A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter Quotes

“Bad governess,” he growled, tumbling her backwards to the daybed, lips and hands all over her, peeling off straps and coating her bared skin with bites and kisses.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“If one finds pleasure in reading a song sheet, then why naysay them? It should not matter what words bring you joy – be they Shakespeare, pig breeding, biblical or romance – but the fact they do bring joy to the beholder. On occasion, words are the sole pleasure to be found within this oft chaotic world.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“Gold and black – riches and sin, the beautiful day and wondrous night, enticing him like no other.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“Yes, Miss Griffin,” she heard him state huskily at last. “You do appear to have found my pectoralis major.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“felt as naked as a shorn sheep in February.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“All the nobs are busy shopping for horses, Hessians or whores.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“All”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“Yer poor child. Look at yer, as cold as Milling Mike after ten rounds with Big Bill.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter

“What she did realise was that if she waited out here in the cold much longer, Mr Hawkins would not have a governess to house but a body to bury.”
― Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter