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13c2e2b "It was if the devil himself had devised the perfect earthly torture for Lady Alicia Lawrence. "Now how will I occupy myself when I get to hell?" historical-romance regency-romance romance royal-four snarky-quotes spy Celeste Bradley
14840e7 Her courage humbled him. The immense trust it took to allow herself to be tied by him, even in the name of art, was astonishing for a woman like her. It was a true power exchange between them and he loved that. Even craved it. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
1669cfa I'm not just a brain to you. I'm a person. fantasy paranormal romance Christine Feehan
17cee2f "That my eyes are yours as well. When you go blind, I'll draw pictures with words so you can still see all the beautiful things. You told me once that the most gorgeous thing you first saw was the Central Oregon blue sky. That's my vow to you, Carly--nothing but blue skies for the rest of our lives, even after you go permanently blind." . He bent at the knees to catch her up in his arms. As he carried her toward the cabin, she gazed up at his beautiful face, drinking in every hard line and chiseled plane so she could remember it later. If she were given a choice of one thing she could remember and take with her into total grayness, it wouldn't be a sunset or a gorgeous blue sky. It would be her memory of the love she saw shining in Hank Coulter's eyes." romance Catherine Anderson
1b670b8 Samantha imagined that in another life, she and Alison could have, indeed, been friends. Had she not been about to rob the train. highlander historical-romance notorious-rake romance scotland wild-west Kerrigan Byrne
1d83474 He breathed away all the anger, all emotions, cloaking himself with Grace and everything in him settled, once more allowing complete control. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
1dcfca4 The lights threw her Shadow into sharp relief behind her on the wall. The shadow was dark and thin, but threw out strong tubes, feelers reaching toward other shadows. When there were none, the feelers reached farther for connections, elongating, seeking, prompting another step from her. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
1f50e68 I am going to be Queen of England,' I protest. 'You make it sound like a battle to the death.' 'It is a battle to the death,' she says simply. 'That is what it means to be Queen of England. You are not Melusina, rising from a fountain to easy happiness. You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win. historical romance war Philippa Gregory
20010cc It was just her luck to be in the worst possible circumstances when she met the hottest man in the entire world. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
20d0cfa "She looked desperate. He felt that way. He wasn't about to be separated from her. "No matter what, I'll be with you," he promised." romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
21cee05 It became legend that no one should wander too close to the sorceress's enchanted forest or she would send forth a blizzard, causing them to lose their way and be caught in the land of ice and snow for all time. nutcracker romance Amanda V. Shane
22ae8cc "Blake filled her world. The sweaty male scent of him was in her nostrils, the slippery texture of his hot skin under her hands; the unbearably erotic taste of his mouth lay sweetly on her tongue. At some unknown point his kisses had slipped past celebration and become intensely male, demanding, giving, thrilling. Perhaps they'd never been celebration kisses at all, she thought fuzzily. Suddenly he removed his mouth from hers and buried his face in the curve of her neck. When he spoke his voice was shaky, but husky with an undertone of laughter. "Have you noticed how much time we spend rolling around on the floor?" physical-therapy romance Linda Howard
2587cbd All three brothers were their signature three-piece suit. Gray, pin-striped, made of a special material one of the many cousins invented, the stripes allowing the Rider to fade immediately into the shadows, making it more difficult for anyone to see them. More importantly, the suit would come apart with them when they were pulled apart, drawn into the tubes in the shadows. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
26acddb She had a way of giving him comfort when nothing else could. The wailing of the dead. The accusations of their eyes because he couldn't save them. She drove those dead children away from him and brought him peace. romance torpedo-ink-series Christine Feehan
26b5efb "Mine." He nearly spat the word. Telling her. Wanting that word branded into her bones. Wanting his name carved deep into her soul. She. Was. 'His'. His everything." romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
2d10793 She had no idea what a gift she'd just given him. She was the one he'd searched for. She was the one he hadn't believed could possibly exist. She had strength, a backbone of steel, and yet she could put herself in his hands and give him what he needed in their relationship. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
