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1559a6d
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Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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21c035e
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No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.
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marriage
patterns
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ec6f13b
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Some folks are happier not being saved.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4b5d370
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As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. "My lord, there is something I would like to discuss with you." Marcus adopted a pleasantly encouraging expression. "Very well." "It turns out that Miss Bowman and I have reached an...understanding. After considering the logical advantages on both sides, I have made a sensible and pragmatic decision that we should--" "How long have yo..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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67fcdd7
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What did he mean, 'insatiable lust'?" She hastened to explain. "Well, 'insatiable' means unable to satisfy-" "I know that," he said in a biting tone. "Why did he say that about you?" Sara rolled her eyes and shrugged. "It was nothing. I merely tried to kiss him once the way you kissed me..." Her voice faded as she realized that her parents were watching the pair of them in dumbfounded silence. Isaac was the fist to speak, a smile twitching ..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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17fda3f
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Rhys absorbed that with chagrin. "No one has ever accused me of being a romantic," he said ruefully. "If you were, how would you propose?" He thought for a moment. "I would begin by teaching you a Welsh word. There's no equivalent in English." she repeated, trying to pronounce it with a tapped R, as he had. "Aye. It's a longing for something that was lost, or never existed. You feel it for a person or a place, or a time in your life...it..
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love
rhys-winterborne
proposal
hiraeth
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Lisa Kleypas |
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e5cd282
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That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. "Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he's a living cliche. He has become the embodiment of everything they say about reformed rakes."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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49259cb
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I need you for a lot of things, Hardy. A lifetime's worth of things.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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16e0e84
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Babies were dangerous . . . they made you fall in love before you knew what was happening.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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61d3d6a
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Then he raised her enough to whisper in her ear, and while his voice was tender, his words were savage. "You're my woman, and no man or God or ghost will ever take you from me."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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249b00d
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I've needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from me. Logan to Madeline
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romance-novels
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Lisa Kleypas |
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823449c
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Evie," he whispered, "you're so warm, so lovely...oh, hell. I've got two months, thirteen days and six hours before I can take you to my bed. Little she-devil. This is going to be the death of me."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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fd514d9
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Yes, but you need to learn your maths." "I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything."
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hundred
math
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ed239b4
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At first I wasn't all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor." "Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs." "And then when I was freaking out and couldn't breathe, he was so...gentle." Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. "He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice...you know, sort of low and rough around the edges..." "All the Nolans sound like that," Justine said reflectively. "Like t..
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magic
romance
love
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d10f20c
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Dad," I said hesitantly, "I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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0e6d127
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no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love every day for the rest of my life.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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fc73df0
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Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones"
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simile
texans
sugar-daddy
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5c44b3a
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It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep...a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
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love
soul
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Lisa Kleypas |
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dc55df9
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He'll survive," he answered her. "Just as he's survived everything else in his life. But he'll never be the same."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6e4d019
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The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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000f242
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I had learned this lesson so many times before. It was the great inner truth that didn't require the support of logic. Every time I loved, I lost, and I was diminished. I wondered how much of me would be left after tomorrow.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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ab8bdb0
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Fear you?" she said without thinking. "Good God, I would never do that." Easing her head back, Westcliff looked at her while a slow smile spread across his face. "No, you wouldn't," he agreed. "You'd spit in the devil's eye if it suited you."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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3791635
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Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d0d1e29
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Matthew wanted hours, days, weeks alone with her... he wanted all her thoughts and smiles and secrets. The freedom to lay his soul bare before her.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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8e05c97
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One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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5452498
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For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6f21bb5
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That was my fault," Helen said hastily. "I went uninvited to the store yesterday and demanded to see Mr. Winterborne. I told him that I still wanted to marry him, and I made him exchange my ring for a new one, and then I-I had my way with him." She paused, realizing how that sounded. "Not in the store, of course." Straight-faced, Kathleen said, "Dear me. I hope he didn't put up a struggle."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6a8f0e2
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Very well," Beatrix said reluctantly. "But I warn you, they may be resistant to the match." "I'm resistant to the match," Christopher informed her. "At least we'll have that in common."
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humor
proposal
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Lisa Kleypas |
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e8ff4af
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Believe me, when my 'personal endowments' are being discussed, I always pay attention." ~ Cam Rohan"
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d3d8a88
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But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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dc20dd3
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Kiss me," she said urgently. Sam's eyes flickered with mild surprise. "Right now?" "Yes." "What kind of kiss?" "What do you mean, what kind of kiss? Just a regular kiss." "A friendly kiss, or a romantic kiss? Are we supposed to be going out together, or--" "Oh, " she exclaimed, and pulled his head down to hers."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6863bde
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My peer would have to be dark-haired and handsome, a wonderful dancer... and he would never ask permission before he kissed me." -Lillian Bowman"
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Lisa Kleypas |
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65ea52e
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One could pick apart love, examine every filament of attraction, and still it would never be fully explained. It simply was.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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d3e49c8
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His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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44384c1
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I've won his heart, but it's like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it's not really marriage--not like the marriage you have with Cam--until he's willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.
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marriage
love
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Lisa Kleypas |
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366911d
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How old are you? Twelve?" "Fourteen & three quarters." His eyes sparkled. "You're kind of little for fourteen and three quarters." "Am not," I replied indignantly. "I'm a sophomore this year. How old are you?" "Seventeen and two fifths." Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones." --
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4022544
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I want to know what your five-dollar wish was for." "Is that all?" He smiled beneath her exploring fingertips. "I wished you would find someone who wanted you as much as I did. But I knew it wouldn't come true." The candlelight slid over Daisy's delicate features as she raised her head to look at him. "Why not?" "Because I knew no one could ever want you as much as I do." Daisy levered herself farther over him until her hair tumbled in a da..
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matthew-swift
scandal-in-spring
lisa-kleypas
wallflowers
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Lisa Kleypas |
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8b82887
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Who should I send for now?" Using the last of his strength, Sebastian managed to drag her hand up to his mouth. "You," he whispered, holding her fingers to his lips. "Just you."
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marriage
love
sebastian-st-vincent
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Lisa Kleypas |
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4a3fd29
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I like holding it at the base." It's too long for you," he insisted, "which is why you pull your swing just before you hit the ball--" "I like a long bat," Lillian argued, even as he adjusted her hands on the willow handle. "The longer the better, as a matter of fact." A distant snicker from one of the stable boys caught her attention, and she glanced at him suspiciously before turning to face Westcliff. His face was expressionless, but t..
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Lisa Kleypas |
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65ad864
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She had never experienced the pain of unsatisfied desire before. It hurt. It hurt like nothing she'd ever felt, and there seemed to be no remedy.
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Lisa Kleypas |
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7470eb1
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You're like someone from a fairy story written in a language I don't even know." "The prince, I hope." "No, you're the dragon, a beautiful wicked dragon."
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cam-rohan
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Lisa Kleypas |
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163c9ee
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You won't kiss me for diamonds," he said, his voice slightly raspy, "but you will for chocolates?" Poppy nodded."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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f016f51
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I still don't get why I have to eat breakfast if you don't," Josie muttered. "Because you have to be a certain age to earn the right to ruin your own life."
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Lisa Kleypas |
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6e87ffc
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Set the world afire. Just let me hand you the matches.
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Lisa Kleypas |