Dancing With Danger Quotes

“Oh, she’d let justice take its course…

Because justice, as everyone knew, was a woman.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“She was artless. Guileless. And in her presence, he was something he’d never been before.

Helpless.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“If we see each other again, Mercy Goode…” he warned in a voice made of sex and honey.

“Be ready for me to taste the rest of you.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Most women are trained to act like simpering fools,” she scoffed. “Is that what you want from me?” She pressed the back of her hand to her forehead, enjoying that he watched how her breasts lifted with the gesture. “Oh, do allow me a moment to swoon here in virginal protestation so I might feel less guilty for succumbing to the seduction of this large and dangerous rogue who is intent upon ravishing my pure and virtuous person. I am an innocent, harmless girl caught in his dastardly web—”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I believe we do not have to be what our circumstances would have made for us. We can forge our own path. We can choose to be better.”

“All I want to be is worthy of her,” Raphael said.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I’m glad,” she murmured. “That we desire each other with equal fervor.”

Oh, now what had said that was funny?

“Darling,” he managed over his mirth. “If you wanted me like I wanted you, we’d be on our second time by now.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I don’t want to go without ravishing you at least once.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“She glared at him as if she could bore through his middle with the blue fire in her eyes, ‘you kissed me, you impolite blackguard! Without my permission, I might add.”

“Ah, for that I would ask your forgiveness, Miss Goode…” His mouth softened and curled up at the memory. “If you had no kissed me back.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“When his lips sealed to hers, the press of it was astonishing in its gentility. His neck corded with tension, his shoulders bunched, and his grip tightened.

But his mouth. Oh, his mouth. It sampled her with a series of light strokes, restraining his ardent passion with well-practiced skill…

An inarticulate sound vibrated from somewhere deep within him, quickening her heart and rushing the blood through her veins with an injection of heat.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Raphael Sauvageau was pure, unmitigated male. His voice deep. His manner predatory. His gaze unapologetically lustful…

He could seduce a woman without saying a word. Make her aware of all the deep, empty places she ignored.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Stop.” She seized him and pulled him to his feet. “Stop. I cannot take any more joy or it’ll split me apart. Of course, I’m going with you. Of course, I’m yours. I was yours the moment you kissed me, you dolt. Now do it again before I change my mind.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“He hit his knees, pressing his forehead to her fingers as if paying tribute to a goddess. “I am a man stripped of pride and wit. Of everything that gave me power. This is what I offer you. A new start. I’m asking—I’m begging—not for your forgiveness. Not for your mercy. But for you. Mercy.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“He pressed a fond kiss to her knuckles. “It’s all I want, petite sœur.” “She’s not easy.” “I’m still right here, I’ll have you know,” Mercy said with no little indignation.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Surely you’re not agreeing to this, Morley.” She gestured at Raphael, not trusting herself to look at him. “Have you forgotten he’s a thief? A ne’er-do-well? A profligate libertine I’ve known all of five minutes?” “A lesser man would be wounded.” Raphael placed a hand over his heart as if she’d pierced it.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I have my carriage. The plan hasn’t changed, Raphael, so you must go. And if you do something impetuous and get yourself killed, I’ll follow you into the afterlife and make your eternity a living hell.” “Brothers.” The Duchesse made an amused sound that no one seemed to mark.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“No, they won’t.” Morley melted from the shadows as if they gave way for him.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I kissed you, Mercy, because I knew your taste would be better than any last meal I could devise. I made love to you because I am a selfish bastard, and I wanted a glimpse of what heaven would be like before I join the ranks of the damned. I thought you knew better than to care. That you understood I don’t deserve it.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“She glowered up at his impossibly handsome, aggravating face. “And you kept that tidbit of information from me? How dare you!”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Too often, the notice of a man was a dangerous thing.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I told you I only love one person on this earth, and I referred to Gabriel, but...I am in danger of falling for you, Mercy Goode.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Most women would at least make modest, maidenly protestations. Force me to coax them to reveal themselves to me.” “Most women are trained to act like simpering fools,” she scoffed. “Is that what you want from me?” She pressed the back of her hand to her forehead, enjoying that he watched how her breasts lifted with the gesture. “Oh, do allow me a moment to swoon here in virginal protestation so I might feel less guilty for succumbing to the seduction of this large and dangerous rogue who is intent upon ravishing my pure and virtuous person. I am an innocent, harmless girl caught in his dastardly web—”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Mercy cast about for something erudite and worldly to say, some greeting that a temptress, a lover, would tantalize him with. “Erm—hullo.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“How wondrous and terrible to not worry for tomorrow,” she murmured. “Wonderous and terrible. That is my existence in two words.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“If you are to never take a husband, at least let me give you the knowledge of what to expect from a lover. Though I pity the man who next attempts to follow me.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“He stepped closer, his expression intent. “I desire you like I have no other woman. I would take as many nights as you would offer, but I’ll settle for just one.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I wonder what it would be like to be as they are. Creatures of instinct and insatiable hunger...caged but longing to roam free.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“Shame is a futile emotion crafted to plague those fragile enough to care what others think of them.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“God, he was handsome when he smiled. Especially when his lips were glossed and a bit swollen from kissing. She could cheerfully murder him.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“I believe we do not have to be what our circumstances would have made for us. We can forge our own path. We can choose to be better.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

“She’d felt like a treasure lying wrapped in his embrace. Something coveted and rare.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger