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071fc61 "I slept in myself, didn't get up until about nine." "Has anyone looked outside, checked to see if the world is still spinning on its axis?" "At which time," he continued dryly, "I had a workout--I had souffle, too. Then, before I came down here to enjoy one of my gifts, I worked about an hour in my office." roarke romance sweet J.D. Robb
03f62e7 "I mean, I don't want to pass judgment--I just wish my husband didn't shoot deer." "Oh, Mel, don't worry. I've been hunting with your husband--the deer are completely safe." -- funny humour romance Robyn Carr
d3d0b4e Someone speak to me. Call out to me and take me out. Please, please, I'm begging you, say something kind to me. Tell me I'm pretty, tell me I'm sweet. Invite me out for coffee, or more... Tell me that you want to spend the day with me and me alone. loneliness love romance Natsuo Kirino
b71b988 "A million possible endearments ran through his head. But he said, "Help." funny humour romance Robyn Carr
389e3cd I believe that in matters of the heart there is no such thing as compromise. Love means that you give each other everything. love romance romantic-love trust Milan Kundera
dcacfa8 Matt is a tortured soul,' Amanda insisted. 'He's Heathcliff and you're Cathy. He's Rochester and you're Jane Eyre. He's-' 'Darcy and I'm Elizabeth. I get it. And you're wrong. reference romance romance-novels victorian Robin Brande
dc8e4ba "At this moment, I am obscenely happy. Please don't screw this up or dump me or cheat on me or divorce me." "All right," he said." romance Robyn Carr
e1da86b "Cooper's been married in his head for a while now." "That's... kinda sweet." romance Robyn Carr
4e8cf16 Steele had found that once one had a glimpse of what life could be like when it was good, he couldn't go back to dark, ugly days and nights. He existed before Breezy. [...] He hadn't been alive. Breezy had changed all that. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
495ca99 Control is an illusion, Steele. I learned that a long time ago. It doesn't matter who appears to have it. We really only can control ourselves. We have choices. You were my choice. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
fe7a981 She was nothing. She'd thought he was her world, and all the while, he'd been plotting to take down her family's club. She'd loved him. He'd used her and then thrown her away, shattering every dream, every hope she'd ever had. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
61539ca He'd been the one to end things, and it had been ugly. Really ugly. Deliberately ugly. He'd said things to drive her away--and she'd gone. She'd managed to take pieces of him with her. She'd stolen those pieces from him, and he'd known when she'd left, he wasn't going to get them back. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
3e79122 He'd been angry. He'd been afraid for her. He'd been shocked that just by being with her, he'd become everything he most despised in the world-- a predator. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
b99c8c2 It won't work that way. You know me, Bree. You 'know' me. I might have misled things at the club. But I gave you the real man. I don't back away from a fight and I win. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
8e1a380 Steele knew Breezy wasn't going to be won over easily, but as far as he was concerned, there was no other choice. He 'had' to win her over for his own self-preservation. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
dd1020d She laughed easily, that was one of the things he remembered most. Her laughter. The sound of it. The way she turned everything bad into something good. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
cd5ab46 There was always a trail, skin cells, a scent, thermal imaging, parts left behind that the riders called prints. Sometimes those proved helpful when tracking an individual, especially if they were fresh. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
1b3dffa She probably should have been afraid of him, but he brought her such a sense of well-being that fearing him was impossible. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
69ab86f "You know how comfortably you go on as a bachelor, and how very much you would dislike to be tied to a wife's apron-strings." He laughed a little ruefully, but denied it. "I shouldn't dislike being tied to your apron-strings." heyer love proposal rejection romance Georgette heyer
264fd05 I love everything about you. I told myself that was what it was. All those parts, separately that I loved them. I watch you. I'm inside your mind. I see who you are. I've decided it isn't about loving everything about you. It's simply about loving you. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
6180552 "We're celebrating tonight," Ricco said, raising his glass. "To our Francesca. May she be followed by the right ones in a very timely manner." romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
e02ba46 Already he knew she was the one he wanted, and it had nothing to do with their shadows coming together. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
9c53904 He didn't want to take over her life, he wanted her to surrender it to him. Invading her privacy was far different than her volunteering to tell him what was going on in her life. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
25aef7d He had never trusted a woman-or anyone, for that matter-to sleep close to him, let alone in the same bed. And yet, already, he was completely relaxed with her. He couldn't imagine being without her, and now, if they survived, it was a very real possibility. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
