Wounded Hero Quotes

“Ah, Bluebell, what am I going to do with you?”
Love me.”
― Sheri Humphreys, A Hero to Hold

“Dar’s been through enough in his life, and his legs are only a small part of it. Don’t play with him, Cassie. If you’re not serious, leave him the hell alone.”

“And if I am serious?”

Sean smiled ruefully. “Then you’re in for the fight of your life.”
― Justine Davis, The Morning Side of Dawn

“soft. Her hand was so soft, like cat fur, like bird feathers, like...everything soft he could think of. Her thumb caressing the corner of his mouth and her lips when they first touched his were tentative.”
― Bonnie Dee

“As he shook off his servant’s grip and staggered heavily to his feet, the sunlight streaming through the outside door struck him full in the face.

Samantha gasped.

A fresh scar, still red and angry, bisected the corner of his left eye and descended down his cheek in a jagged lightning bolt, drawing the skin around it taut. It had once been an angel’s face with the sort of masculine beauty reserved only for princes and seraphim.”
― Teresa Medeiros, Yours Until Dawn

“Is that what you think?”

He considered that for a moment before he said, “I think you’re Chase’s sister, and that says a lot. But I also know Dar’s been through enough in his life, and his legs are only a small part of it. Don’t play with him, Cassie. If you’re not serious, leave him the hell alone.”

“And if I am serious?”

Sean smiled ruefully. “Then you’re in for the fight of your life.”
― Justine Davis, The Morning Side of Dawn

“I've never needed to be protected, but Mace melts me in ways that tear down my guard. I don't know if that will save me, kill me, or break my heart. -Nikola-”
― M.A. Gonzales, Mace

“His voice was dark, and deep, with a delicious timbre that was as rich and mouthwatering as the chocolate Margery drank every morning.”
― Christina Britton, A Duke Worth Fighting For

“As if drawn to her on a string he closed the door and went to her. In silence he sat on the bed, removed his jacket, managed to pull off his boots. And then he was stretched out beside her. She came to him immediately, curling against his side, warm and soft and her body fitting against his with an aching perfection. As if she belonged there. And as he held her close and listened as her body grew relaxed and her breathing slowed in sleep, he thought for one mad moment that maybe, just maybe, she did.”
― Christina Britton, A Duke Worth Fighting For

“She smiled, tightening her arm about Daniel's middle. His breathing had the deep and even cadence of sleep, his heart beating strong under her ear. He smelled of soap and fresh air and warm man. It was exactly where she wanted to be.”
― Christina Britton, A Duke Worth Fighting For

“His mind, prepared for flight, screamed at him to turn around, to cover himself. But his heart, full of love for her and the hope that she could love him as he was, kept him in place. He raised his chin and looked at her.”
― Christina Britton, A Duke Worth Fighting For

“The cure is in the scar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“She wanted to ask about his late wife and the mistress he kept in London, to inquire about his reason for going to war. She longed to know the events that had shaped his life and made him the man he was today.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

“When she smiled, his heart expanded with pleasure. And when her fingers brushed his, it felt as though his soul caught fire.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

“He was wrong. She wasn’t the least bit safe. Not when he had the power to rid her of sensible thought or to light a fire inside her with barely one touch. He brought her body alive with a new kind of longing, instilling in her a need to explore new sensations.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

“She wanted his kisses so much it physically hurt to imagine she might never know the press of his lips against hers.”
― Sophie Barnes

“He’d be damned if he told her he was afraid of falling in love with her only to realize she’d never love him in return.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

“He wanted her more desperately than he’d ever wanted anything else in his life. She was his goal now – a new purpose guiding him toward a better future than he’d thought possible.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

“PTSD is a battle fought in our quiet moments, but love is the force that breaks through that silence.”
― Dave Henderson