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If we had more time, I wouldn’t allow you to give up on us," Cam said, with a wry smile. "There won't be anybody that will love you the way I love you, Thea. And I don't believe that anyone will love me the way you do. And you still do, you just need to remember that.
— Zoey Ellis, Awakened By Power
Aleksander’s feet cut through the fog that had engulfed around them as he kept the two women in his sight. The two ladies moved swiftly along the sidewalk that paved the way through the foggy crowed streets of San Francisco.
— Nicole Eglinger, The Darker Side of Me
Silence enfolded them. Dana would’ve thought sleep would claim her pretty quickly after their fabulous lovemaking. But it didn’t. Aidan arched a brow. She grinned. “I don’t know about you, but I’m wide-awake now.” He laughed. “Me, too.
— Dianne Duvall, Blade of Darkness
Look, at those foolish men in my day we did it the proper way!” he started to say as if he was looking deep within his memory.
— Nicole Eglinger, The Darker Side of Me
Did you… need something?” he asked in a tight voice.	I swallowed hard, my mind racing with a million things to say. The fear pricking at me, telling me I had one last chance to wimp out. To walk away.	But I shook my head. No. Not this time.	“Yes,” I said simply. “I need something.”	“And what, may I ask, do you need?”	I met his eyes. “You.
— Mari Mancusi, Once Upon A Vampire
Real men don’t kiss with the gentleness of a butterfly’s wing.
— Mari Mancusi, Once Upon A Vampire
I know you’re afraid of me. I can smell your fear, and I actually kind of like it.
— Krystyna Allyn, Finding Kylie
The game seemed to be speeding up, building on itself. Right around the deaths of Tess and Selena, I’d met the Sun.Were we spinning to an end?
— Kresley Cole, Arcana Rising
She hesitated. "You know I'm older than you, right?" Richard stared down at her and forced himself not to laugh at the irony. He may be over two hundred years old, but he looked as if he were in his late twenties, thirty at the most. And Jenna was worried that her being thirty-seven would be a problem?A hint of insecurity entered her features. "I don't mean to press this, but... I dated a guy once--- very briefly---who said the same thing until his friends found out and started to razz him about it. I'm thirty-seven. Are you sure that isn't a problem?""I don't know why his friends would tease him about dating you unless they were envious. You look like you're in your twenties, Jenna. Not much older than your son, in fact. And, if you looked like you were in your forties, guess what. I would be just as interested." She smiled and closed the distance between them. "And if I looked like I were in my fifties?""Still interested.""Sixties?""I happen to think laugh lines are hot.
— Dianne Duvall, In Still Darkness
My father’s corporation, the Nero Organization, supplied assassins for hire. Killing was our business, and business had been good for years.
— Lisa Kessler, New Moon
Didn’t even have to argue with her. She just told me she loved me and offered the back of her neck.” He crossed his arms over his chest. “How many pups you got with Janie Mae now, Bubba Ray . . . and still she’s as unmarked as a newborn babe. So which Smith has control of his female now, boy?
— Shelly Laurenston, Howl for It Bundle: The Mane Event, Angel of Darkness & Howl for It
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
Her music ran through him with electric energy, more joyous than anything he could remember and more painful than silver.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
For a moment, she could do nothing but stare at the vaulted ceiling, sucking in deep breaths.She didn’t know. Stars above, she didn’t know it could feel like this. The attentions she’d given herself had never felt that good. In her dreams, it had never felt that good. But then, it wasn’t him in the flesh. Not like now.Nikolai removed his fingers, then placed a gentler openmouthed kiss on her sex, licking slowly with the flat of his tongue. Sienna whimpered and scooted up the bed, far too sensitive there now.He gazed up and grinned, licking his bottom lip before he sucked the two fingers he’d had inside of her with a long slide from his mouth. “I could taste you forever.”“My heart would give out in a day,” she panted, incredulous he would do and say something so naughty. “Perhaps in an hour.”He chuckled and launched himself up and over her. “I like seeing that flush in your cheeks.” He nipped her lips. “And hearing that smile in your voice.”She wondered how he could see anything, but then again, he was vampire. “Well, I like breathing.” She panted heavily still. “So give me a moment to catch my breath.”He settled beside her, pulled the covers over them, and wrapped a strong arm around her waist, pulling her over till her head rested on his chest. “Take all the time you need.”His voice was light and airy, unlike his usual brooding self.She tilted her head toward him. “You’re happy with yourself, aren’t you?”“Quite.”“I’ve never experienced something like that before.”She had no experience with men, but she thought she knew enough from watching farm animals. Apparently not.“I am certainly glad to hear that,” he said only slightly more serious. “If another man tried to do that to you, I’d have to rip out his tongue.”“You’re very territorial.”“Very. Glad you’ve noted.”Strange how that act of intimacy had washed away the angst and tension from before. Then she realized that was exactly what he was trying to do. He’d wanted her pleasure alone, he’d said. He’d certainly gotten it.“Is it always like that?” she asked, almost too shy, but enjoying the intimacy that had grown between them in the dark.“No.” He flatted his palm, fingers spread, over her abdomen under the covers. “It will be better next time.”“Better?”He laughed and lowered his head, sweeping his lips across hers. Not a kiss, but a reminder that they’d knocked down a wall between them and there was no rebuilding it.Then he whispered, “Wait till you see what it feels like when I’m buried deep inside you.
