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Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most.
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Christina Dodd |
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I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.
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You and me-we've whored together. We've fought together.And I still dunna understand how ye always seems to know where the money is hidden and the liquor is stored and the scandals are richest.' It's a gift.
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humor
gifts
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Christina Dodd |
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Because I want every breath you take to be empty unless you're close enough to smell me. Every word you speak to be unimportant unless it's to me. Every sound you hear empty unless it's my voice. I want you to remember that whatever pleasure you have from now on, you'll have it from me. ~Rurik Wilder~
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Christina Dodd |
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I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in my bed. That's what I want today. That's what I'll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness.
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romance
rules-of-attraction
queen-victoria
historical
queen
historical-romance
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Christina Dodd |
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Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.
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dark
romance
love
scent-of-darkness
demon
werewolf
paranormal
paranormal-romance
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Christina Dodd |
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If you cannot see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.
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Christina Dodd |
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The only person who fears nothing is one who has nothing to lose.
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Christina Dodd |
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I thought society would do the right thing. Now I look around and I think -- society never does the right thing. Sometimes people do the right thing. Sometimes one person makes a difference. But civilization has rules, and I've learned them well -- never be helpless, never be sick, never be poor.
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human-rights
poverty
kindness
society
helplessness
health
sickness
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Christina Dodd |
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729974f
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Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.
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Christina Dodd |
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Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.
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funny
dowager-queen
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Christina Dodd |
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Life is too short to dance with ugly men
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funny
so-true
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Christina Dodd |
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If ye canna see the bright side o' life, polish the dull side
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funny
scottish
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Christina Dodd |
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993c0ca
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We're lucky." He slipped his hand around her waist and splayed it in the small of her back. "Most couples have only one first kiss. We'll have two."
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Christina Dodd |
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She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art glass-- strong enough to handle and use, delicate enough to shatter under a strong blow, and filled with swirls of color that fascinated the eye. But while most people--and most glass--allowed light through, she could discern nothing of Devlin's heart and soul through the smoke and mirrors he ..
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people
emotions
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Christina Dodd |
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cf8577a
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the pain of the constant, bone-chilling loneliness she'd accustomed herself to. And learned to live with it.
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Christina Dodd |
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I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.
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romance
duke
governess-brides
historical-adventure
christina-dodd
historical-romance
historical-fiction
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Christina Dodd |
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a20a2ee
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If our legal counsel, Bob Rutherford, works for Satan, Satan should buy Bob a better toupee.
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Christina Dodd |
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3f828f0
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Only those who row the boat make waves
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true
wisdom
inspirational
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Christina Dodd |
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05e4914
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Logic is overrated and superfluous when it comes to love.
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Christina Dodd |
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Are you a man?'' The question slipped out, and she regretted it. Regretted injecting reality into this delicate, lovely dream of passion. ''I thought I had conclusively proved my manhood to you. Shall I do it again?
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Christina Dodd |
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Holding her tight against him, he said, "I am the blood in your veins, the marrow in your bones. You'll never go anywhere without knowing I'm inside you, supporting you, keeping you alive. I am a part of you. You are a part of me. We are forever."
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Christina Dodd |
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the haunted always take refuge in stillness.
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Christina Dodd |
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Miss Prendregast!" He rapped on his desk with his knuckles. "You were never in any danger!" "Except from the wild animals." His lids swept down as if he needed a reprieve from looking at her. "Alert me if you're attacked by a rabbit."
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sarcasm
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Christina Dodd |
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All I wanted was a man who could love and who loved me, who I could share my secrets with and know his.
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secrets
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Christina Dodd |
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It was like living with a bad action movie, all excitement and motion, and no character development.
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Christina Dodd |
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A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them
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funny
princesses
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Christina Dodd |
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But some vows are made for good reason, and some are made for pride.
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Christina Dodd |
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Women always said he was warm. They snuggled with him in bed, grateful for the heat. A couple of his lovers even claimed that, when he was inside them, he heated them from the inside out. A pleasant flattery, perhaps, but one Hope would discover the truth of. For when she touched him, he did burn.
