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44e7b6f
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I was just thinking if the sex with you is one-tenth as fun as arguing with you. I'll be one happy bastard." "You'll never find out. You--------" He kissed me. ~ Jack Travis & Ella Varner"
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sex
kiss
happy
jack-travis
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Lisa Kleypas |
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51258a0
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Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble"."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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bc13ebc
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I have never said this to anyone before." Leo's voice was like ragged velvet. "But the idea of you with child is the most insanely arousing thing I've ever imagined. Your belly all swollen, your breasts heavy, the funny little way you would walk ... I would worship you. I would take care of your every need. And everyone would know that I'd made you that way, that you belonged to me."
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dreamy-sighs
possessiveness
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ba10e10
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If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.
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love
keep
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2b9a24f
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The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change in St. Vincent, the most worldly of men, was difficult to understand. However, Westcliff had learned that the mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.
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love
soulmates
redemption
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6f5782a
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A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.
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sugar-daddy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f8c5d4b
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The span of three or four minutes is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. People lose hundreds of minutes everyday, squandering them on trivial things. But sometimes in those fragments of time, something can happen you'll remember the rest of your life.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ca5978c
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Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.
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seductionu
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Lisa Kleypas |
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63e8452
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I've got about ten things to say to you right now. But at least nine of them would make me sound like a psycho." In spite of the seriousness of the situation, I nearly smiled. "What's the tenth thing?" I asked his shirtfront. He paused, considering it. "Never mind," he grumbled. "That one would make me sound like a psycho, too."
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love
ella-varner
travises
jack-travis
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c636637
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Dear Miss Independent, I've decided that of all the women I've ever known, you are the only one I will ever love more than hunting, fishing, football, and power tools. You may not know this, but the other time I asked you to marry me, the night I put the crib together, I meant it. Even though I knew you weren't ready. God, I hope you're ready now. Marry me, Ella. Because no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love you every day for the..
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proposal
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Lisa Kleypas |
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64f02d9
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All right, then," she snapped, "do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent discussion." Twisting beneath him, she flopped onto her stomach. Christopher went still. After a long hesitation, she heard him ask in a far more normal voice, "What are you doing?" "I'm making it easier for you," came her defiant reply. "Go on, start ravishing." Another silence. Then, "Why are you facing downward?" "Because that's how it's done."..
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sex
romance
humor
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a54fbd0
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Annabelle's eyes stung as she stared at him, while need and inexhaustible tenderness gathered like an ache in her body. "I realized something," she said huskily, "when I was standing outside the foundry, watching it burn and knowing you were inside." She swallowed hard against the thickness in her throat. "I would rather have died in your arms, Simon, than face a lifetime without you. All those endless years... all those winters, summers.....
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wallflower
simon
hunt
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6a29a81
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One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million years ago by nailing every female in sight. They charmed, seduced, and behaved like bastards, and yet women were biologically incapable of resisting their magic DNA.
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5aeff10
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You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic...someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I'm not always kind, and I have more faults than I'd care to name. All I can promise is that I'll want you until my last breath.
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want
romance
love
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f7932ec
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whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.
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romance
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d478903
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I like pessimists. They're always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d117589
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I've told you before, I love like a madman," he said. "Immoderate, jealous, possessive...I'm absolutely intolerable."
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married
madman
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Lisa Kleypas |
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507efb0
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Kev," Win said calmly, stepping forward, "I would like to talk to you about something." Merripen, attentive as always to his wife, gave her a frowning glance. "Now?" "Yes, now." "Can't it wait?" "No," Win said equably. At his continued hesitation, she said, "I'm expecting." Merripen blinked. "Expecting what?" "A baby." They all watched as Merripen's face turned ashen. "But how ..." he asked dazedly, nearly staggering as he headed to Win. "H..
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pregnancy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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da100e6
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I realized I wasn't going to find a man until I was willing to expose myself to possible harm, to assume the risks of rejection and betrayal and heartbreak that came along with caring about someone. Someday, I promised myself, I would be ready for that kind of risk.
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sugar-daddy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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32f69a9
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But the absence of tears wasn't the same as an absence of feeling.
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feelings
tears
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f412d39
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Captain Phelan," Cam asked, choosing his words with care. "Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?" Christopher shook his head. "If I decide to marry Beatrix, I'll do it with or without your consent." Leo looked at Cam. "Good God," he said in disgust. "This one's worse than Harry."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4598708
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I'll follow you to the next life if I have to," he whispered harshly in her ear. "You'll never be free of me. I'll chase you through heaven and hell and beyond." He continued to whisper without stopping while his hands gripped her body close to his. "You stay with me, Holly," he muttered savagely. "Don't do this to me. You stay, damn you."
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romance
love
tear-jerker
zach
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Lisa Kleypas |
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fab8122
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Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d686cd1
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Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders curving around her as if he could draw her into himself. Murmuring her name, he brought her hand to his face and nuzzled ardently into her palm, his lips brushing the warm circlet of her gold wedding band. "My love is upon you," he whispered...and she knew then that she had won."
