Love's Rescue Quotes

“I could never marry Mr. Finch, not after he tried to take liberties with me.” His head shot up, the old fire rekindled. “He did what?” She almost regretted saying that. “He forced himself upon me.” “How?” “He attempted a kiss I neither wanted nor encouraged.” “Oh.” Father waved a hand. “Is that all?” “That is quite enough. It proves he does not love me, though I can’t imagine why he insisted on marrying a woman who despised him.” “You would grow to love him.” “Like Mother grew to love you?” she snapped. “Precisely.” She”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“In a hurry, Captain?” her father said. “I have waited four years.” Rourke slipped the ring on her finger. “I can’t wait a day longer.” He”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“He pulled the leather thong from around his neck and removed his grandmother’s ring. He pressed the ring into her hand. “This belonged to my grandmother. Take it as a pledge.” She turned the ring over and over in the moonlight. “It’s beautiful.” He lifted her chin. “Not as beautiful as you.” Then he kissed her, slow and soft and filled with the promise of what he hoped would be one day. She responded gently at first and then with the same hunger she’d once had for sailing. She clung to him, held on with all her strength, clearly afraid to part. But”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“For all his plans to do what was right, he still wanted to love her, to hold her, to make her his wife. He would throw away every ounce of righteousness for that one taste of desire.”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“Rourke bowed and backed away. Then he gave Elizabeth the most wonderful smile. It spoke of love and a future and everything she had dreamed about for years. She watched him walk down the street, ignoring Aunt’s fussing. He’d felt the connection between them. Without words, he had washed away the sins of the past and welcomed her into his future. His smile offered hope that turned storm clouds to sun. “Come”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“He gathered her close and pressed his lips to the hollow below her ear. “I thought I lost you.” Elizabeth choked back a sob. He did not know it yet, but he had.”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“Though she could captivate a man’s attention, Rourke peered past her into the black doorway, looking for the woman who’d danced through his thoughts every day for the past four years. She’d been lovely then. How much more beautiful she would be now. Why had she left without a word? Why hadn’t she written? If not for her friend Caroline, he wouldn’t even know where she had gone or that she was still unwed. That news had sustained him and given him hope. Soon he would know if that hope had been misplaced. He”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“Rourke more than knew Elizabeth Benjamin. He’d spent the last four years dreaming of her soft skin, sun-kissed hair, and deep blue eyes. Whenever he smelled jasmine, he looked for her and was always disappointed. He painfully recalled the day she’d left Key West without a word. But most of all he remembered with absolute clarity the moment when he’d realized that the girl he’d teased for years had grown into a woman he would never forget.”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue

“Rourke O’Malley wasn’t the richest wrecker in Key West, but he was by far the handsomest and most daring. He wore his sun-streaked dark hair pulled back at the nape in the fashion popular decades before. His bronzed skin and eyes the color of the emerald depths made her stomach flutter. His smile left her speechless.”
― Christine Johnson, Love's Rescue