— Juliette Cross, The Red Lily
As my daddy would say, time to start the killin
— Shelly Laurenston, Bite Me
With her face tilted up to his, the subtle edge of moonlight touched along the edge of one high cheekbone, the tilted edge of one eye, and those beautiful, enticing lips. Obeying an impulse he couldn’t put into words, he lowered his head and covered her mouth with his.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
I could shoot you in the foot.""Please do. At least then I wouldn't have to endure this sock humiliation any longer.
— Lisa Kessler, New Moon
You should've mentioned you were bringing a beautiful woman. I would've combed my hair.
— Lisa Kessler, New Moon
The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man.
— Lisa Kessler, New Moon
He brought up both hands to hold my face. "I would die for you, Isabelle.""No." I shook my head. "Live for me.
— Lisa Kessler, New Moon
Yes, he knew it was crazy to be this obsessed over an encounter that had taken up maybe sixty seconds of his life. (Or had it been an hour and sixty seconds?) But what an encounter. His fingers still felt the bones and flesh through her sweater, his tongue still tasted her mysterious bitter-greens mouth, her voice still haunted him with that whispered 'Help me.
— Molly Ringle, The Goblins of Bellwater
His eyes widened and he sucked in a small portion of his bottom lip as if trying to control his temper which she had no doubt was brutally savage. He didn't back off, only let out a short puff of air."Oh, I'm good with brats. I've broken dozens of them.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Sorrah
Chase shook his head, his jaw set stubbornly. "You say that our responsibilities to the city have to come first. Not for me. My mate has to come first, every time.
— Zoe Chant, Firefighter Pegasus
Wicked Abyss, page 279, Lila, Princess Calliope of Sylvan to Abyssian "Sian" Infernas, King of Pandemonia"There's a face to the violence you love so much, a cost that the Morior never have to pay. Why wouldn't you love war? You never feel the toll like the rest of us.
— Kresley Cole, Wicked Abyss
We can’t do this on so many levels,” she whispered. But I don’t care." Vee, The Way You Bite
— Zoe Forward, The Way You Bite
Gabriel smiled and his thumb grazed her cheek. She thought for a terrifying moment that he was going to kiss her
— A.J. Flowers, Fallen to Grace
Your music hurts, the way sunshine hurts when you’ve existed for a long time in darkness.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
A flock of angels are coming to see me...or a gaggle? A herd? No, they aren’t animals. A legion... That’s the word.
— A.J. Flowers, Fallen to Grace
He cupped her head with both hands. “You’re full of your own kind of magic, and it’s much more rare and beautiful than all the other spells around you. They are commonplace. You are unique.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
He towered over the Queen with his wings fanned out. Azrael realized he was threatening her, like a peacock intimidating its adversary.
— A.J. Flowers, Fallen to Grace
Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”	“Unfortunately,” he said as gently as he knew how, “it would appear so.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
Just when I was coping with the idea that I’d necked with a werewolf,” she muttered. “Just when I was beginning to flirt with the idea of possibly… possibly inviting sex with a werewolf. I’m trying to imagine how I would tell this story to my best friend. I think it would go something like this: See, I’ve never seen him in daylight. He’s just this werewolf guy.”	Beside her, he had stiffened. Very quietly, he said, “Sex?
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
Giving her a slow, coaxing smile that turned the heat in the room up by a thousand degrees, he stroked her lips with the balls of his thumbs as he murmured, “Can we get back to talking about possibly inviting that werewolf for sex?
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
Lifting his head, he whispered against her wet, throbbing lips, “Too much?”	Wasn’t that sweet,	Consider even.	But oh, hell no.	She gasped, “Not enough.
— Thea Harrison, Spellbinder
They massacred the servants before killing my parents. I saw it all through a knothole in the wood. As I said, my eyes were better back then.
