Shattered Vows Quotes

“A free-spirited loner with a need to indulge every gut instinct and feeling to its full extent.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“You’re asking me to move in with you in a week’s time and then marry you when I don’t know anything about you.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“Piccola ragazza, you think so little of me that it actually pains me. I’m never going to hurt you. I’d kill for you. You’re my family now. Your life is precious, love. It’s safe with me. But the men around you? I’d put a bullet through their skulls faster than you could murmur daddy.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“Love made you vulnerable. Relying on others made you weak. Someone strong would always be able to prey on that.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“What the—?” I looked up and leapt from the couch when I saw “Moonshine?” Bastian stood there in his navy suit, brown dog hair on him, and a red leash attached to Moonshine. In one hand he held the leash and a plastic bag filled with toys, and from the other he dropped a big bag of dog food next to the door.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“I went to the humane society. Dr. Nathan told me Moonshine was growing and no one wanted her because they didn’t love pit and rottweiler mixes. I petted my little girl more than I did the others.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“I snuggled Moonshine close when we returned to the visitation room. Ivy told me how Moonshine was the sweetest dog she’d ever met.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“Finally, once the kennels had calmed from our company and all the animals were taken care of, I returned to Tito’s cage. Bastian leaned against the brick wall with Tito curled up in his lap. He rubbed the puppy’s head back and forth. Both had their eyes closed.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“Bastian, I’m much too simple for your tastes.” And he was much too complicated for mine. “Dante seems nice.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“The ocean would have been a beautiful woman; one with power and depth and darkness that held secrets no one could imagine. She took all the waste of the world and still came out looking stunning.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows

“Morina Bailey, you’re like the ocean. Pretty without trying, alluring without knowing, and I think you might be just as devastating. You could probably eat me alive.”
― Shain Rose, Shattered Vows