Highlander Most Wanted Quotes

“There were worse things than death, as she'd discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“You'll never have to beg me for anything, my love. If you ask me for the moon, I'll fetch it for you.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“I love you, Bowen Montgomery. I love you so very much, and that will never change, even when we're old and gray. I thank God for you every single day, and that you came and lifted me from the depths of despair. You showed me how it can be with a man who loves me, and you've shined light on the darkest shadows of my memories.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Kissing her was something he'd never grow tired of. It was like drinking warm sunshine or licking the sugary sweetness of honey from a spoon.
Smooth, silky-soft, and delicate and ultra feminine. She inspired possessiveness such that he all but screamed that she was his.
And the hell of it was she didn't even know it.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“He found himself playing the love-sick fool vying for a crumb of attention or approval from Genevieve. Anything to make her smile. Make her happy. He'd give her the damn moon if that was what it took.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“He kissed her temple, nuzzling her skin, and murmured again that she was the most beautiful lass in the world. They weren't just words he offered. Platitudes he didn't mean. He cared not about the scar that marred her face. In his eyes, she was the most beautiful lass he'd ever known and nothing would change that. Not a scar. Not circumstances. She was his, and he didn't give one damn what others thought.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“I would love her and care for her all of my days,” Bowen said quietly. “There is no other man who would ever love her more.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Genevieve burst into laughter and hugged him fiercely, because otherwise she would cry. Not because she was unhappy but because joy crowded every inch of her heart and soul. She was about to burst with it.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“words of a man were meaningless. But actions spoke volumes, and it was always through deeds that the true measure of a man could be ascertained.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“He told me of his desire for us to reside at McInnis Keep for half the year."
She glanced anxiously up at him. "Do you mind?"
He stopped and turned to face her, gathering he hands in his. "Genevieve, I would agree to six months in hell if it meant being with you."
Her cheeks warmed and she smiled, joy spreading like wildfire through her soul.
"Well, I hope you don't think six months at McInnis Keep is akin to hell," she teased.
"If I'm with you, anywhere is heaven.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“And now Genevieve had taken over. He'd move the sun if that's what it took to ensure her safety and happiness. Nothing was more important than her security. His focus was and had to be solely on her, for she had no other to champion her cause. If he didn't see to her happiness, who would?”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“By saying it aloud, he thought perhaps it might seem silly to him. That perhaps he'd been swept up in the moment with Genevieve and that maybe he wasn't quite to the point of love yet.
But he was dead wrong. The words felt right on his lips. Saying them aloud only confirmed what his heart already knew. He was well and truly in love with the lass, and there was naught but contentment within him at the whole idea.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Inch by inch, they chipped away until soon there would be nothing left to salvage.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“He wanted to be a better man for her. He wanted to be someone worthy of her. He wanted her to love him.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“He had no intention of suffering in the hell that was unrequited love.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“I love her,” he said fiercely. “She is not some passing amusement. The last thing I’m going to do is hurt her. I’ll kill anyone who tries.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“It was a look that men coveted from women. A look that said he was her champion and that there was no other man in the world for her.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Was she never to be safe from the unwanted advances of men? Was she forever consigned to rape, and to men taking from her what they pleased, damn the damage done to her in the process?”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“Wasn’t that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“What you have suffered at Ian’s hands makes me want to weep. Think you I don’t know all he has done to you? All he has made you suffer? And my clan is no better, because they know. They know, and yet they turn their backs because they know they did nothing to stop Ian. Just as Patrick did nothing to stop his son. And so they scorn you instead, because to acknowledge that you are a victim would be to acknowledge that they allowed you to be so.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted

“You'll never have to beg me for anything, my love. If you ask me for the moon, I shall fetch it for you.”
― Maya Banks, Highlander Most Wanted