— J.R. Ward, Dark Lover
As my hair fell free, Cortez entwined his fingers in it and kissed me even harder. Then he slipped one hand from my hair and snapped his fingers over our heads. The lights went out.
— Kelley Armstrong, Dime Store Magic
Keegan rested his forearm on the wheel. “If the spell is fading, you could’ve grown old with this woman. She never had to know you were the Quartermaster on the Sea Dog when it sank in 1795.”“All true.” Colton glanced over his shoulder toward the bow. “But every man she’s ever known has lied to her. I didn’t want to be another one.
— Lisa Kessler, Magnolia Mystic
Because my division watches immortals like your crew. It’s in the government’s best interest to keep tabs on people who could potentially be assets someday. Which is why I’m here.” He turned to Colton again. “I can use my contacts to locate the group holding the Holy Grail, but the American government can’t be tied to the recovery effort in any way.”“So what are you sayin’?” Colton held his breath.“I’m saying who better to steal it back than a band of pirates?
— Lisa Kessler, Magnolia Mystic
As soon as the garage door lowered, he slid his hand into her hair, drawing her in for another kiss. Her mouth tasted like sweet brandy and spice. Damn, she was delicious.She ran her hands down his chest and tugged his shirt free from his jeans. He groaned as her cool hands explored his bare abs. His other hand wandered up from her waist, enjoying her curves until he was cupping her breast. She moaned into his mouth and arched her back into his touch, and he just about lost it right there.He pulled back, his voice a husky whisper. “I need more room and fewer clothes.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
He sighed, breaking the eye contact. “I just wanted you to know why I’m cautious. When the divorce was final, I swore I’d never let another woman into my heart. Love made me weak.” He forced himself to look her in the eyes. “I’ve never met anyone like you, and today, I would’ve died for you and wouldn’t have regretted it for a second.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
Her roommate was at the table with a grin that was all trouble. “So you’re not going to tell me about last night?”Erica rolled her eyes and went about getting her breakfast. “You saw Reed. How do you think it went?”She chuckled. “Being hot doesn’t mean you’re good in bed.”Erica peered over her shoulder. “We never even got to the bed.”Trin’s eyes widened. “Oh gods! I eat at this table!
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
She wet her lips. “And she didn’t warn you about me?”“Should she have?”Erica finished her drink, relishing the burn in her belly and the flush of heat in her cheeks as she nodded. “Definitely.”His gaze smoldered. “It’s a good thing danger is my calling, then.”“Good to know,” she said with a sly smile.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
Are all firefighters as hot as you?
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
She didn’t warn you about me?”	“Should she have?”	Erica finished her drink, relishing the burn in her belly and the flush of heat in her cheeks as she nodded “Definitely.”	His gaze smoldered. “It’s a good thing danger is my calling, then.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
He shook his head, a smile tugging at his lips. “Two hours isn’t going to be enough time.”	She grinned, rocking her hips. “We’d better make it count.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
Flirting and foreplay came easy to Erica. Before she’d turned twenty, Erato awakened inside her. Erato was the Greek Muse of Lyrics… and Erotic Poetry. She had a gift for inspiring passion.
— Lisa Kessler, Breath of Passion
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE: To my daughter, if you ever date anyone like the men I write, I will kick your *ss up between your ears and you will walk sideways for a month, but I’ll still love you.
— Amelia Hutchins, Playing with Monsters
Give it up to God,” they’d say, or “He won’t give you more than you can handle.” Fuck that. He preferred to just stay here and kill things.
— Joel Crofoot, Michael's Passion
You are such a wolf.”
— “When it comes to you? Absolutely.
In the rest room next door there was a long, explosive sound of gas releasing, then a contented 'Ahhh.' Grace clapped a hand over her mouth to hold back the hysterical giggle that rose in her throat. She had to finish before he did, or he might hear her. The competition was the strangest in which she'd ever engaged.
— Linda Howard, Son of the Morning
It’s not the dead people you got to worry about… It’s the living that are scary.
— Terry Spear, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
Turning up Gower Street, she was headed to the First Presbyterian Church, not that she had suddenly decided to become born again or some shit. No, there was an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that was about to let out, so she figured she would drop off a little gift by the exit. Nothing big, just the six pack. That was not why she had come, of course, but why pass up the opportunity to lead someone into temptation?
— Joel Crofoot, Michael's Passion
Unless the she-wolf agrees, there’s always a chance of rejection.
— Terry Spear, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
Zorro pulled her into his arms and crushed her against his body, kissing her soundly on the mouth.	“My, what a big sword you have, sir,” she said, sweeping her hand over his sheathed sword.	“I’m fully armed,” he said, “with that and more.