f4ba11d I don't mind you in my head. I refuse to be embarrassed for thinking the truth. You have to know how good-looking you are. Fortunately for you, you seem to have brains and humor to go with your looks. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
b0fe570 He was either right or wrong. Worrying didn't make it any better. She let herself drift off with the scent of him in her lungs, with the knowledge that she was loved in her head and heart. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
e844e4b You know me, gattina, you're just conditioned to think you can't trust anyone. He did that to you. Don't let him interfere with us. You have the right to live your life, Grace. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
eeea79c His smile was warm, impossible to ignore, and did something to her insides, making her feel happy. Happiness wasn't something she was used to feeling and it shocked her a little. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
bb81515 Have you thought of doing it? Being a cattle farmer? If that's what it's called? I think we should do that, but replace cattle with bunnies and then we don't milk or eat the bunnies. We just let them multiply. Then we'll take over the world. Me the queen. You the king. Our bunnies the army nobody can defeat. bunnies bunny bunny-army bunny-queen chasing-impossible cute katie-mcgarry pushing-the-limits rabbit rabbits romance ya ya-romance young-adult young-adult-romance Katie McGarry
2f95903 "Mr. Herriton, don't - please, Mr. Herriton - a dentist. His father's a dentist." Philip gave a cry of personal disgust and pain. He shuddered all over, and edged away from his companion. A dentist! A dentist at Monteriano. A dentist in fairyland! False teeth and laughing gas and the tilting chair at a place which knew the Etruscan League, and the Pax Romana, and Alaric himself, and the Countess Matilda, and the Middle Ages, all fighting and holiness, and the Renaissance, all fighting and beauty! He thought of Lilia no longer. He was anxious for himself: he feared that Romance might die." disgust italy romance E.M. Forster
691b05b "You don't have to say a thing except yes. You don't have to do anything, either, I'm quite willing to plan it all." "You?" "Yes me." "You'd plan all of it? Even the wedding?" "Why not?" "You don't even like to plan your own breakfast." He grinned. "You mean more to me tban bacon." "More than [i]bacon?[/i] I'm honored." "You should be, my foolish pea brain." historical-romance humor hurst-amulet karen-hawkins romance Karen Hawkins
eb4eb63 Besides, it was a well-known maxim that maniacs must be humoured. maniac romance Georgette Heyer
0f9ad03 Man mag noch so viel uber die beliebte Dreiecksthematik des Theaters schimpfen; zwei Personen alleine auf der Buhne, was sollen sie tun, als sich totdiskutieren oder insgeheim nach dem Dritten sehnen. german romance Günter Grass
08839a7 "I turn my head a little. The radio's caroling "Tonight," velvety smooth and young and filled with plaintive desire. Maria's song from West Side Story. I remember one beautiful night long ago at the Winter Garden, with a beautiful someone beside me. I tilt my nose and breathe in, and I can still smell her perfume, the ghost of her perfume from long ago. But where is she now, where did she go, and what did I do with her? Our paths ran along so close together they were almost like one, the one they were eventually going to be. Thin fear came along, fear entered into it somehow, and split them wide apart. Fear bred anxiety to justify. Anxiety to justify bred anger. The phone calls that wouldn't be answered, the door rings that wouldn't be opened. Anger bred sudden calamity. Now there aren't two paths anymore; there's only one, only mine. Running downhill into the ground, running downhill into its doom. ("New York Blues")" relationships romance Cornell Woolrich
cf86c36 Kalbim icimde konusurken ben susmayi beceremem. romance russian-literature Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6960f09 "You're a good date," he said. "You thought of it as a date?" He nodded. "From the beginning." romance romantic Robyn Carr
56f735a "You dance?" "I think that might be overly optimistic," he said. "I do something. I'll try not to hurt you." funny humour romance Robyn Carr
fedd5e1 Sarah, I'm going to take care of you whether you like it or not. romance romantic women-s-fiction Robyn Carr
dbfe81f "Did you know, ma'am, that our mutual friend can say "kiss my arse" in six languages?" romance Liz Carlyle
24b5590 "I don't know," she said. "I'm not sure you would like me in real life. I'm a lot different there, you know. I don't even look the same." " I don't care if you look like a troll with warts," Sir Leo declared, taking her hand in his. "I love you." chad cute cute-things-guys-say fields-of-fantasy gamer-girl i-love-you love maddy mari-mancusi romance sir-leo Mari Mancusi
5944ad4 Can you blame me, my dear, for looking on this attachment as a romantic folly inspired by that cursed Shakespeare who will poke his nose where he is not wanted? literature romance shakespeare Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3a1bb37 He didn't know if there was a word to describe what he felt in that moment, how he saw the lines of his own heart when her eyes met his. julia-quinn love romance sir-richard-kentworth Julia Quinn
ab8b489 Simon gave her a startled look. 'I don't believe I have ever been condescended to by a woman before.' She shrugged. 'It was probably past time. funny romance romance-book-quotes Julia Quinn