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romantic
love
hot
lust
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Christina Dodd |
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4c35b67
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Caleb came to his mother's side and helped her to her feet. "Besides, if you rest, then I am free to make love to Jacqueline." "Caleb!" Jacqueline had been worried she would say the wrong thing. Instead, Caleb had put his foot in it. But obviously all the cliches she'd ever heard about Italian sons were true. He really could do no wrong, for Mrs. D'Angelo shook her finger at him--but she said indulgently, "You are incorrigible." "Ma, I'm ju..
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jacqueline-vargha
meeting-mom
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Christina Dodd |
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Archaeologist, adventurer -- I saw the Indiana Jones movies. They are the same.
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Christina Dodd |
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Why had she imagined he was attractive? He was absolutely the biggest, most complete and utter jackass she'd ever had the bad fortune to meet.
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rake
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Christina Dodd |
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Elizabeth understood as she never had before. Everyone, all of them had lived secure in the belief that the earth was stable, unchanging, eternal. Now no one could trust the ground beneath their feet. Yes, the earthquake was the story of destruction, but not just of things. An earthquake destroyed security. It destroyed complacency. It changed the people who lived through it.
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Christina Dodd |
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No matter how they fought they had always been like this: balanced between anger and passion, between hurt and glory.
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passion
couples
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Christina Dodd |
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bfb3c68
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The more I know you, the more I wonder who you are." He counted off her qualities on his fingers. "You have the accent of a lady. You dress like a peasant. You shoot like a marksman. You view the world cynically, yet you venerate Miss Victorine. Your face and body would be the envy of a young goddess, yet you sport an air of innocence. And that innocence hides a criminal mind and the cheek to pull off the most outrageous of felonies." "So I..
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Christina Dodd |
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He who lies down with dogs shall rise with fleas
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funny
scottish
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Christina Dodd |
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I would. I could stand on my feet without you." "And the tide would still go out without my pushing it. The spring will still melt the snow without my warm breath nagging it. You're a person, all on your own, with hopes and thoughts and dreams completely separate from mine. Do you think I want a woman who needs to lean on me to be complete? I don't, dearling, I want only you, as whole and self-sufficient and tender as you are. I want to kno..
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Christina Dodd |
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She had refused to draw the monster. She feared to give him form.
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fear
life
christina-dodd
virtue-falls
thriller
monster
suspense
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Christina Dodd |
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9a5fd6a
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For as long as I could remember, I had always been the girl who had watched her father kill her mother.
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Christina Dodd |
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I have never seen an unclad male form in my life, and I haven't suffered for the lack." "By an extraordinary coincidence, I haven't seen an unclad male form in my life, either. I'd say it's time to remedy the situation." Tugging his shirt open, Amy peered down at his chest. "We can't look at him when he's unconscious! It's . . . it's immoral." Miss Victorine fanned herself with her handkerchief. Coal watched the white cotton as if contempla..
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Christina Dodd |
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I've been dead over seventy years and still when I hear a woman scream, I find myself standing, listening, wanting to help and unable to do anything except watch.
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paranormal
suspense
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Christina Dodd |
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c7be1ed
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They hit a pothole deep enough to make her teeth snap together, and she burst out, "This road reminds me of my life. It's going somewhere familiar, but every time I look up, there's a new obstacle to jump, another hole to fall in."
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road
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Christina Dodd |
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0bffcc7
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I realized my sorrow, the regret of a restless, doomed spirit, rang in my voice. For the first time I wondered if my fate was to helplessly watch violence until I became as mad as the men who committed the murders.
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love-story
paranormal-romance
suspense
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Christina Dodd |
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c8607ef
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She was no longer a coward, forcing bravery from herself--she was brave. "You're not going to kill me," she said, and with swift impatience, she jabbed her elbow in his gut."
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Christina Dodd |