2d1bf99 There was an exciting atmosphere about the place that uplifted her. It was as if she could actually feel the accelerated steady pulse of the town's heart beating in time with her own. historical romance Margaret Mitchell
2de62e9 "I'll be on another case soon. You won't need me anymore. You'll be walking, though I think you should wait a while before climbing another mountain." "You're my therapist," Blake snapped. Dione gave a little laugh. "For months you've depended on me more than any other person in your life. Your perspective is distorted now. Believe me, by the time I've been gone a month, you won't even think about me." 'Do you mean you'd just turn your back on me and walk away?" he asked disbelievingly." romance Linda Howard
3ef5b97 Vittorio's breath left his lungs in a long rush of shock. Something tight in his chest loosened. Someplace vulnerable. Someplace guarded and protected. He pressed his hand tightly over the spot, feeling as if that voice had been a key, fitting perfectly into the lock and turning it before he had a chance to react romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
414b4df He had learned to kill and then he had killed. Many times. Fourteen was far too young for his artistic mind to accept the violence and he'd been fortunate that he'd met his teacher, a rope master of more than forty years. The art had saved his sanity and his life. He needed it like others needed air. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
415faa8 It was at home, when she was alone with herself, the way she'd been her entire life, that she was lost. She had no purpose. No focus. No center to balance her. Now, this man, Vittorio Ferraro, an amazing, sensual, intelligent man offered those things to her. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
442597d "Lady, what you do to me is almost criminal," he groaned in a shaky voice. An odd tightening in her breasts made her close her eyes. "I've got to go," she said weakly, but for the life of her she couldn't make herself move. "No, don't go," he pleaded. "Let me touch you... my God, I've got to touch you!" romance Linda Howard
4495266 He needed her to know who he was-her man. Her lover. The man she trusted to always take care of her, have her back, give her everything. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
481af0c "She moistened her lips and lifted her lashes to look into his piercing blue eyes. There was a mixture there. Possession. Desire. Triumph. Demand." "There's no taking it back, Francesca." He warned." romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
4c91e82 How could she not answer him more fully when he was looking at her so directly? When the deep, commanding way he said her name made her feel that if she didn't tell him the truth, he would be disappointed. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
4d8191d She moistened her lips and lifted her lashes to look into his piercing blue eyes. There was a mixture there. Possession. Desire. Triumph. Demand. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
4e549b9 The woman, as small as she was, standing valiantly in the face of the threat the Saldi enforcers presented, sent heat rushing through his veins. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
58817d8 Lorsque j'ouvrais les yeux dans l'obscurite et que je te sentais contre mon flanc, je m'etonnais qu'il n'y eut pas d'etoiles au-dessus de moi, tant le ciel semblait present. romance Stefan Zweig
5aa60f8 "You have to trust me to take care of you through this," Stefano said, "I know it's upsetting, but you have us now. You're not alone. [...]you won't be alone ever again, bella. You're mine. I take care of what's mine." "Ours," Ricco corrected. "'Famiglia" romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
5bd51f9 It was as if the very shadows connected them and she could feel his emotions. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
5d57ffb I feel it deeper than I feel anything else. So deep it's fucking terrifying. I'm never going to be good at saying the words. They get stuck in my throat. It's like if I say it out loud something bad is going to happen. I feel as if I'm cursing us. Everyone they knew we cared about died. romance torpedo-ink-series Christine Feehan
5f50b8e For all the downsides to being a rider, there was his family. Always there. Always ready to help and watch out for one another. His family was one of the biggest gifts he had to offer Grace. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
61aec43 You're kind of a caveman, sometimes, Stefano. But it's sexy. Really, really sexy. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