— Terry Spear, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
Brett will need some clothes if someone can drop some by.”	“All we need is a bear rug,” Meghan said.
— Terry Spear, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
She was thinking she needed to post a letter in the Lonely Hearts column in the Silver Town Gazette: She-wolf seeking male wolf who believes in ghosts. No others need apply.
— Terry Spear, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
I can barely breathe. I feel like I’m going to explode. Jake Wilder is kissing me. French-kissing me. Is he even supposed to be French-kissing me for the play? I thought… Oh, who cares if he’s supposed to or not. He is, that’s all that matters.
— Mari Mancusi, Boys that Bite
They should install elevators in this place. What if they turned a handicapped person into a vampire? Talk about your discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.
— Mari Mancusi, Boys that Bite
O-kay. Kind of freaky. I’m now standing in an actual tomb, in pitch darkness, with only a vampire to keep me company. Last week if you’d sworn on a stack of Bibles that I’d be okay with all of this, I wouldn’t have believed you.
— Mari Mancusi, Boys that Bite
He was determined to save her, to be her hero, to give her a reason why the gods had seen fit to place him inside her visions. Gods, he wanted to rescue her. After all, she had rescued him; she had become his heroine a long time ago, before his death became imminent.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Malevolence
Careful, Miss Cavanaugh," he whispered. "You don't know what you're asking." He lowered his face to her neck, dragging his lips along her skin up to her ear. "If I steal more from you, if I give you more, I'll want it all and won't let up for a very, very long time.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Sevin
We're traveling into the territory of I don't care. Let's not take that trip, hmm?"Arrogant. Mean. Still gorgeous.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Sevin
She considered him further and decided he could definitely pass for a pirate. No, she thought, correcting herself. More like a sea captain, a younger version of the captain from that old movie where the pretty woman rents an old sea captain's house only to find the place haunted by the sea captain himself.She let out a heavy breath. Man, she loved that movie.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Sorrah
He waited at her side, staring... hovering. She had the distinct impression this man wasn't used to being disobeyed. My, but he was an irritating sea captain.
— Madison Thorne Grey, Sorrah
I’m sure I’d remember if we’d met. It doesn’t happen every day to witness perfection on Earth.
— Monica La Porta, Bound by Water: Pisces
ANSON: I’ll work on making it enough. And I’ll work at being enough. For you.
— T. S. Joyce
I can’t sleep without you by my side.
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
There is no home without you.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
I’m fine. I’m not even all that hungry. I’d much rather explore the book shop.”“Food first, books after,” he said sternly, not liking the dark shadows of fatigue beneath her eyes. Who knew when she’d last slept? “And then we should rest early.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
God, you feel so good on top of me,” he whispered, rucking up her skirts to feel more of her silken skin.“No, you feel good.” Her hips arched against his erection and she licked her lips. “Is it possible for us to…” she trailed off with a blush.“Oh yes,” he whispered…
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
As he plunged inside her with his tongue, delving deep into her inner core, he knew the sweet nectar was heaven itself. He licked his lips, the taste of her lingering on his tongue. He wanted more. Always more.
— Nikki Landis, Dark Vengeance
I have no right to make you love me, or to love you. But I do know that love is something that is tested and mended over time."I don't know if purely romantic love can last through anything (it is so based on feelings and attraction, both of which are fickle at times), but I think friendship can, and when the romantic love and friendship get blurred together into one it makes 'relationship cement,' I think." - Stay by Jennifer Silverwood"And then, real love I think comes later. When you really get to know someone and how they think and feel, when you can't imagine if something were to happen to them. When you trust them and want to spend all your time doing nothing with them, when you want to grow old together." - Stay by Jennifer Silverwood
— Jennifer Silverwood, Stay
Did you look up 'incubus'?" Ren asked, in her ear. She heard a smile in his voice."Yes. Let's see, 'a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with women in their sleep,' if I remember right.""There. And you thought it wasn't possible. It's common enough they actually had to make up a word for it.""Well, if you've been doing that, then you must have been discreet, because I sure haven't noticed.""It's not my preferred method," he said. "I always wake them up first.
— Molly Ringle, The Ghost Downstairs
Is the werewolf community so afraid of one little half human?
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
If you wanted pomp and circumstance, you dealt with the vampires. If you wanted ceremony, the witches it was. But for plain old straight forward business, you dealt with the werewolves.
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
She was a woman without a family. A woman without a pack. A woman alone.
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
James’ fingers brushed her cheek. “You can run, or you can see this through to the end. Whatever that end might be.
