The Ravishing One Quotes

“She flinched, but there was no return of warmth to her lovely, cool features. The ground seemed to open beneath Thomas. A black abyss yawned at his feet and he was teetering, off balance with no handholds in sight. “Fia, please. You can’t condemn me for misjudging you. You can’t throw away what we have, what we are together, because I doubted”
― Connie Brockway, McClairen's Isle: The Ravishing One

“pride had allowed her to meet unbowed the news of MacFarlane’s death and her renewed subjugation to Carr. Pride had kept her from giving up and yielding to her father’s machinations.”
― Connie Brockway, McClairen's Isle: The Ravishing One

“Once more she was her father’s puppet. But it hadn’t been a role of her choosing.”
― Connie Brockway, McClairen's Isle: The Ravishing One

“And if no one asked for her hand, how then could Carr give it?”
― Connie Brockway, McClairen's Isle: The Ravishing One