63df03b "He buried his face in her neck and held her in his arms, absorbing the form the shape of her, the miracle of her. It had been so long since he held her, loved her, taken all that she was and given her everything he was. "I missed you." It was a ridiculous declaration. "Missed her" didn't begin to cover at all how he felt." romance shifters Christine Feehan
70db6a3 "Besides," he said, "I had another reason for coming, one that will delight you, I believe, as you have been pestering me for years. I wanted you to meet Miss Goddard, the lady I plan one day soon, when the setting and the atmosphere are quite perfect, to ask to marry me. It is time, you see, to do that most dreaded of all things to men, though suddenly it does not seem so dreadful after all. Indeed, it seems infinitely desirable. It is time to settle down." He smiled sleepily at Eunice, who gazed briefly and reproachfully back at him, eyebrows raised, her cheeks pink, before wishing his mother a happy birthday." romance Mary Balogh
77a8bd0 This is how I thought of it. An intuitive link, a reciprocal, one number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together, day or night, their product is one. love romance Don DeLillo
787e6ac He heard the news long before her scent reached him. Brandt Talbot shrank into the heavy vegetation, his chest tight and his body taut with sudden anticipation. She was here at long last. In his domain. Within his grasp. It had been a long hunt to find her, nearly impossible, yet he managed it. He had deliberately lured her to his lair and she had come. romance shape-shifter Christine Feehan
7a4acf8 She had the beginnings of trust in him. He needed that from her. To gain the kind of absolute faith and trust he needed from her, he had to show in every way that he would always be there for her. That trust could never be in any way taken for granted or abused. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
7c2b7ae He preferred curves to supermodel thin. He didn't understand why women were so hard on themselves. Francesca was beautiful and he didn't want a single pound to go away. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
7d6268c Vittorio practiced discipline at all times. This was one of those times when he needed to stay very calm. Deep inside, the volcano that could emerge was at a boiling point. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
8b5a4e7 ...and no man gave you a fur coat without expecting to receive something in return. Except for one's husband, of course, who expected nothing beyond modest gratitude. marriage-advice quid-pro-quo romance Kate Atkinson
8b63876 She had the strangest need, almost a compulsion, to shield Ricco from his brother's scrutiny. From all of them. She sensed he detested appearing weak in front of anyone, but especially his family. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
8f49a86 She glanced at it now, thrown from the light from the flames dancing in the fireplace. Her shadow and Vittorio's were connected. More than connected. The tubes had intertwined to the point that it appeared to be one shadow, not two. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
92e1f72 Years ago women were nothing, Eloisa. They had no rights. They couldn't own property. They were property. That changed because it wasn't right. Children were beaten regularly by parents. That changed because it wasn't right. Just because something is tradition, handed down from one generation to the next, doesn't make it right. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
95557e4 She didn't think she had anything to offer him. He got that. She had no money, no family, nothing at all in her eyes. Yet she gave him this magnificent gift - her and her trust, when she had no reason to trust anyone, least of all him. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
ac79561 He was a complete stranger to her, but he knew that connection between them had started there in the parking lot, their shadows touching coiling together, their eyes meeting. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
af11e90 She was an intelligent woman and she wasn't just going to hand herself over to him because she was tempted. He loved that about her because it meant when she did fully surrender, he'd earned it and he had a much better chance of keeping her when he had to tell her he was a shadow rider and what that meant for both of them. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
afb8f4c "He leaned into her, his mouth against her ear. "Breathe for me, Mariko. Just breathe." romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
b1083b5 "Deceivingly, Miss Neville, the word vodka means 'little water.' The Russians are masters of the understatement." - Lord Nash" humor romance Liz Carlyle
b27559b Joanna pivoted and bit back a groan of despair.Crockett Archer was even more handsome than she'd remembered. Somehow his rancher's clothing made him seem more approachable, more...within her reach. And if that wasn't the most ridiculous notion, she didn't know what was. A man with his looks and kind heart could have any woman he chose. He'd never settle for a shy, freckled redhead with an ex-outlaw for a father. She was everything the ideal preacher's wife was not. inspirational joanna-robbins romance Karen Witemeyer
