The Duke Who Despised Christmas Quotes

“You are too kind to me. I don’t deserve it.” “Yes,” she countered”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“Pleasing you is”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“I can assure Your Grace that it has never been my intention to annoy you,” she said”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“I love you, Joceline Yorke. Not long ago, I believed I would never feel that tender emotion again. I believed myself incapable. In many ways, it was as if I’d died in that fire. But then you barged into my life with Christmas holly and fir trees and a smile that is pure sunshine, and you brought me back to life. Just like the flowers you found in the orangery and coaxed into blossoming again. Marry me. Be my duchess. Please.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“Fury had him shooting to his feet, to the devil with remaining seated in the presence of a lady. At the moment, his mother was certainly not conducting herself like one. “Apologize for paying her insult,” he demanded.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“She loved this beautiful, broken, imperfect man who had suffered unimaginable loss and tragedy. And she intended to show him just how much, even if tonight was all she could ever have with him.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“He repeated her name slowly, as if testing its feeling on his tongue, and she had never thought it a lovely or particularly interesting name, but when the Duke of Sedgewick said it in his deep, velvety baritone, she thought it sounded like the loveliest name in the world.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“She cast a bright smile at him. “There. It is perfect, is it not?” “Perfect,” he agreed tightly. But once again, it wasn’t the blasted wreath he was speaking of.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“Having her to himself was rare. He savored each occasion the way some men did an excellent wine.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“The effect of that tiny smile had her breath catching. If she had thought the duke handsome before, nothing could have prepared her for the Duke of Sedgewick smiling. He had dimples on both cheeks, a small groove that deepened just the slightest hint.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas

“I can assure Your Grace that it has never been my intention to annoy you,” she said, her smile fading. “Pleasing you is my sole desire.”
― Scarlett Scott, The Duke Who Despised Christmas