e6a112a Debbie wondered if it was true that there was only one person in the world for every person, and if she had already met him, and she either had to find a way to be around him again someday or always be alone. Romance-wise. She didn't quite believe this. What seemed more likely was that there were at least five or six people scattered around the globe who you could bump into and, wham, it would be the right thing. romance Lynne Rae Perkins
e34f802 "He's reading a book called Great Warlocks of the 18th Century, and to get this ball rolling before Dean Devlin shows up and rains on our private parade, I snort and ask, "Good book?" I forget I'm pretending to be sitting behind my two-thousand-ninety-eight-page Highlights of Modern Chemistry book, so he snorts back. "Better than yours." ghouls heavy-metal paranormal-romance romance romantic-comedy young-adult-novels Rusty Fischer
8ff341c "The bathroom's down the hall if you want to take off your tights. I can throw 'em in the dryer for you if you want. Or, you can hang them on the shower curtain rod." He turned. "It's been a long time since I've had a woman's tights draped over my rod." A quick wink and he was gone before she could do anything more than gape." entangled romance Linda Morrisx
347369b The trouble with crying over an onion is that once the chopping gets you started and the tears begin to well up, the next thing you know you just can't stop. latin-american romance Laura Esquivel
4b55714 Now his imagination spun about the hand as about the edge of a vortex; but still he made no effort to draw nearer. He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied. His one terror was to do anything which might efface the sound and impression of her words; his one thought, that he should never again feel quite alone. lonelinessiness love romance superficiality Edith Wharton
45e7f97 Even though we'd never met, imagining being dumped by Gene made me want to die. What was the point of going out with someone? What was the point of falling in love? The whole thing was enough to make me wish I'd been born in one of those countries where they still have arranged marriages. I mean, okay, yes, it would certainly suck not being allowed to drive or vote and having to ask a man's permission to leave the house. But at least you wouldn't have to worry about being dumped. humor romance Melissa Kantor
f4ab446 Her soft laughter slid into his mind. It wasn't laughter at him, rather an invitation to join in, to laugh at the two of them in this impossible predicament they found themselves in. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
c95749f My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to stay away, but even after digesting her advice, knowing the rumors and experiencing what I have, I can't leave. The bandage on Razor's arm and the cuts and bruises along his side testify to how dangerous his life is, but with one long look into those beautiful eyes , I know that I'm a lost cause to logic. I've already fallen in love. falling-in-love first-love katie-mcgarry love romance young-adult Katie McGarry
8c572e4 "I'm not too heavy?" she asked. He had just come off crutches, after all. Sophie, you're practically a midget," he reminded her." piggyback romance Sarah Mayberry
2c6218b One of the best lovers in Hollywood. What would a title like that encompass exactly? she wondered. Technique? Enthusiasm? Or was it more about equipment? lovers romance Sarah Mayberry
b626f2c "Does still run fiction?" "I have absolutely no idea, Melinda," he said, grinning." funny humour romance Robyn Carr
0eaa278 Isn't he cute? That he thinks he has a sense of humour? funny humour romance Robyn Carr
e49c8a4 Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn't true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after's generally stink? fairytale fantasy façades happy-ever-after love made-up reality romance truth Margaret Peterson Haddix
a5069e1 It wasn't about a women's weight, it was about who they were, if that brightness shone through their eyes and skin and hair. Ricco found beauty in art. Women were a form of art. All shapes and sizes. All body types. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
30610e7 His mouth came down on hers and then he was just possessing her. Taking her over. Leaving her with nothing of herself because she burned up in the fire he generated. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
51e6caa He knew as much as he was deliberately seducing her, she was doing the same for him, although innocently. She wasn't in the least trying and his body was already hers and always would be. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
49663dd She could communicate love with just one caress of her fingers. This touch was natural to her and had nothing to do with sex and everything to do with love. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
540882b She knew every scar, every tattoo. She had traced every one of those scars and tattoos with her tongue. With her fingertips. She'd memorized them until they were etched so deeply in her brain, she could have drawn them and gotten every detail perfect. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
d1027ae Steele could be so completely still, it felt like he could disappear. His energy would get so low that you could forget he was in your space. He never missed anything when he was like that. He took in the smallest detail. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
