The Bridegroom Wore Plaid Quotes

“He was a hand-holder; she'd gathered that much. Lovely quality in a man...”
― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid

“Proper mourning leaves one nothing to do but mourn, and I’ve concluded this isn’t a good thing. Grief crowds in closely enough without the rest of life being shoved aside to make way for it.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid

“Don't look at me like that, Augusta." He stood to pull his shirt over his head. "I don't deserve it. No mortal could deserve such an expression.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid

“Mercia wasn’t a little-in-love sort of man. He was mad, dark passion, sweeping emotion, and complete loss of reason, with his gaunt male beauty, his wealth and power, and his haunted past.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Captive

“I live to bring you pleasure.” To Gilly, his words rang like a vow.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Captive

“So she learned at the age of almost twenty-six how to kiss a lover. Such kisses involved tongues, lips, taste, feel, and soft, needy noises that had her pressing up into his body and wanting to consume him with her hands and her mouth.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Captive