Along Came a Lady Quotes

“And he was intrigued. He was done denying it to himself. He had questions that he wanted answered. And they were all about her.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“Then you don’t know what glory is, princess.” He winked, and with that scoundrel’s flutter to his black lashes, there could be absolutely no doubting the double meaning to his words. She gasped, her hand coming up to cover her mouth. “Mr. Audley!”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“And he promises he won’t send any more gentlemen around.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“I don’t want you to be in a position where you have to defend yourself,” he said quietly. A wrong that she’d faced time and time again to the point it had become a common occurrence she expected, and had to learn how to deal with. “I wouldn’t want it for you, or my sister, or any woman.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“Too many to name. Even more whose names I don’t know,” she said. “It is how women are treated, and as such, we become adept at . . . navigating such situations.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“Except, this smile she wore was strained with all the resentment—the deserved resentment she carried for a life where women were at the mercy of men, bounders, the lot of them.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“The funny thing about apologies is that they’re really just empty words that change nothing and undo even less,”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“You let yourself freely live last night. Do not punish yourself for it.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady

“We all have moments of imprudence. We should expect the people around us to not take advantage if we do.”
― Christi Caldwell, Along Came a Lady