eab780f He stayed right where he was, planted against the door, afraid to move. He'd walked into a room filled with enemies, never flinching, and would do it over and over, but this woman held the power to ruin him. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
150dcf8 You aren't alone. You aren't one anymore. It's the two of us. Together. We do this together. That was the plan. That was your promise and I count on you. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
087eec6 It wasn't like he could name one single thing about them that made them stand out in his mind. They just gave off a dangerous vibe. Being with them really did feel as if he were inside a tiger's cage, surrounded by the big cats. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
806f2c5 His entire life, he hadn't cared if he'd upset someone or made them angry. No one had mattered. He'd found a place inside himself where he was safe, where no one could get to him. But she could--she had. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
04962a1 We all signed up for a one-way ticket when we joined GhostWalkers. It's just my turn. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
f0d7aba And she lowered her eyes at the gentle reproach, for she had learned her lesson, even if there would be occasional, but only very occasional, relapses; for none of us is perfect, except, of course, the ones we love, the things of home, our much appreciated dogs and cats, our favourites of one sort or another. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Alexander McCall Smith
bc48916 "I'll always be your friend," he said. "Your best friend, if you let me. But I want to be your lover, too." He groaned and shifted in his chair. "Soon. I want to be that soon." Then a look came over him. "Oh Gina...I didn't even court you! God, I should date you first before I beg you to take off your clothes!" funny humour romance romantic Robyn Carr
9aecf6b "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies." -Nelson Mandela (Pg. 80 of The Homecoming)" nelson-mandela romance Robyn Carr
8cd0322 she allowed herself to dwell on the cause of this strange, apprehensive exultation that she sensed flickering at the edge of her mind: it was the rarest thing of all - a man whom she knew at once, and without any qualification, to be her equal. feminist romance Philip Pullman
2229a88 He'd never been shy, but he'd always been a little uncertain around girls. He just couldn't believe they liked him. funny humour romance Robyn Carr
9dff829 Each kiss was nearer to the last one of all. love romance romantic Philip Pullman
3297807 That's all you need? Easy. I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I love you. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I. romance the-princess-bride westley William Goldman
e738c8b I was thinking that Rembrandt would have like to paint you. romance Irving Stone
f06c345 "I could never, I knew then, lose myself "in love." Margery had accused me of coldness, and she was right, but she was also wrong: For me, for always, the paramount organ of passion was the mind. Unnatural, unbalanced, perhaps, but it was true: Without intellect, there could be no love." feminist feminist-quotes independence intellect love mystery passion romance sherlock Laurie R. King
623fce4 "My stubborn little witch," he said softly. "Don't believe for a clockwork minute that you are unlovable. If I were a mortal, a man not doomed to walk the earth as a haunted specter, I would be the first suitor in line. Please believe that." She hiccupped. "You... you'd want to court me?" Jack laughed. "Court you? I'd follow you around like Finney and stare at you all moony-eyed. I'd spend my days fending off your other would-be suitors, my evenings charming Flossie, and my nights stealing kisses at your window." -- halloween mad-scientist paranormal pumpkins romance vampires witches ya Colleen Houck
991a4ee They needed each other. Two lost souls, he thought, taking a moment to walk to the tall windows that looked out on part of the world he'd built for himself out of will, desire, sweat, and dubiously accumulated funds. Two lost souls whose miserable beginnings had forged them into what appeared to be polar opposites. Love had narrowed the distance, then had all but eradicated it. She'd saved him. The night his life had hung in her furious and unbreakable grip. She'd saved him, he mused, the first moment he'd locked eyes with her. As impossible as it should have been, she was his answer. He was hers. He had a need to give her things. The tangible things wealth could command. Though he knew the gifts most often puzzled and flustered her. Maybe because they did, he corrected with a grin. But underlying that overt giving was the fierce foundation to give her comfort, security, trust, love. All the things they'd both lived without most of their lives. He wondered that a woman who was so skilled in observation, in studying the human condition, couldn't see that what he felt for her was often as baffling and as frightening to him as it was to her. Nothing had been the same for him since she'd walked into his life wearing an ugly suit and cool-eyed suspicion. He thanked God for it. Feeling sentimental, he realized. He supposed it was the Irish that popped out of him at unexpected moments. roarke romance J.D. Robb
bae8100 Bad enough that getting turned on when he had nothing more than a bath towel to hide it would make the condition kind of hard to miss, but getting turned on in front of his ex-fiancee was akin to smearing honey on his junk and walking into grizzly territory. humor jock romance Heidi Betts
2abba58 It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it. romance Julia Quinn
