His Wicked Reputation Quotes

“You are ill, correct? The warmth and shivering had no other particular cause, did it?"

"Not only am I ill, I am sure I am contagious.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“It is normal to be curious. The only shame is if all the musts and shoulds drown out the wants that we hear inside ourselves.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“You do know that you do not have to marry me to have me, don’t you?” He reached up and cupped her face with his hands. “Have you already forgotten the most important part? I love you, Eva. I do not want you as a mistress. I want us to live together so I can have you whenever I like, and so we both have a place in the world and it is together.” He pressed her head down and kissed her. “Say you will marry me, Eva. You have not yet. Not properly.” She wiped the brimming tears from her eyes. “Yes, I will. Yes.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“Ithink we should get married, Eva.” Eva blinked, and looked down her body to where Gareth’s dark head nestled between her thighs. He did something that made her groan fill her garden. “I— This is most—” She tried to speak through her astonishment and madness. He did it again. She almost fainted. When her head cleared, she was clutching at grass, gasping for breath. “Stop that! We need to talk.” “One moment. It would be rude to leave you like this.” He didn’t, of course. He never did. With alarming efficiency he sent her crashing into a climax, then moved up to lie with her. She took several minutes to collect herself, then held his head and looked in his eyes. “That may be the most unusual proposal a woman has ever received.” “Thank you. I thought it inventive.” “It will be hard to describe when friends ask for the particulars, however. Did he kneel, Eva? Did he wait for a glorious sunset? Actually, no, Sarah. He proposed while his tongue was making shocking explorations of my private parts.” He pecked a kiss on her cheek. “At least you will never forget it.” No. Never.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“I am not your tenth lover, but your first, Eva. It is a privilege to be so honored, especially by a woman who could have a choice from among many men.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“Allow yourself to accept the pleasure, Eva. Think of nothing else.”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation

“She barely heard. Barely answered. Finally she nodded. Fingertips”
― Madeline Hunter, His Wicked Reputation