{"author":"Carolyn Jewel","author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel","total_quotes":21,"quotes":[{"text":"He fell quiet, but she understood this was his way. He was not a talkative man. Once, she’d imagined him sitting alone in his house, a monster ready to devour anyone who came near. What she imagined now was a man who had both his rank and his natural reticence working against him. She smiled at him. If he continued in his gruff ways the rest of his life, she would defend him to anyone. Anyone.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":659,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"Miss Edith Clay brightened the room with her presence. Just from walking through the door, she’d made the room a happier place. This was true despite his having spent the last several months assuring himself his recollection of her had to be incorrect. His recollection was not incorrect. It was appallingly accurate.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":19067,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"If he spoke, there was no possible outcome but another disastrous exchange of words at cross-purposes. The chances of him finding both the right words and the right inflection were, in his experience with her thus far, vanishingly small. He would either growl at her, or tell her what was in his heart.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":30463,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"He did not want to go to his grave knowing he had risked nothing for the woman he wanted. He wasn’t an ass, though. Or if he was, he did not wish to give her incontrovertible evidence of the fact. What to say to her, then, when he knew he was likely to speak too gruffly?","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":70051,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"There is a view,” he said. “You will admire it.” A command. All wrong. He meant for her to hear that he wanted her to see the view, but no. By habit, he demanded that she accompany him. “I should like for you to see it. Please.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":75135,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"She laughed, and the duke might actually have smiled, though one could never be certain.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["dukes","historical-romance","romance"],"id":83425,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"Dread that she would meet some other man and see in him all the joy of life that he lacked. “I will see you home.” The words came out all wrong, with gruff emphasis on the word will. One look at her, and he lost all chance at serenity. Because he had never in his life cared whether anyone liked him. He’d never thought about it. Until her.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":93568,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"She cocked her head. The ribbon tied beneath her chin glinted dully in the light. “Have I said something wrong?”“No.'“I have.” She stepped closer. “You are the most inscrutable man I have ever met.” He laughed. No mirth at all. “I’m quite serious.” She studied him. “No.” Her quiet voice lanced through him. “Don’t look away. Not when I am about to understand you.” “Are you certain you wish to?” He held her gaze, and the silence of his hunting box became unendurable. He fixed in his head an image of her in his bed. Nude. And of him, there to touch, and taste, experiencing that moment when his prick slid into her body. Her. Not any woman, but her. Specifically. The woman who made him see beauty where he’d once seen only duty.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":97474,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"Because, good God, Lily Wellstone had the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the spirit of the devil glinting from her eyes. She was a woman worth losing his soul for.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["angel","devil","goddess","love","passion","soul"],"id":113905,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"},{"text":"She laughed, and the sound pierced his heart.","author":"Carolyn Jewel","tags":["historical-romance","romance"],"id":248849,"author_id":"Carolyn+Jewel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}