b6e3fce We're all family. Family takes care of family no matter how bad it is or what the cost to us personally is [...]That's what we do. We're Torpedo Ink and that IS Torpedo Ink. romance torpedo-ink-series Christine Feehan
b80972c Vittorio had recognized early on he had a gift. His voice could be compelling, or commanding, and those in a room reacted to it. He could calm others down, arouse or infuriate, all with his tone. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
b80f26f My grandfather was in love with my grandmother. They were inseparable. They detested being apart. I've seen real love. I've felt it when I was with them. They died three hours apart. My grandmother first and then my grandfather followed. Love exists and that's what I'm offering you. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
b999ca9 Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence. certainty elizabeth-wein ellen-mcewen julie romance silence smoking stars the-pearl-thief Elizabeth Wein
be45fe5 You make me feel alive, Grace. Every cell in my body wakes up around you. My heart. Who knew it was even possible? romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
c03fb41 I don't want you to go anywhere, okay? Just because we disagree on something doesn't mean that I don't still love you. I will always love you, no matter what. romance swoon-worthy Sarah Mayberry
c04b714 Someone to care about him. Someone to be his center. Someone to make him feel alive and passionate about living. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
cb4ed92 The paparazzi always swarmed around them, giving them better alibis for their work then anything else ever could. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
cdb0b67 Breezy laughed and the sound went through him the way it often did, lighting his world. She sounded bright and happy and she shed that light on him. She took him right out of the violence, the blood and death and vile world he lived in to draw into the sunshine with her. romance torpedo-ink-series Christine Feehan
0057629 He looked gorgeous. Tough. Dangerous. Completely hot. And he was all hers. romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
cfb493d She drew back from his embrace so she could look into his eyes, her own swimming with tears. The uncertainty in her face nearly killed him. She had no idea how lovable she was. How precious and brave and special. romance Sarah Mayberry
d201508 Il en voulait a Emma de cette victoire permanente. Il s'efforcait meme a ne pas la cherir; puis, au craquement de ses bottines, il se sentait lache, comme les ivrognes a la vue des liqueurs fortes. emotions madame-bovary romance Gustave Flaubert
ead42da His fingertips lightly and unintentionally grazed her face and her ears, and Debbie's don't-get-in-trouble self felt itself making room for her alert-alert-something-new-is-happening self. romance teenage-love Lynne Rae Perkins
ead5946 At times Valentine wasn't sure whether he kept Matthews about because of his supreme unctuousness or because he had half a suspicion the valet was trying to kill him. humor romance Suzanne Enoch
f142a04 With Hank at her side, she would never really be blind again. His eyes were hers, just as he'd vowed. When they grew old, they would take walks at sunset, and she'd be able to see everything. His gift to her--pictures painted with words. Love wasn't about easy, according to Hank. It was about sticking through thick and thin. He would always be with her, unless death took him first, and even then, Carly knew she'd never be left in complete darkness again. She would have the love of this man to light her way. romance Catherine Anderson
f3b2c86 Le charme de la nouveaute, peu a peu tombant comme un vetement, laissait voir a nu l'eternelle monotonie de la passion, qui a toujours les memes formes et le meme langage. madame-bovary romance Gustave Flaubert
fa264b2 His shadow and hers had become entangled in spite of his efforts to keep them apart. Although, truthfully, he hadn't tried that hard. He knew if she rejected him, the consequences to him would be dire. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
fcdd835 - Love, which is a kind of permission to come closer than ordinary norms of good behavior might usually sanction. - Back rubs. - Which enables us to see each other without clothes on, for example, in lust and shame. - Examining perfections, imperfections. - Which allows us to say wounding things to each other which would not be kosher under the ordinary rules of civilized discourse. love relationships romance Donald Barthelme
fe8ba8b Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex. angst bottomless-pit dancing-with-clara despair mary-balogh metaphor rake regency regency-romance romance romance-hero Mary Balogh
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