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
He leaned his forehead against hers. “Tell me you want this.
— Chudney Thomas, Full Force
I need you more than I need the sunshine.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
By the time your training is complete, you'll come on command my defiant queen.
— B.A. Rhea, Eternal Night
I’m a planner. I like to know what’s coming, that way I can figure out a way to deal with it.”	He shot her a wink. “I wasna planned, and you handled that situation well.”	It was a fact, but then again, who could ever prepare for a man like Dmitri?
— Donna Grant, Firestorm
Science is just as important as magic.
— Donna Grant, Firestorm
I have always wondered what it is like to be kissed.” She snapped her mouth closed at such an outrageous confession, but it was too late.“And?” he whispered back.She frowned. “And what?”His lips arched in a wicked smile. “How was the experience?”“Incredible,” she couldn’t stop herself from answering. “So much more that what the novels depict.”His grin broadened, tempting beyond reason. “That tempts me to do it again.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
I want to mate with you more than my next breath, but I need you to be sure.” His eyes were human again as he continued. “Dragon matings are for life. I... don't ever want you to regret mating with me. Even if every second that you are not mine is torture.
— Katie Reus, Saved by Darkness
As long as they were together, they could face anything. For the first time in a long time, she didn’t feel alone—and she knew he didn’t either.
— Katie Reus, Saved by Darkness
He knew himself well enough that once she was gone he wouldn’t last regardless. His heart would simply stop beating without her.
— Katie Reus, Saved by Darkness
There would never be anyone else. Not if he lived a thousand lifetimes.
— Katie Reus, Saved by Darkness
The woman lived inside him, was his mate.
— Katie Reus, Saved by Darkness
Justus?” she whispered. “I know it is not ladylike for me to ask, but I very much would for you to kiss me again.”	Those sensuous lips of his curved in a smile that made her belly flutter. “See, you are my counterpart, for I was just going to do just that.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
ANSON: I want to give you the world, but a man like me doesn’t have the world to give. [He ... leveled her with a gold-eyed look that ripped at her heart.] I can give you me.
— T. S. Joyce
KATE: Everyone is effed up, Dalton. At some point, you just have to find someone to share the baggage with.---Dawson Fur Hire (Bears Fur Hire, Book 5)
— T. S. Joyce
You know, being bitten by a vampire one week before prom really sucks.	No pun intended.
— Mari Mancusi, Boys that Bite
Now Sunny, don’t get mad, but …” Rayne begins, her voice trembling.	I shoot her an angry glare. “But WHAT, Rayne?”	“I, uh, think you’ve accidentally been turned into a vampire.
— Mari Mancusi, Boys that Bite
Do they send all of you jaguars through some elitist asshole training course?
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
We weren’t allies, but not being enemies was close enough for me.
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
He kissed my lips, his skin warm in spite of the cool winter wind whipping past us. His whisper would have been lost on me before, but now I heard every word. “What do you want, Raven?
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
There are worse things than death.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
The vortex. You can see the entire galaxy up there. More stars than you ever knew existed.
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
I look down at his beautiful face, shining with so much love and admiration for me, and I know that every struggle I’ve faced up to this point has all been worth it, because it led me to him.
— Siobhan Davis, Saven Deliverance
Everything okay?”“I’m not sure, but it’s not shittier, so that’s something.”She laughed. “Still an optimist.
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
Did you get any blood on your breasts? I’m willing to go the extra mile.
— Dannika Dark, Keystone
For the record…” I took her hand and held it up. “These are the only hands I want on me.
— Lisa Kessler, Wolf Moon
Miya? What are you doing?" I drop to my knees and hold my hands out to stop her."Murderer..." she whispers. I shake my head, suddenly scared. "No..." "Monster," she says, louder this time. She swings the sword in a large arc, aiming for my head. I flinch away just as its sharp edge reaches my skin...
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
I can feel myself slipping away. Slowly leaving who and what I am behind. - Dylan
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
And for the first time since I woke in the alley--I don't want to die. I want to live. I want to see Miya again, and Matthew and Ashlee and Sammy and Kai. I want to live long enough to see my mom and dad again, and my sister, Lily.
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
Do you know how easy it would be to kill you, Miya? I've thought about it--killing you...and you think I'm not a monster.--Dylan
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
You were right. I can't be trusted around people." "What does that make me? A stuffed potato?
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
Their eyes find mine and they freeze. Emotions flicker across their faces quicker than I can identify, until finally they settle on one I recognize. One I see every time Miya looks at me. Love. - Dylan
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
He sighs. "It's just, you said they're up there protecting us..." He looks down at his hands in his lap. "Then why didn't they protect me?