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sebastian-st-vincent
lisa-kleypas
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6d02b0e
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Lately I've become so damned distracted that I can't make a decision about anything. I can't think clearly. I've got knots in my stomach, and constant pains in my chest, and whenever I see you talking to any man, or smiling at anyone, I go insane with jealousy. I can't live this way. I--" He broke off and stared at her incredulously. "Damn it, Evie, what is there for you to smile about?" "Nothing," she said, hastily tucking the sudden smile..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a65296d
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It's the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can't stand each other. It's like we're already married.
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marriage
humor
hathaways
leo
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4d8bd3b
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Lately I've become so damned distracted that I can't make a decision about anything. I can't think clearly. I've got knots in my stomach, and constant pains in my chest, and whenever I see you talking to any man, or smiling at anyone, I go insane with jealousy. I can't live this way. I--" He broke off and stared at her incredulously. "Damn it, Evie, what is there for you to smile about?" "Nothing," she said, hastily tucking the sudden smile..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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16c0f83
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Do you know what a balance wheel is?" She shook her head slightly. "There's one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth without stopping. It's what makes the ticking sound...what makes the hands move forward to mark the minutes. Without it, the watch wouldn't work. You're my balance wheel, Poppy." -Harry Rutledge"
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love
soulmates
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ff6aedf
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When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence. Leo looked at Cam expectantly. "Well?" "Well what?" "Now is the time when you dredge up one of your blasted Romany sayings. Something about roosters laying eggs, or pigs dancing in the orchard. It's what you always do. Let's have it." Cam gave him a sardonic glance. "I can't think of one right now." "By God, I've had to listen to hundreds of them. And Phelan doesn't have to hear even..
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love
lisa
kleypas
leo
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Lisa Kleypas |
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26a7891
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I'm fairly certain, Captain, that the more you discover about me, the more you will dislike me. Therefore, let's cut to the chase and acknowledge that we don't like each other. Then we won't have to bother with the in-between part." She was so bloody frank and practical about the whole thing that Christopher couldn't help but be amused. "I'm afraid I can't oblige you." "Why not?" "Because when you said that just now, I found myself starting..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a3bcb1b
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Good God. I don't believe St. Vincent and the word 'celibacy' have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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481d617
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He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.
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lucifer
male
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Lisa Kleypas |
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8494fcf
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I'd rather be insane with you than sane without you. - Jake to Lydia
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lisa kleypas |
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056e8dd
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I can't get it out," she said. "Just pull at it." "It hurts. It's throbbing." "Pull harder." "I can't! It's truly stuck. I need something to make it slippery. Do you have some sort of lubricant nearby?" "No." "Not anything?" "Much as it may surprise you, we've never needed lubricant in the library before now."
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lillian
kleypas
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Lisa Kleypas |
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98cec3b
|
One of the blessings human beings take for granted is the ability to remember pain without re-feeling it. The pain of the physical wounds is long gone ...and the other kind of hurt, the damage done to our spirits, has been healed. We are careful with those scarred places in each other.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c6d97af
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But sometimes normal just isn't happening. Sometimes crazy feels too good to resist.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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a13e726
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She was yours, if you'd truly wanted her," Harry continued, a pitiless smile touching his lips. "But I wanted her more."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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df56162
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What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll have to do something diabolical soon to correct your impression."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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39c5023
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And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince." "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so far are princes who turn into frogs." "Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures."
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humor
hathaways
poppy
courtship
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Lisa Kleypas |
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57d5c22
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Cam held her closer. "Marry me, Amelia. You're what I want. You're my fate." One hand slid to the back of her head, gripping the braids and ribbons to keep her mouth upturned. "Say yes." He nibbled at her lips, licked at them, opened them. He kissed her until she writhed in his arms, her pulse racing. "Say it, Amelia, and save me from ever having to spend a night with another woman. I'll sleep indoors. I'll get a haircut. God help me, I thi..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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1492c3e
|
Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. "... Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her." "Who was it?" "His own wife." "Oh, dear." --
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marriage
love
love-in-the-afternoon
hathaways
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Lisa Kleypas |
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85bc280
|
I carry thoughts of you like my own personal constellation. How far away you are, my dearest friend, but no farther than those fixed stars in my soul.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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c90a652
|
I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the light eyes glittering with heat as her skin was revealed. "What part did you miss the most?" "Your mind," she said, and smiled at his expression. "I was hoping for a far more depraved answer than that." "Your mind is depraved," she told him solemnly. He gave a husky laugh. "True."
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sex
marriage
humor
sebastian
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Lisa Kleypas |
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2e78897
|
The worst part about loving someone, Merripen, is that there will always be things you can't protect her from. Things beyond your control. You finally realize there is something worse than dying... and that is having something happen to her. You have to live with that fear always. But you have to take the bad part, if you want the good part." Kev looked at him bleakly. "What's the good part?" A smile touched Cam's lips. "All the rest of it ..
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love
kev
merripen
rohan
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Lisa Kleypas |