741bdc8 "A fresh dream-fresh happiness! A fresh rush of delicate, voluptuous poison! What is real life to him ! To his corrupted eyes we live, you and I, Nastenka, so torpidly, slowly, insipidly; in his eyes we are all so dissatisfied with our fate, so exhausted by our life"! And, truly, see how at first sight everything is cold, morose, as though ill-humoured among us. . . . Poor things! thinks our dreamer. And it is no wonder that he thinks it! Look at these magic phantasms, which so enchantingly, so whimsically, so carelessly and freely group before him in such a magic, animated picture, in which the most prominent figure in the foreground is of course himself, our dreamer, in his precious person." dreams reality romance Fyodor Dostoyevsky
01dccdf In the Mars-and-Venus-gendered universe, men want power and women want emotional attachment and connection. On this planet nobody really has the opportunity to know love since it is power and not love that is the order of the day. The privilege of power is at the heart of patriarchal thinking. Girls and boys, men and women who have been taught this way almost always believe love is not important, or if it is, it is never as important as being powerful, dominant, in control, on top-being right. Women who give seemingly selfless adoration and care to the men in their lives appear to be obsessed with 'love,' but in actuality their actions are often a covert way to hold power. Like their male counterparts, they enter relationships speaking the words of love even as their actions indicate that maintaining power and control is their primary agenda. affection bell-hooks control feminism feminist gender love love-quotes manipulation mars men-are-from-mars power romance venus women-are-from-venus bell hooks
6039786 "You have had Ravenscar murdered, and hidden his body in my cellar!" uttered her ladyship, sinking into a chair. "We shall all be ruined! I knew it!" "My dear ma'am it is no such thing!" Deborah said amused. "He is not dead I assure you!" romance Georgette Heyer
7a4443a He shut the door, and stood looking across the room at her. 'Cressy, what did you mean when you told that harridan that your affections were engaged?' The colour deepened a little in her cheeks, but she replied lightly: 'Well, she talked so much like someone in a bad play that I became carried away myself! Besides, I had to say something to convince her! I could see she didn't quite believe me when I said I wasn't going to marry your brother.' He let his breath go in a long sigh, and walked forward, setting his hands on her shoulders, and saying: 'You don't know how much I have wanted to tell you the truth! Cressy, my dear one, forgive me! I've treated you abominably, and I love you so much!' Miss Stavely, who had developed an interest in the top button of his coat, looked shyly up at this. ' you, Kit?' she asked. ' ?' Mr Fancot, preferring actions to words, said nothing whatsoever in answer to this, but took her in his arms and kissed her. Miss Stavely, who had previously thought him unfailingly gentle and courteous, perceived, in the light of this novel experience, that she had been mistaken: there was nothing gentle about Mr Fancot's crushing embrace; and his behaviour in paying no heed at all to her faint protest could only be described as extremely uncivil. She was wholly unused to such treatment, and she had a strong suspicion that her grandmother would condemn her conduct in submitting to it, but as Mr Fancot seemed to be dead to all sense and propriety it was clearly useless to argue with him. regency romance Georgette Heyer
b921ee0 He thought her more beautiful than ever, with a beauty that was at once feminine and angelic, that wholeness of beauty that had moved Petrarch to song and brought Dante to his knees. love romance Victor Hugo
f9cba8d Zashchoto liubovta e kato d'rvo, tia raste ot samo sebe si, pushcha d'lboko korenite si v tsialoto ni s'shchestvo i chesto prod'lzhava da zelenee dori kogato s'rtseto e opustosheno. romance Victor Hugo
03f7559 Olia a yerbas y tenia la piel fria. Supo que amarla era su destino inexorable. romance Isabel Allende
5513350 London was beginning to illuminate herself against the night. Electric lights sizzled and jagged in the main thoroughfares, gas-lamps in the side streets glimmered a canary gold or green. The sky was a crimson battlefield of spring, but London was not afraid. Her smoke mitigated the splendour, and the clouds down Oxford Street were a delicately painted ceiling, which adorned while it did not distract. She has never known the clear-cut armies of the purer air. Leonard hurried through her tinted wonders, very much part of the picture. His was a grey life, and to brighten it he had ruled off a few corners for romance. colors description e-m-forster howards-end london nightfall romance E.M. Forster
dce2077 "So why did he do it?" Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistake. He fell in love." lola-and-the-boy-next-door lola-nolan love mistakes romance Stephanie Perkins
eb0b714 "Helen's secretary's phone was ringing off the hook as Clavier and I passed through the antechamber and into the hallway. Once we were outside, I rounded on him. "I'm not going to apologize. What you did to me was unconscionable, and now that Alexa is sick--" The urge to strike out at him welled up in me like a flash fire, and I braced my hand against the wall so as not to give in to the impulse. "I want access to everything. And your full cooperation. I am going to make this right, damn it, whatever it takes." He stared at me coldly. "Save your self-righteous invectives for someone who will be moved by them." I took a menacing step forward, despite my determination to remain poised. "Hoping for a repeat performance? You must get off on asphyxiation." At the spark of anger in his eyes, I laughed. "The first thing that's going to happen is that I am going to talk to Sebastian. And you are going to call whoever you need to call to make that happen. Right now." Without waiting for a response, I turned sharply and headed for the stairwell." adventure paranormal-fiction romance Nell Stark