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
Something in me snaps. Since I woke in the alley I've been pushed down, feared and prosecuted for things out of my control. Well, enough is enough.
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
You deserve to be happy, Dylan." "So do you." "Good thing we've got each other then," she answers, tucking herself into my shoulder, and wrapping her arm around my back.
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
Clouds buzz by, unaware of the scary world below them. I envy them. I envy the easy way that they live and die. They never have to worry about tomorrow and what horrors or death it might bring.
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
Don’t do this self-sacrificing bullshit, Dylan. Not again. I’m sick and tired of it. For once, it would be nice if you would just let me help you. You deserve to live. You deserve to be as happy as any of us. You're not a monster. — Miya
— Dannielle Wicks, Broken Sunrise
One night. May the best witch win.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
Vampires aren’t noble?”	“No. We serve or we prey.”	“Like monks?”	He frowned, confused, and then gave a soft chuckle. “Prey, as in hunt. No God would hear our prayers.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
Apparently, she was going to visit an evil witch with a scary poet vampire.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
He kissed it better,” she told them.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn: A Dragons of Bloodfire World Novella
Oh, the envelope did contain magic,” a strange, low voice said from the doorway.	Judith looked over. She forgot her cut and her coffee. And how to breathe.	The tall, broad man filling up the door frame looked like a warrior angel with gold hair falling into his eyes, a pale-gold undertone to his skin, and ‘heartbreaking’ green eyes….	“Any magic that involves blood is a grave threat,” he continued. “And death by paper cut would be a long and tedious way to go. I can help.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
The page contained a single, unfamiliar symbol. It looked like a backward S with the diagonals of an open triangle cutting through it. A straight line bisected both shapes. Could be creepy. Could be nothing.
— Erin Kellison, Until Dawn
Bethany Mead cringed against the stone wall of her cell. Greeves was guarding the female ward this night. She hated Greeves…
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
Bethany stepped out of the carriage, eyes fixed in rapt wonder at Ellingsworth manor. Gossamer paper lanterns hung from the trees, linking the drive like stars from the heaves. Strains of enchanting music emanated from the house…
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
Her heart pounded in her throat as his head dipped lower and his lips brushed across hers.Heat exploded in her belly at the chaste kiss, every nerve ending singing with pleasure. Head swimming with dizziness, Bethany grasped his shoulders to keep from toppling off of the bench. Justus’s arms wrapped around her, pulling her against his firm chest, his lips caressing hers with intoxicating fervor.
— Brooklyn Ann, Wynter's Bite
He crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't get why you push everyone away.""This isn't the time to talk about this.""Should I set up an office visit?
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
He shook his head. "Those waves are begging us to ride them. Talking can wait.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Sethian grabbed my trembling hips in a bruising hold and began to thrust up into me almost violently, capturing my lips again in an equally bruising kiss.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
I thought when you finally kissed me, I'd be able to walk away." He shook his head, his voice lowering to a throaty whisper. "I was dead wrong.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Hunter scooped her up into his arms as if she weighed nothing and carried her over to the bed. He laid her down and then moved behind her to spoon her, his arm holding her close to his chest. His lips brushed her ear. "Before you push me away, you have my word that once you're asleep, I'll go in the other room, okay?" ...Without moving, she whispered into the darkness, "What if I don't want you to go?
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Hunter walked out of the waves, and without any pretense, he wrapped her in his arms. She looked up at him, her eyes searing his.He bent his head lower, his voice a raspy whisper. "I've never met anyone like you.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
I'm the king of bad ideas.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Man..." He blew out an exasperated breath. "Do you push everyone away this hard, or is it just me?
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
He pressed his lips to her shoulder, whispering along her soft skin, "I'm right where I want to be.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
One look at the stranger staring back re-convinced me that I had to be dreaming. It was me, but at the same time completely not me.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
If we're not naked soon, I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
For what felt like hours, we sucked on each other’s tongues while his hands seemed determined to search out and skillfully caress every spot on my body within reach that made me shudder and moan, his rock-hard erection equally determined to stimulate me into a frenzy as he sensually rubbed himself almost teasingly against my pelvis. Then before I knew it, his considerable girth was inside me,
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
What did that mean,” I asked softly.He didn’t pretend to misunderstand. “Í’m not certain,” Sethian admitted, his eyes staring intently at my own. “It could be nothing; or everything.” Slowly he withdrew from me and rolled over to his side, pulling me into a tight embrace as if reluctant to have me even an inch away from him. As I lay silently in his arms, a maelstrom of emotions swept through me. Curiosity, puzzlement, excitement, worry, fear; and I realized they were not my own. Confusion and anxiety were the only emotions I felt in any large quantity. Those other emotions seemed almost alien, except that they left the feel of Sethian in their wake. I glanced at Sethian and found him looking down at me. It was apparent that he had been staring down at me for some time. “Why are you afraid,” I asked on a whim.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
She shivered as a blustery wind rushed past. She’d made a mistake in returning to the city. She should’ve stayed in the castle with Antoine. She’d be warm in his arms right now, instead of being held prisoner.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Pursuit
--I didn’t know what was more dangerous...the things he said or the way his voice seeped into the crevices of my soul.--My body liked the effect he had on me, but my mind was gathering caution tape and a hazmat suit.
