. . I tell you Dain is a splendid catch. I advise you to set your hooks and reel him in.โ Jessica took a long swallow of her cognac. โThis is not a trout, Genevieve. This is a great, hungry shark.โ โThen use a harpoon.
Loretta ChaseJessica: โYou great drunken jackass!โ Dain: โI did not give you leave to use my Christian name.
Loretta ChaseHe pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't see how matters could become worse," he muttered. "I am already besotted with a needle-tongued, conceited, provoking ape leader of a lady." Her head jerked up. "Besotted? You're nothing like it. Vengeful is more like it. Spiteful.
Loretta Chase