“Once again, my new novel The Girl Who Stayed is something different for me, although with the same voice my readers have come to anticipate. I believe that people are pretty much the same, regardless of era, physical”
―
Tanya Anne Crosby,
The Things We Leave Behind
“What are you working on?” Chris had asked. “Nothing,” Zoe replied, her fingers freezing on the keyboard.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“Except that the digital numbers shifted as she stared and the clock’s panels turned to 3:53.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“If the house were on fire, what would you save? The cat? The computer? The only existing picture of your dead sister? Rather, the question should be: What would you be willing to lose?” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“You love me, Zoe?” he’d asked on a number of occasions. “Don’t you?” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“Och, mo cridhe... nighean mo ruin,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride
“How very moving,” FitzSimon declared from the ramparts above, his tone full of rancor. “Now take your bastard and go, MacKinnon!” Iain hung his head back, peering up into the ramparts to meet FitzSimon’s gaze. “Aye,” he agreed. “You’ve kept your end o’ the bargain, FitzSimon, and now I’ll keep mine. Your daughter will be returned to you within the hour.” “Nay!” FitzSimon shook his head vehemently. “Keep the bloody bitch!” Iain was struck entirely dumb. Surely he didn’t mean that... He was but angry... “If you return her to me,” FitzSimon swore, “I’ll rip out her traitorous tongue for her betrayal!” Iain held his son in stunned disbelief. “I have no need of the lass,” he returned. “Surely you cannot mean...” “Keep her, or kill her!” FitzSimon declared. “I care not which—only get her the hell out of my sight!” And then he withdrew, ending the discourse, once and for all, leaving Iain and his men to stare after him in shock.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride
“course, he didn’t actually want her to go, nor did she care to join him. The tension in her shoulders eased a little, realizing he wanted her to say no. Pretending to contemplate his invitation, Zoe relaxed” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“The surest way to open yourself to hurt is to love, and yet you love anyway,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lairds, Lords & Lovers: 10 Full-Length Novels From the Queens of Medieval Romance
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you… the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” — Roald Dahl” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The King's Favorite
“didn’t look at her again—probably to avoid the permanent look of resentment now etched upon her face, a look Zoe tried impossibly to hide. That morning, however, as he tossed the briefcase into the backseat of his car, what it might contain, or how much he’d spent for the damned thing, was the furthest thing from Zoe’s mind. The instant he was out of the driveway,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“It was true that he was weary after having spent the last seven days traveling from Kent to the shadowed edges of the Exmoor Forest. It was also true that the wilds of Somerset and Cornwall were said to breed wraiths and other netherworld creatures, and Dunster was right in the middle of dark and mysterious lands. But being a man of logic, Sir Gart Forbes wasn’t one to believe in ghosts or phantoms or fairies. Still, he wasn’t quite sure what he had seen.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lairds, Lords & Lovers: 10 Full-Length Novels From the Queens of Medieval Romance
“instead!” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Viking's Prize
“He who loses his head, loses,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Highland Steel
“If the house were on fire, what would you save? The cat? The computer? The only existing picture of your dead sister? Rather, the question should be: What would you be willing to lose? For Zoe Rutherford the answer was: everything.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“It wasn’t good for the soul, she reminded herself, to dwell in anger. Too oft it only hurt the bearer, because the receiver was scarce aware, or didn’t care anyway.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, On Bended Knee
“yearned so much to spill her heart... to someone... to reveal every dark part of herself and every flaw, to be unveiled in the light of day... and to still be loved despite her flaws.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lyon's Gift
“all” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lyon's Gift
