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• “A man who is born to be hanged can never be drowned.”

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• “Do you miss wearing your kilt?" she asked.
  "In London, it caused more bother than it was worth. Ladies either found it indecent or intriguing. A fair few found it to be both. I was never quite sure whether it was indecently intriguing or intriguingly indecent!”

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• “I kissed you," Finlay said roughly. "for the very simple reason that you are irresistible."
  "I think that is what is known as serendipity," Isabella replied, "for it's the very same reason I kissed you back."
  "Serendipity," Finlay said, sliding his arm around her waist. "I've always wondered what it tasted like."
  "Strawberries, and lavender, and vintage wine, I believe is how you described it."
  "No," he said decidedly. "It tastes of nothing other than essence of you. The most intoxicating and delicious taste imaginable.”

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• “There were times when he felt as if he were being literally torn in two. Times when he raged at the injustice of what was happening to him, times when he was overwhelmed with guilt. There was no right and wrong anymore, which had been one of clear-cut lines for so long, was now so blurred that he was careening around like a compass struggling to find true north.”

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• “Celeste." Jack grinned. "How every appropriate. An angel sent from heaven to relieve my boredom."
  "An artist sent from France to paint your brother's estate," she retorted.
  "Touché'. In that case we should get down to business.”

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• “His eyes darkened. His hands slid up to her shoulders. She leaned into him as he pulled her towards him. It started so gently. Soft. Delicate. Celeste leant closer. The kiss deepened. she could feel the damp of his shirt and the heat of his skin beneath it. A drop of perspiration trickled down between her breasts, and she felt a sharp twist of pure desire.”

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• “He closed his eyes and allowed himself to remember the taste of her and the feel of her and the smell of her. She was quite lovely. She was altogether ravishing. She would set any man's blood on fire. He shouldn't have kissed her.”

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• “...People - the ones who are left behind - desire answers. Even when we are advised from beyond the grave not to pursue them.”

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• “You're warning me off. There's no need, I assure you. At this moment in time, my only ambition is to get myself through the day ---" He broke off, realising too late what he'd admitted, remembering, suddenly, why he had kissed her in the first place. And now he'd given her the perfect opening to start again.
  But to his surprise, her expression softened. "Yes," she said. "That is how I have felt since --- since." She blinked rapidly, and forced a smile. "It is a good thing, this -- this---between us, because now I know that I am recovering myself...”

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• “...You, you look -- bien -- exactly what you were, a high-ranking British officer, used to unwavering obedience and with the air of a Greek god, gazing down on us mere mortals.”

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• “The soldier in the portrait had been a respected and admired officer...
  The man he had become was fighting a different battle now. He had his demons, just as she had her ghosts.”

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• “You! That is what is behind this. Ever since you -- As if I didn't have enough on my mind without having to lie awake thinking of you and your damned kisses and your damned questions.”

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• “She had always swum alone. She had never swum in the company of a man, and this man -- She dragged her eyes away again....
  "Go in. I will follow you but don't look."
  Jack laughed. "I never make promises I can't keep," he said.”

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• “Where is your Revolutionary spirit?"
  "Beheaded," Celeste said.”

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• “Celeste committed the cardinal sin of leaning across Jack's arm. "You will excuse me, Madam, but I have something most particular to say to Monsieur Trestain."
  "That was rude," jack said, though he was smiling.
  "No doubt you thought her very beautiful."
  "No doubt that is what you think I thought.”

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• “Celeste rejoined him. "How you ladies do love a bargain," he said.
  "You were listening!"
  "I left before you shared the secrets of your undergarments." Jack looked sheepish. "That didn't sound quite how I intended."
  Celeste blushed. "You should not have mentioned it at all. A lady's undergarments are not a fit topic for a gentleman to discuss at a military dinner."
  "Actually," he retorted, "you would be surprised at how often the subject comes up.”

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• “I supposed you've already kissed him? Don't deny it, that guilty look is a complete giveaway. Did you like it?"
  "Felicity!"
  "Well?"
  "Yes." Ainsley laughed. "Yes, I did."
  "Was it a good kiss? The kind of kiss to give you confidence that your Mr. Drummond would know what he was doing? The kind of kiss that made you want him to do more than kiss you?”

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• “He picked up the hairbrush and handed it to her. "What were you planning to do with that, comb me to death?”

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• “So you wish me to forget that you are a sheikh and a prince and a crown prince and soon to be King? That is a lot to forget.”

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• “It is terrifyingly beautiful," Julia said softly.
  "Terrifying?"
  "Nature at its most beautiful and most lethal. It is like standing on the edge of one of those lakes in Switzerland, so blue and so calm and so deep and so dangerous. You have the overwhelming urge to plunge in, even though you know the cold will kill you. This desert - your desert - it makes me want to walk into it and keep walking. You probably think I'm being ridiculously fanciful."
  "I would not have put it in those words, but they are exactly how I feel about Qaryma. Terrifyingly beautiful.”

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• “There is an old saying, that in the desert a camel is more useful than a kingdom," he said ruefully, "but as a location for lovemaking, it leaves a lot to be desired.”

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• “She was riding a camel, in the most beautiful desert, in the kingdom belonging to this most beautiful man. A man who thought she had the most delightful rear. A man who wanted to kiss her every bit as much as she wanted to kiss him. "I know that I will regret saying this, but at this moment in time, I think I could manage anything.”

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• “There is nothing more effective in igniting a man's desire than a woman's passion. To see the fire in your eyes, to feel the fire in your blood as you touch me, it sets me on fire too. Do you imagine I would prefer to kiss a woman who responds only with -- with compliance? No, I would not. No red-blooded man would. Never apologize for passion. Restraint, Julia, has no place in lovemaking.”

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• “She laced her arms around his neck. "Are you hungry, Azhar?"
  His smile made her blood fizz. "Ravenous, Julia."
  "Then please, abandon any attempt at controlling your appetite for me," she whispered into his ear, "Because I too am starving.”

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• “Was your magic carpet out of commission?”

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