— Morgan  Smith, Shades of Amber
Sethian began, sounding thoughtful. “As I said, last night was more than a night of pleasure. When I brought you into my bed, you became my wife.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
My new elf husband wasted no time in carrying me to the bed, then tumbling us both onto the coverlet.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
It could have been a second, an hour, a year, a hundred millennia; all were correct. The first thing I saw when my wits returned was the utter shock in Sethian’s eyes. It had been my thought that the experience was the elf’s doing. His expression was telling me I couldn’t have been more wrong.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
My face was burning so hotly that I imagined flames were consuming my cheeks. Yet, somehow I managed a shaky smile and a murmured, “We were interrupted…” His enormous cock slid into my slick passage once again, stretching my delicate tissues to the brink of what I could comfortably handle,
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
That kiss...""You've already given me better than I've ever had.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Then before I knew it, his considerable girth was inside me, stretching my virgin passage almost to the point of tearing, and he was thrusting into me as if he were trying to drive me completely through the mattress to the floor beneath.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
I seemed to leave my body momentarily, and another presence filled me—Sethian—every bit of emptiness within my soul had become saturated with his essence. No—bonded. Joined, connected—our souls had somehow become one.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
It’s your choice now,” he whispered in my ear, making the hairs at the back of my neck stand on end. “I will bed you. That is not the choice, but whether or not you wish to experience my touch or to be oblivious. It’s in my power to grant you either.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
His enormous cock slid into my slick passage once again, stretching my delicate tissues to the brink of what I could comfortably handle, and my feelings of excitement and arousal exploded exponentially. I moved to wrap my legs around him, but before I could, he dug his arms beneath my back and lifted us both up until he was sitting back onto his haunches and I was straddling him across his lap, his cock reaching even deeper into me so that I felt that it was almost splitting me in two.
— Cristina Rayne, Claimed by the Elven King: The Complete Edition
My hand is clutching Sebastian's, although I'm not sure he's even aware of it after all we've been through.
— Theresa Braun, Dead over Heels
It's not the way I wanted to spend eternity with the man I love, but it will have to do. At least we are together.
— Theresa Braun, Dead over Heels
None of this is his fault, but here we sit in the police station.
— Theresa Braun, Under the Bed Vol. 04 No. 08
She covered his hand with hers over her abdomen. His was so much bigger than hers and had probably fired guns, rifles, and god knew what else, but right here, right now, his tenderness broke down her will as sure as any grenade.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
She fed off it. Taking all of their positive life forces into herself. She was nourished by it, basked in it, and knew she was loved.
— Michele Ryan, Oracle's Vision
You're going to get yourself f*&^ed so hard you'll forget your own name.
— Renee Rose, The Alpha's Promise
He pulled forth and waggled a leash.A leash.To go around her neck.
— Eve Langlais, Ostrich and the 'Roo
I have this condition I call impromptu senility. I can’t remember a damn thing when I don’t want to.
— Laurann Dohner, Smiley
I love surfing, but ---" his gaze wandered over the thin sheet covering her body before he met her eyes again " --- no wave could ever compete with you.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Good shot.”“Not really. I was aiming for his balls.
— Laurann Dohner, Smiley
You make me want to be.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
Don’t you have someone else to harass? People to eat?”“Nope. You’re at the top of my list.”“Well, aren’t I special?
— T.L. Reeve, Bear Essentials
We did not go about this bride thing right. I do not think women are still used to being stolen as they once were.”“Some adjustment is to be expected.”“It is more than that. She keeps asking for things that I do not have—her Earth clothes and something called a cheeseburger, which I recall from the mini shows as being a giant food that women enjoy eating half naked very slowly.” Kyran thought of Eve’s beautiful legs. He would very much enjoy getting her a cheeseburger
— Michelle M. Pillow, Determined Prince
A desperate man does what he has to to.”
