh.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel