Jayne Fresina Quotes & Sayings

Women exist to put right all the wrongs men do and to keep them from making a complete pig's ear of the world. — Jayne Fresina

It was most troubling to find there existed a pair of lips he would allow to insult him and yet still want to kiss immediately afterward. — Jayne Fresina

Darius squared his shoulders, wishing he had something other than his handkerchief to keep his hands occupied while she stood this close, looking so angry and at the same time as wildly beautiful, dangerous, and breathtaking as a thunderstorm at sea. A face to sink a thousand ships... — Jayne Fresina

He was back. Of course he was, she thought scornfully. He'd returned after all that time, just when she looked her very worst and had a pimple. — Jayne Fresina

But when he heard news of her engagement to another man, Nathaniel was cast utterly adrift. Sinking deeper and deeper into a violent depression, he'd come up with a list of three possible plans over several jugs of ale at the local tavern.

One. Kill W. Shaw.
Two. Kidnap D. Makepiece (until she concedes her mistake).
Three. Kill W. Shaw.

He was never a very great schemer. — Jayne Fresina

[They] talked mostly of their memories, for the past was all they had - the present being such a changable, odd thing, and the future too far away. — Jayne Fresina

A gentleman's brain must be treated gently and never overburdened. It gets so little exercise. We don't want it strained. — Jayne Fresina

He'd never seen a more miserable gown. The color hovered in some purgatory between raincloud and ditchwater and it looked as if the pieces of it were cut to a pattern of indifference, then stitched with resentment. — Jayne Fresina

Her mother, of course, would remind her that it was a woman's duty to marry and bear children. It was her only purpose in life. But then her mother had no appreciation for novels. — Jayne Fresina

The worst mistake I ever made has become the best thing I ever did.

- Darius Wainwright — Jayne Fresina

He knew then he was in danger. Very real danger. No woman had ever given him a gift or spoken to him as she did. Or tied him in these breathless knots. Or left him so aroused just by standing close and letting him hold her hand. — Jayne Fresina

What makes you think you can stop me?"
"I'm a lady, and you're a gentleman."
He smirked. "Are you sure about that?"
"About which?"
"Either. — Jayne Fresina