That's what brings in the customers: the combination of gossip and the intricate detail about the dresses, all related as drama. It has the same effect on women, I'm told, as looking at naked women has on men.
Loretta ChaseJust because I squeezed my gigantic bottom into menโs trousers, you neednโt assume my brains have shrunk to masculine size.
Loretta ChaseThe Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,โ Jessica said severely. โIt would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself,โ said her grandmother. โHe is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction.โ โHe isnโt husband material.โ โWhat I have described is perfect husband material.โ said her grandmother. โI donโt want a husband.โ โJessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective.
Loretta ChaseIf you try to find a replacement, you'll be sadly disappointed, I can't be replaced. I'm the only man in all the world who possesses the right combination of qualities for you.You can turn your Ballister stare upon me all you like, but you can't petrify me. You can knock me about to your heart's content without worrying about doing any damage. You can perpetrate any sort of outrage your wicked mind conceives and be sure I'll join in, with a will. You're a troublemaker, Lydia. A Ballister devil. Nothing less than a Mallory hellion would ever suit you." - Vere Mallory -
Loretta Chase