The Duke's Bartered Mistress Quotes

“Roger was nothing like this. You forsook your family and your life for him, and even he did not give you such pleasure. But Roger had been her husband, even if only for a short time. Demon was… Demon was her master. She was his plaything, his bartered doxy.”
― Caroline Lee, The Duke's Bartered Mistress

“Father had been negotiating her own marriage to an Earl much older than herself, before she’d met Roger. Now that he was gone and years had passed, she could admit that one of the reasons she’d married him was to thwart her father’s plans.”
― Caroline Lee, The Duke's Bartered Mistress

“Ye might’ve come to Endymion for yer father, Georgia, but here, tonight…” He lowered himself until his lips were inches above hers. “Tonight is for ye.” Ah. He was wrong there. Smiling, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Nay, Demon. Tonight is for us.”
― Caroline Lee, The Duke's Bartered Mistress

“No doubt ye’ve heard the rumors.” “About her being your mistress? About her bartering herself in exchange for the Earl’s vowels? About you keeping her prisoner for a month in your ruined castle, debauching her thrice daily, feeding her naught but bread and water, forcing her to serve you as a maid, all instead of doing the honorable thing and allowing her father to pay his debt?” “Aye,” Demon drawled drily. Oh, hell. “Those rumors.”
― Caroline Lee, The Duke's Bartered Mistress