Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is the pseudonym used by Julie Pottinger, a best-selling American historical romance author, who says she chose her pseudonym so her Regency romances would be on bookshelves next to those of the successful romance writer Amanda Quick. Her novels have been translated into 26 foreign languages, and she has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List 18 times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
taken jealous men
Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who’d taken advantage of her innocence, but he did not feel jealous. He did not need to be her first, he realized. He simply needed to be her last. Her only.
soulmate heart two
It suddenly made sense. Only twice in his life had he felt this inexplicable, almost mystical attraction to a woman. He’d thought it remarkable, to have found two, when in his heart he’d always believed there was only one perfect woman out there for him. His heart had been right. There was only one.
unrequited-love years way
She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.
lying reading imagine
I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.
horse fall taken
And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man.
sound bones sometimes
sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.
romance happy-endings
You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.
trying looks attention
James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.
book nonsense wells
No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books.
beautiful thinking feelings
But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling beautiful,
hands feet vow
I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.
waiting said happens
I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.
rewards quiet capricious
Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.
tired hands voice
I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.