The Bitterroot Inn Quotes

“You are enough.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I’m the man falling in love with you, Maisy. I’m the man falling in love with your son.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“All those years ago, when I’d first seen Maisy in the maternity ward of the hospital, I had made an assumption about her. Spending time with her these last two weeks, I now knew I’d been right. Maisy Holt was pure joy. She was goodness personified. She was a beam of sunshine breaking through the clouds in my life.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“My girl, she needs to know it’s safe to fall in love. She needs to see that she can trust a man. Be that man for her, Hunter. Protect her from the shit in this world. God knows, she’s seen enough. It’s time for her to get some peace.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I’m the man falling in love with you, Maisy. I’m the man falling in love with your son.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Maisy Holt was pure joy. She was goodness personified. She was a beam of sunshine breaking through the clouds in my life.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I was staring at her and not wanting to blink. I was doing my best to ignore the voice of reason in the back of my mind.
Hunter, turn your ass around.
I took one step further into the motel’s lobby.
Do not speak. Leave.
“Hi.” I crossed the remaining distance to the counter.
“Um, hi,” she squeaked, then cleared her throat. “Hello. Hi. Uh, good morning.” The flush of her cheeks was so fucking beautiful, my heart pumped double time.
Whatever you do, shit-for-brains, do not ask for a room. You have a plan, remember?
“I was wondering if you have a vacancy?”
Fuckwad”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“They aren’t babies anymore. When did that happen?” “When we blinked.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Do you want to know what I do when I get pissed at Sabrina?” “What?” “I tell her I love her.” “When you’re mad?” I cocked my head. “Why?” “Because she always says it right back and then I don’t feel so mad anymore.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I’m still hurt.” He needed to know that, despite the hot football-stadium sex, I was still hesitant to jump right back into an us. He kissed my hair. “I know.” “How do we move past it all?” “One day at a time,” he whispered. “And when you’re ready to start again, I’ll be right here.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“You are all mine.” Hunter’s voice echoed off the cement wall at my face. “Got it?” I nodded and turned my head so I could moan into my arm. “Say it, Maisy.” “I’m all yours,” I breathed. “Fuck yes, you are. And who owns this cock?” He rammed it in hard and stayed rooted. “Who?” I gasped. “I do.” “That’s right.” He slid back out and started pounding again.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“You want my cock, baby?” His rough voice, his dirty words, his hands kneading my ass sent a shiver through my body. “Yeah,” he said against my neck. “You want my cock.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“If you really think I’d crush your heart, then you’re right. You don’t know me at all.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Maisy Holt was pure joy. She was goodness personified. She was a beam of sunshine breaking through the clouds in my life. I’d walked away from her back then. I’d avoided her the last time I’d lived in Prescott. I wouldn’t do either ever again. I wasn’t giving her up without a fight. I’d come to Prescott with a plan: to look out for this beautiful soul. My plan had just changed. Now I was here to win her heart.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Maisy, do you think a mess is going to scare me away?” He took one step closer, breaking the barrier on my intimate space. The heat from his broad chest warmed my face and I held my breath, waiting for his next move. “If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m staying until you make me leave.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“How do we move past it all?”
“One day at a time,” he whispered. “And when you’re ready to start again, I’ll be right here.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Michael looked over his shoulder from his seat below me. “Beau will give you the full lecture, but I’ll just say this: if you hurt my sister, I’ll help him hide your body.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“As I stared at her profile, determination coursed through my veins. I had never faced a bigger challenge but I’d never had this much to gain. Three hearts were on the line here: Maisy’s, Coby’s and mine, and I’d do whatever it took not to break them all.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I’d come to Prescott with a plan: to look out for this beautiful soul. My plan had just changed. Now I was here to win her heart.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m staying until you make me leave.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“I was flustering her – an effect I had on a lot of women – but this was the first time I’d ever enjoyed it. I didn’t want Maisy to be uneasy, but I really fucking liked that she found me attractive.
Because I found her incredible.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn

“Our first kiss was going to be the lasting kind. The kind she’d never forget. The kiss that erased all others from her past.”
― Devney Perry, The Bitterroot Inn