619b6dd He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's face: the nudity of that feminine body had risen into her face, the body had reabsorbed it, as nature reabsorbs forsaken gardens. beauty face female feminine love nudity romance romantic sex sexy sweet Jean-Paul Sartre
5df25f8 "March 22, 2014 I have found the truth in the lies I told myself. I thought I could run from this woman, but she continues to chase me. In my mind, my heart, she's always there. An entire bottle of whiskey can't drown out her voice. I wake up each morning hoping it will finally be the day that I get over her. But then night falls and memories of her begin to torture me until sleep is no longer an option. Each night I fall into this abyss of nothingness, feeling only the emptiness of not having her beside me. I have found the truth in the lies I told myself. I slept with another woman, all the while wishing it was her and I still went through with it. What a fool I was. I still long to feel the satisfaction I was supposed to have felt that night. I still long to feel the freedom I'd hoped to gain from seeking refuge in the arms of another woman. But I'll never be free of her. It will take an eternity to break out of these shackles. For one month, ONE month I couldn't keep my dick in my pants and yet for two years I haven't even so much as looked at another woman. I've remained completely faithful to a memory. Devoted to her smile. Committed to her ever-changing green eyes. I have read through the past entries in this journal and I noticed that I have never used her name. As if inking it would somehow solidify the feelings I think I've always felt. heartbreak love romance Jacqueline Francis - The Journal
0247555 "There are stories about "good" vampires like there are stories about the loathly lady who, after a hearty meal of raw horse and hunting hound and maybe the odd huntsman or archer, followed by an exciting night in the arms of her chosen knight turns into the kindest and most beautiful lady the world has ever seen... romance vampires Robin McKinley
e17b695 "Tell me I'm who you want." So I know there are no mistakes. Her nose slides against mine as she slowly nods. "I don't want anyone else." God help us both for her allowing the devil permission." romance young-adult-contemporary Katie McGarry
bbc9510 "I've hated Snowflake for so long," she says. "But then I met you. And you're the person entire town has trashed, a person belonging to the group I've been raised to believe is evil, and you're the only person who is able to make me feel as if every part of me is beautiful." She is beautiful. Inside and out. My fingers tunnel into her hair again, but this time, I gently knot them in. My heart beats hard, and I open my mouth, hoping that doing so will force the right words. That I can explain being near her makes everything that's impossible about me seem possible. But the words become lodged in my throat and silence paralyzes my tongue. Breanna blinks and the hope that had been on her face disappears as she misreads my hesitation. Her hold on me loosens and she ducks her head. "Don't listen to me. I say too much around you. I was being stupid I..." More words meant to wipe away her admission spill from her mouth, but I'm not listening. My grip on her hair tightens, I lower my lips to hers and I kiss Breanna Miller." being-in-love breanna-and-razor inner-beauty katie-mcgarry kissing romance romantic-connection thunder-road young-adult Katie McGarry
287bdea "Stop tormenting Derian." "Me?" Edgar gaped at her with a clearly fake look of innocence. "Yes, you." "And what about you? When will you stop tormenting him?" Edgar moved past the young queen to approach the unmoving captain. He circled the man as though he were checking out a statue on display "I'm not tormenting him; why would you say that?" "You have the poor guy believing you actually intend to marry him." Edgar stopped to fix the captain's collar, raising it up high and stiff around his neck. "I intend to marry him." Eena followed her immortal watchdog and folded down the captain's collar, repositioning it as it had been. "Oh please," Edgar groaned. "You've had two opportunities to do so, and on both occasions you turned him down." Edgar elevated the captain's elbow--adjusting him like a mannequin--leaving it in an awkward position. "The council expressed a desire for you to marry, and you nearly hyperventilated over the mere suggestion. And just recently, due to his own paranoia, Derian all but begged you to marry him. Your refusal couldn't have been more swift or more adamant." Eena returned the captain's elbow to his side as she retorted, "I'm only seventeen, Edgar! I have no desire to marry anyone right now. But when I ready, Derian be my husband." Edgar took hold of the captain's outreaching arm and shoved it forcefully down. "He will not." "He will so!" Eena raised the arm back to where it had been and warned her rival, "Don't touch him again, Edgarmetheus!" "Fine, fine," the immortal ceded. Then with a smug grin he added, "If this had been Ian, you would never have let me touch him in the first place." edgarmetheus eena fantasy ian richelle richelle-e-goodrich richelle-goodrich romance scifi the-harrowbethian-saga Richelle E. Goodrich
