Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.

Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I'm not always kind, and I have more faults than I'd care to name. All I can promise is that I'll want you until my last breath.

I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.

I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you.

Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.