The Leopard Prince Quotes

“Be that as it may, a gentleman doesn’t continue to press his
attentions on a lady who can’t return them.”
“Then, as I see it, you have two problems, my lord,” Harry said.
Tony’s eyes narrowed.
“One, that the lady does, in fact, return my attentions, and two”—Harry turned to meet the earl’s
gaze—“I am no gentleman.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Shhh,” he murmured against her mouth. “Don’t talk. Don’t think. Just feel.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady,” one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veritable chills down George’s spine.

Harry.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must be very, very careful of her actions so she did not put spark to the gunpowder that was a man's libido.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Harry tucked her arm through his and marched her to the door.
"Stop!"
"What?"
Men could be so obtuse. "Do I look like I've just been tumbled?"
Harry's lips twitched. "You look like the most beautiful woman in the world." He kissed her soundly again. He hadn't exactly answered her question, but it was too late now.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“You're after my sister's money."

"You see no other reason for me to seek the company of Lady Georgina?"

"I--"

"I wonder if you realize how close you are to insulting my lady," Harry said.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Now, then, young lady. Which of these gentlemen will you marry?"
"This one." She squeezed [his] arm.
The vicar inspected [him] and sniffed. "Doesnt look that much different from the other one."
"Nevertheless"- she fought to remain sober-faced- "this is the man I want.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“He grinned, but a bead of sweat ran down his temple. “Then with your permission.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
-Lady Georgina Maitland-”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“I need you." He licked her bruised lip to soothe it. "I can't think straight without you. My world is all turned around, and I go through it in pain, wanting to hurt someone.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“They were already out of her lands, and in another day Yorkshire would be behind them altogether. By the end of the week she'd be in London, resuming her life as if this trip had never happened. Three or four months from now, Harry, acting as her land steward, might write to ask if she wanted him to present his report on her lands in person. And she, having just returned from another soiree, might turn the letter over in her hand and muse, Harry Pye. Why, I once lay in his arms. I looked up into his illuminated face as he joined his flesh with mine, and I was alive. She might toss the letter on her desk and think, But that was so long ago now and in a different place. Perhaps it was only a dream.
She might think that.
George closed her eyes. Somehow she knew that there would never come a day when Harry Pye was not her first memory when she woke and her last thought as she drifted into sleep. She would remember him all the days of her life.
Remember and regret.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Nothing leveled a man quite like being unable to protect his woman.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“They were already out of her lands, and in another day Yorkshire would be behind them altogether. By the end of the week she'd be in London, resuming her life as if this trip had never happened. Three or four months from now, Harry, acting as her land steward, might write to ask if she wanted him to present his report on her lands in person. And she, having just returned from another soiree, might turn the letter over in her hand and muse, Harry Pye. Why, I once lay in his arms. I looked up into his illuminated face as he joined his flesh with mine, and I was alive. She might toss the letter on her desk and think, But that was so long ago now and in a different place. Perhaps it was only a dream.

She might think that.

George closed her eyes. Somehow she knew that there would never come a day when Harry Pye was not her first memory when she woke and her last thought as she drifted into sleep. She would remember him all the days of her life.

Remember and regret.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“society will judge you rather harshly, my dear.” She”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“winter?” She traced a circle on his breastbone, her touch”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“Oh, Lord, and now you're using that terribly dry tone."

He shot a startled look at her.

Her eyes widened. "I never know if I should throw myself from a cliff when I hear it or simply slink into some corner and try and make myself invisible.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince

“One of the problems with women -- and there are many -- is they think nothing of messing about in a man's business.

- Harry's Da”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, The Leopard Prince