ef83c99 Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth. gospel-truth hearsay katie-mcgarry pushing-the-limits romance rumor rumors truth young-adult Katie McGarry
08ba825 "The rest of my life isn't that long, so I don't know how big a compliment it is. One day? Two?" She rubbed her chin along his chest. "Stay humble, my man." paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
1e64009 Since no one's ever fallen in love with me, I think now's a good time. I can go out knowing someone thought I was worth that. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
56e875c It was wondrous. Almost unbelievable. Like champagne bubbles, but in her soul. She felt effervescent. And so in love. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
a815ae1 If I'm going to die a really ugly death, it's nice to like the person you're going to share that with. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
fdef413 [...]watching his white teeth flash at her and the lines in his face soften so that he almost looked boyish. That smile was reserved for her alone and it was full-blown, wide, bright and heart-stopping in its joy. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
4b9d6cc Freeman flicked him a quick glance. It was one of those looks that seemed to burn a hole right through him. Barry shivered, not liking those eyes on him. They were intelligent, focused - almost too focused. They didn't blink, and it felt like death looking at him. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
c7d3b50 The words, sliding into his mind, were vibrant with her emotions. Dripping with sensitivity. Weeping with her reaction. Intimate beyond measure. Because she murmured forgiveness into his mind, she gave more of herself away to him. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
9352e81 The enhancements made them predators any way you looked at it. Hunters. They were good at their jobs. They looked like soldiers. Doctors. Officers. But they were much more than that and anyone in close confines with them felt the difference sooner rather than later. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
9c11b99 "You're a miracle, woman." Draden meant it." paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
71c0e51 Shylah was like Nonny. She would stand with her man, carving out a home and fighting by his side when necessary in the worst of circumstances. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
0868b25 I'm letting myself fall for you. All the way. I want that. You're definitely the kind of man I want. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
e8b2e98 I'm not rejecting you. Just the opposite. You mean something huge to me. Huge. I can't think about much of anything else but keeping you alive. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
b595b0d "When critics surrender to the prevailing orthodoxy, the author says they adopt the rhetoric of an occupied country, "one that expects no liberation from liberation." bias conformity conventional-wisdom perspective paranormal romance science-fiction Harold Bloom
d7cdf27 For one moment, their eyes locked. His were blue, but that was far too mundane to describe them. Almost a pure dark blue, a true navy. She'd seen them for a second, but it didn't matter with her enhanced vision. She would dream about those eyes for the rest of her life. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
c1284ba She hadn't expected the intamacy of his voice in her head. It had a smoothness to it that gave way now and then to gravel. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
3f00639 He held her, his arms tight around her, trying to tell her without words, that no matter what, he would be there for her paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
56fcf4f He worked well with the GhostWaljers, as a member of that team, but having Shylah as a partner was eye-opening. She seemed to anticipate every possibility as he did, and she took steps to protect him more fiercely than any person ever had. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
103d1c2 Shylah's soft laughter slid into Draden's mind. Warm like honey, filling him up when he hadn't known he was empty. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
b460425 He wanted to believe in another life where he could have his woman for more than the short time it appeared they had left, but if he didn't ever get that, he would celebrate every second with her now. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
68051d7 "Peonies are beautiful perennials. A classic, really. Every garden should have them. They're dependable, have a timeless, elegant beauty and will bloom with very little attention." He was silent for a moment while she switched branches and he followed. "Like you" paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
12ceecf The woman was sexy, lethal and very confident. The sound of her laughter was enticing. Intriguing. It played along his nerve endings and sent an electrical current running through his bloodstream. He was on the verge of death and he'd never felt more alive. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
432a33f They had tied their lives together in a way that meant she would never be alone. They belonged together, to each other, and had a bond for all the world to know. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
00e3378 I'm trying to decide if I'm having hallucinations and you're really an angel--or witch. Either one, I can't tell yet. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
