The MacGregor's Lady Quotes

“You’ve never called the baby by name before.” This earned her a twitch of his lips, maybe impatience, maybe humor. “We’re drinking companions now. He vows I’m his favorite uncle.”
― Grace Burrowes, The MacGregor's Lady

“Because there are so damned few of us left. It’s the fault of the sheep, you see.”
“Sheep here devour Highlanders?”
― Grace Burrowes, The MacGregor's Lady

“One feels sorry for the lions, that is. Were they less magnificent, they’d be free to chase the gazelles all the livelong day. But they are wonderful, and so we must cage them up and make them pathetic.”
― Grace Burrowes, The MacGregor's Lady

“I suspect my uncle offered my services as a way to punish me more than a way to see you effectively introduced.”
“I’m a punishment?”
“Don’t sound so pleased.”
― Grace Burrowes, The MacGregor's Lady

“Enjoy all the female fripperies of fashionable Society, and leave a trail of broken hearts when you return to the wilds of Boston.”
“Boston hasn’t any wilds, though Massachusetts does.” ...
“Boston has you,” he said, a reluctant smile blossoming. “That should suffice to introduce a complement of savagery to the place.”
“Yes.” Her chin came up, and she presented him a dazzling, toothy smile. “It most certainly should.”
― Grace Burrowes, The MacGregor's Lady