A Foolish Flirtation Quotes

“His chest heaved. “I’m tired of trying to be the perfect, considerate husband to you, Emmeline, so you’re just going to get the one you’ve got. Faulty, far from perfect, and frequently wrong.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“Above all else, prepare yourself, for at the end of these two weeks I will return, and you will be mine. Jeremy”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“The boy.” Nye paused. “Your boy. The way you are with him. If I ever compared our lives in the past, I soon realized I got the better bargain. You’re ten times the father to your son than the old lord was to you.” Jeremy swallowed. “Thanks,” he said hoarsely. “But I’m a much better husband,” Nye said cheerfully.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“Jeremy felt the laughter bubbling up inside him but knew it would be a mistake to let it out. God, he had forgotten how much he liked talking with her. It was so strange how she still had the ability to make him feel like the world was a better place simply by being in her presence.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“Once inside, with the door shut, he turned to her. “Before I start, is there anything you want to say?” His tone was perfectly controlled and calm. Oh God, he was going to be all polite again, and she couldn’t bear it. What should she do? Apologize? No, that would not suffice. If she went all polite as well, they would get nowhere. Right, it was clearly up to her. She squared her shoulders.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“He wanted simultaneously to worship her, to share his life with her, and, ultimately, to lay his head in her lap and ask her to please love him. It hurt to know they might never be on such terms.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation

“Quite frankly, she had afforded him a lot of grace, considering his past conduct toward her. He would just have to work on building Emmeline’s confidence in him.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Foolish Flirtation