She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across the hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell hopelessly in love.

I've needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from me. Logan to Madeline

... I think I know the secret to a long and happy marriage - just choose someone you can't live without.

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

The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.

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