“mesmerizing Southern drama about a young woman who returns to her coastal home to put to rest the haunting ghost of her sister’s tragic past. Told in the rich, lyrical style of Siddons and Conroy, The Girl Who Stayed is a woman’s story of discovery and acceptance, redefined by Tanya Anne Crosby’s dramatic storytelling, sharp characters, and well-defined plot. A must read for any woman who believes she can never go back home. Fabulous, rich and evocative!” – New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett “Crosby tugs heartstrings in a spellbinding story of a woman trying to move beyond her past.” – New York Times bestselling” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“What are you working on?” Chris had asked. “Nothing,” Zoe replied, her fingers freezing on the keyboard.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“Except that the digital numbers shifted as she stared and the clock’s panels turned to 3:53.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“If the house were on fire, what would you save? The cat? The computer? The only existing picture of your dead sister? Rather, the question should be: What would you be willing to lose?” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“You love me, Zoe?” he’d asked on a number of occasions. “Don’t you?” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“Och, mo cridhe... nighean mo ruin,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride
“How very moving,” FitzSimon declared from the ramparts above, his tone full of rancor. “Now take your bastard and go, MacKinnon!” Iain hung his head back, peering up into the ramparts to meet FitzSimon’s gaze. “Aye,” he agreed. “You’ve kept your end o’ the bargain, FitzSimon, and now I’ll keep mine. Your daughter will be returned to you within the hour.” “Nay!” FitzSimon shook his head vehemently. “Keep the bloody bitch!” Iain was struck entirely dumb. Surely he didn’t mean that... He was but angry... “If you return her to me,” FitzSimon swore, “I’ll rip out her traitorous tongue for her betrayal!” Iain held his son in stunned disbelief. “I have no need of the lass,” he returned. “Surely you cannot mean...” “Keep her, or kill her!” FitzSimon declared. “I care not which—only get her the hell out of my sight!” And then he withdrew, ending the discourse, once and for all, leaving Iain and his men to stare after him in shock.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride
“course, he didn’t actually want her to go, nor did she care to join him. The tension in her shoulders eased a little, realizing he wanted her to say no. Pretending to contemplate his invitation, Zoe relaxed” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“The surest way to open yourself to hurt is to love, and yet you love anyway,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lairds, Lords & Lovers: 10 Full-Length Novels From the Queens of Medieval Romance
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you… the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” — Roald Dahl” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The King's Favorite
“didn’t look at her again—probably to avoid the permanent look of resentment now etched upon her face, a look Zoe tried impossibly to hide. That morning, however, as he tossed the briefcase into the backseat of his car, what it might contain, or how much he’d spent for the damned thing, was the furthest thing from Zoe’s mind. The instant he was out of the driveway,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“It was true that he was weary after having spent the last seven days traveling from Kent to the shadowed edges of the Exmoor Forest. It was also true that the wilds of Somerset and Cornwall were said to breed wraiths and other netherworld creatures, and Dunster was right in the middle of dark and mysterious lands. But being a man of logic, Sir Gart Forbes wasn’t one to believe in ghosts or phantoms or fairies. Still, he wasn’t quite sure what he had seen.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lairds, Lords & Lovers: 10 Full-Length Novels From the Queens of Medieval Romance
“instead!” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Viking's Prize
“He who loses his head, loses,” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Highland Steel
“If the house were on fire, what would you save? The cat? The computer? The only existing picture of your dead sister? Rather, the question should be: What would you be willing to lose? For Zoe Rutherford the answer was: everything.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
“It wasn’t good for the soul, she reminded herself, to dwell in anger. Too oft it only hurt the bearer, because the receiver was scarce aware, or didn’t care anyway.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, On Bended Knee
“yearned so much to spill her heart... to someone... to reveal every dark part of herself and every flaw, to be unveiled in the light of day... and to still be loved despite her flaws.” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lyon's Gift
“all” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, Lyon's Gift
“mesmerizing Southern drama about a young woman who returns to her coastal home to put to rest the haunting ghost of her sister’s tragic past. Told in the rich, lyrical style of Siddons and Conroy, The Girl Who Stayed is a woman’s story of discovery and acceptance, redefined by Tanya Anne Crosby’s dramatic storytelling, sharp characters, and well-defined plot. A must read for any woman who believes she can never go back home. Fabulous, rich and evocative!” – New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett “Crosby tugs heartstrings in a spellbinding story of a woman trying to move beyond her past.” – New York Times bestselling” ― Tanya Anne Crosby, The Things We Leave Behind