baefdcd His body recognized her. Knew her. Needed her. Every cell. He'd never been so acutely focused on another human being. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
21e7346 He was such a mixture, tough as nails and lethal, but with her, unfailingly a gentleman, tender and sweet, looking out for her so carefully. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
74d8551 He radiated calm, his energy peaceful, surrounding her in a cocoon of tranquility. He made her feel safe, wrapped up in their world together, even though she knew neither of them was. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
cfaa5ec He could do that. Make her forget, even if it was just for a few seconds. She couldn't stop the slow nod of assent. Relief swept through her and she put her head back against the seat and closed her eyes. She didn't have to think anymore. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
a91131e It had been hard to tell him. Very hard. She'd learned not to trust anyone, but more importantly, she knew not to get close to anyone. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
84f1c51 She found him very hard to resist, and if she was truthful with herself, she wasn't trying that much. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
3a30465 "Whitney may be a complete madman and an absolute fucking wreck of a human being, but he gave me you," Draden said. "I'd still put a bullet in his head, but I'd thank him first." paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
190e72d "He'd loved that she'd fought back, that she was no pushover. That wasn't what he wanted in a woman, but maybe it was just what he needed." " romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
f09b6a1 "Justice is served, " he said softly, and stepped into a long shadow." romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
9b48015 Once he was set on a task, once he made up his mind, he was relentless. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
bdf4f50 She could be soft and sensitive. He'd provide the armor for her. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
26fdc76 "Are you certain she's the one?" Emme whispered. "Do you just know it, Vittorio?" In your soul, where you live, do you just know?" romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
10d0af9 He'd loved that she'd fought back, that she was no pushover. That wasn't wanted in a woman, but maybe it was just what he needed. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
9a5ffb1 You need to accept my apology and then let it go. That's the way we're going to do things when we're together. I'm going to fuck up and apologize a lot. You're going to forgive me and let it go. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
4596bba All the way home, his wound pulsing with every hearbeat, he had cursed himself for a fool. How could he think she loved him? He had never been loved in his life, save perhaps by Erik and the other men who had served with him across the sea, and that was the love of comrades. He had never known the love of women, just their embrace. Twice he had found tears running down his face... frustration love romance self-pity Raymond E. Feist
308d388 She had captured his heart and he didn't ever want it back. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
221372d I'm not trying to push you away. I'm trying to save your life. I want you to live. You're extraordinary. The world needs you. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
b20f2b1 "I have a request to make,my lord." He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask, but eventually he surrendered."And that is?" "Take me to your bed." emotional feelings heart lord love romance strong-will surrender Stephanie Laurens
7ee90fe He might've only been seventeen, but he knew he wanted Jenna in his life as long as he lived. inspirational love romance Karen Kingsbury
78fa727 Then I'll have more fun searching in vain then marrying one of the wrong sort. happiness inspirational life-philosophy marriage minset romance Erle Stanley Gardner
0963391 "Halfway to the house Stan stopped and turned to Jane. He put his hands on her shoulders and drew her toward him. "I'm glad we're going steady," he whispered. "So am I." dating fiction fifteen girl love romance teen Beverly Cleary
0a2ada8 "Daydreaming had spun in her head a book-length "soon-to-be" affair with Percy. He would call her when she returned home, ask her out, pick her up in a Porsche, take her to an expensive restaurant and order lobster, then to the theater, kissing her passionately in his leather upholstered seats afterwards, promising that he would see her the following day, and the day after that. She was still working on the castle-in-the-sky and the happily-ever-after chapters. It was incredible the material an innocent, half-hour conversation could generate." love romance Christopher Pike
35297b5 You are not by any manner of means the sort of woman I am in search of as a wife, and I am in a totally different universe from the husband you hope to find. But I feel a powerful urge to kiss you, for all that. love marriage passion regency-romance romance Mary Balogh
e3c8310 "Everton" (Francis) Alex turned his head to view a rainbow peacock mask bobbing toward him. "Good Lord, Francis, you are replendent," he said admiringly. The peacock stopped beside him. "Dash it, Everton, how'd you know it was me?" You're still wearing your faux ruby ring." masquerade romance Suzanne Enoch
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