#historical

And I tell her about his description because I want her to know what I now know, which is that the place where the pepper grows is not a place to be afraid of… I tell her: Mama, exile is not always the darkest corner of the earth. Sometimes it is lush and plentiful, sometimes it is full of life… ↗

— Carola Perla

#historical-fiction #literary-fiction #life

If I am never to have you again after this night, this moment, you will remain the wife of my soul. Keeper of my heart. ↗

— Penelope Williamson

#romance #historical

We may be finished with the past but the past is not finished with us. ↗

— Donald Riggio

#historical-fiction #music #rock-and-roll #family

In my experience there are only a handful of reasons for murder....Jealousy, vengeance, greed, fear and pleasure....Some killers enjoy the kill....For them it is a great game, and for the most part they are the ones I hunt. ↗

— Amanda Quick

#paranormal-romance #romantic-suspense #experience

You intend to keep me confined in here with you for three days?" His voice was low and ominous. "It doesn't have to take three days," she said, "It just depends how long it takes for you to come to your senses." "My senses?" he shook her so hard she thought her teeth would rattle. "It is you whose mind is disordered if you think you can tame me like some pet! Is that what you think, Vesta? That you can somehow turn a man like me into your little lap dog?" "No," she said, as earnest as she had ever been in her life. "I could never imagine you as a lap dog. Ever. You are a Mastiff. Big, powerful, dignified, brave, and yet gentle." She nodded with a look of self satisfaction. "Yes. Most definitely a Mastiff." from THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS ↗

— Victoria Vane

#erotic-romance #historical-romance #imagination

She did not want to know what charm he had used to make her love him so deeply. She did not want to know it wasn’t real. ↗

— Penelope Marzec

#historical-romance #paranormal #white-buck #wizard #love

I want you forever. I will always be with you. I will always love you. I will love, honor, and cherish you for all eternity. ↗

— Katrina D. Miller

#lgbt-literature #love

I love you, Louise Downe McCord. You drive me absolutely crazy sometimes, and this is one of those times, but I love you. ↗

— Maggie Osborne

#historical #love #romance #love

{Summertime she speaks of winter, she eats ham, but speaks of beef, got a good man but, flirts with another. She might as well go to hell, cause she ain't gonna be happy in heaven either!}www.nancybbrewer.com From new books coming soon- 3rd in Carolina Rain series. ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#history #humor #romance #southern #southern-women

My love for you won't stop with my leaving. Come an evening over the years, when you step outside your door and hear the wind blowing through the cottonwoods, that'll be me, thinking of you, whispering your name, and loving you. ↗

— Penelope Williamson

#romance #western #love