Three Weeks With Lady X Quotes

“It was as if the world was presenting her with everything she wanted ... in all the wrong ways.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“Come on. We've just time to find you a doll before the shops close.'
Rose sat up directly. 'But the ribbon broke on my right slipper and Mrs. Stella said I can't go outside until I have new shoes.'
...
He stood, and she looked up at him. She did not hold out her arms, but it seemed he was expected to pick her up.
'Didn't you announce that you don't like to be carried?'
'I make exceptions when I am ill shod.'
The child stared back at Thorn as if there was nothing odd about her speech. He gathered her up into his arms and remarked, 'At least you smell better now.'
He glanced down in time to see cool gray eyes narrow.
'So do you,' she said.
Thorn stared down at her. Had she? Yes, she had. 'That was not a polite comment,' he told her.
She looked off, into the corner of the bedchamber, but her implication was obvious: *he* had been impolite to point out her former odor.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“He breathed a power brewed from masculinity and intelligence, not from an accident of inheritance.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“His intended probably wouldn't appreciate the comparison, but Thorn had the notion that she was like a rescued hound, one that would adoringly follow her new master in return for some kindness. That was absurd, given that she was as beautiful as a wild rose, with hair like a Botticelli angel. By all rights, she should be arrogantly aware of her dominion over men. But instead she had a desperate look about her eyes, as if she needed saving.
It was a fair trade, in his estimation. Her beauty in return for his protection.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“Aggravation marched up her spine like a troop of perfectly dressed soldiers.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“India had sent Adelaide—whose taste was impeachable—back to London to choose furniture from Thomas Sheraton’s and Jean-Henri Reisener’s showrooms.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“Informality is the vice of the masses.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“You could seduce a saint with that smile.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X

“It's not just that,' she said, trying to explain in a way he would understand. 'My life - any lady's life - is made up of morning calls, and musicales, and balls. I would be thrown out of society. No one would receive me or send invitations. That's what it means to be ruined.”
― Eloisa James, Three Weeks With Lady X