Kaki Warner
Kaki Warner is an award-winning author and long time resident of the Pacific Northwest. Although she now lives on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, Kaki actually grew up in the Southwest and is a proud graduate of the University of Texas. Her years spent riding horses and enjoying the expansive views of Texas became the Historical Romance Author, Kaki Warner inspiration for the backdrop of her novels - the wide-open spaces of historic New Mexico Territory.
Several years ago after their two children had left for college, Kaki and her husband, Joe, moved from the city to their hilltop cabin overlooking the scenic Methow Valley. Kaki now spends her time gardening, hiking, reading, writing, and soaking in the view from the deck with her husband and floppy-eared hound dog.
“When?”“When what?”“When are you going to marry her? Assuming she’ll have you.”“When this thing with Sancho is over.”Jack laughed. “That could be forever. Your tongue is hanging out as it is.”“That’s not my tongue.”Which only made Jack laugh harder. “Just do it. Before she leaves you standing in the dust with your cock in your hand.”“Hell, I’d need two hands for that.”
“Are you hearing it now?”“Now I’m remembering. The stars. The sunsets. Our evenings on the porch.” She turned to him, letting him see the sheen of tears on her cheeks. “You.”
“She looked at land and thought flowers. He looked at land and thought cattle. She was liveried servants and ivy-covered stone. He was hard-living cowboys and rough-hewn timbers. Champagne and Forty Rod. The two didn’t mix.”
“Imagine if you can ... a world in which half the inhabitants are larger and stronger than you and are thus able to force you to their will at any time or any place. That unchangeable fact colors everything in your life - from the route you choose when you walk down the street to what you look for when you enter a room, how you dress, how you smile, how you assess people on first meeting? Friend or foe? Is this person a threat? Will that one do me harm? It's all about survival. ... Mock a a woman's desire for jewels and fine clothes and grand houses if you must, but understand that they are simple manifestations of what she truly desires - survival, safety, security - because those baubles are the thing that proclaim to the world that she is of value and, as such, will be protected.”
“I've found that putting one's person in peril is not nearly as frightening as putting one's heart at risk. In the former, one might endure a momentary injury. While with the latter there is the possibility of suffering a lifetime of loneliness and regret.”
“Scars are badges of strength and courage. They tell the story of what we have endured. Only survivors wear them.”
“Well, you know what they say. The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach."-"Indeed? I thought it was through a hole in his chest." -Jessica Thornton”
“It's not complicated. When I look at you, I don't see differences. I see possibilities.”