— She lifted a brow. “I make you that desperate?”
You're a good man, Hunter.
— Lisa Kessler, Legend of Love
You’re not going to sleep with that fucking vampire!”…
— “I’ll sleep with an entire coven if I want!” She wasn’t whispering now. “You don’t tell me what to do.”…
He didn’t utter threats. He delivered promises.
— Katie Reus, Dark Protector
It’s all or nothing with me. Make sure you know what you want.
— Katie Reus, Dark Protector
I want to do everything to you, all at once,” he muttered. “I want to stroke you, fuck you, hold you down, lift you up, pin you, take you. I want you to take me. Lord and Lady, Sophie, I don’t know that I have any gentleness in me tonight.
— Thea Harrison, Moonshadow
I don’t know,” she lied. “I need a few days to think it over.”	Even as she said it, she knew she was going to take the offer. Hell, she might even escape from whatever dark menace haunted her rune readings lately, along with the owner of that predatory, handsome face.	Or if she went, she could be running right toward it. Toward him.	Ah, well. You’ can’t fix stupid. And you can’t heal crazy.
— Thea Harrison, Moonshadow
There was nothing else in the entire universe, nothing but the two of them together. Her curves, his angles. Her light, his darkness. Her softness, his exquisitely aching hardness.	Male. Female.
— Thea Harrison, Moonshadow
It’s like I’ve walked into the fucking Twilight Zone,” she murmured…
— Katie Reus, Dark Protector
What do you think about having some orgasms to celebrate?
— Thea Harrison, Moonshadow
Maybe having great sex just made a werewolf’s nose work better…
— Paige Tyler, Wolf Unleashed
The legend of ‘The One’ had been clear that the connection between a werewolf and his mate could never be denied. The fact that it could be destroyed had never come up in conversation.
— Paige Tyler, Wolf Unleashed
Brennan's inner jaguar roared to life then with the need to protect this woman- protect my mate, must protect my mate it snarled.
— Zoe Chant, The Jaguar's Beach Bride
She appeared to be near seventeen years of age, but looked like a vision from the Greek tragedies. With plaited coils of dark luscious hair, lips like the petals of a rose, and large, deep eyes that contained all the delight of her passion. She was the loveliest girl I have ever seen in all my life. Then she spoke. I have never heard such a voice before. It seemed she was instantly Juliet. From deep tones to flute-like music like the lark, she spoke and sang her parts with an excitement that stirred the whole audience. She concluded to thunderous applause and I could barely contain my own appreciation.
— Brian S. Ference, The Wolf of Dorian Gray: A Werewolf Spawned by the Evil of Man
Close your eyes and relax. One kiss. I don’t bite.” His hand brushed her cheek. “At least not hard.”“That’s a joke, right? Because I have proof you do bite hard.
— Laurann Dohner, Claimed
The sudden growl that went through the air had both of us stopping in our tracks. "Did you just growl at me?" How dare him growl because I wanted to take a bath in the lake. Okay, I didn't want to take a bath in the lake but if I did it was none of his business!
— Lenore Harper, Bear in Mine
You're killing me, little human.
— Shelly Crane, Altered
I’d be careful about watching me too closely.”“Why?” She smiled to match the sassy tone in her voice.The smirk that had lingered on his face dropped away, replaced by a serious expression. “You might not like what you see.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse
That’s what you asked him?”“Yeah, why?” Gina scrunched her face with confusion.“I thought you were going to say something juicy.”“Like what?”“I don’t know, like if he would be your sex slave or something like that.”“Kelly! Why would I ask him that?”“He’s a hot guy, you’re a hot girl. We’re in a super romantic castle on the coast.” Kelly waved her hand around the room for emphasis. “Why the hell not generate some heat in between these cold stone walls?
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse
They’d stolen his life.And rebirthed him as a monster.
— Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising
Once a month, for one evening, we are free to wear our natural skins. We are on the outside as we are internally.
— D.R. Hedge, The Geri Rogue
We aren't taught to mourn. We're told to forget.
— D.R. Hedge, The Geri Rogue
It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.
— Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising
Cameron’s mind registered what the rest of him already knew. He was insane about this woman, and he’d do anything to be with her, anything to protect her. She’d become his world. How it had happened, he didn’t know, but it had.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Stranger
It’s a new era at the Chateau.” Antoine said with a wry smile. “Never thought I’d have a wolf shifter here as a guest.”
— “Never thought we’d have a gargoyle rock star.” Cameron nodded at Dante.
She took a deep breath and peered up from under her long, dark lashes.	He sucked air in. Damn, that look could undo any man – or wolf, or alien for that matter. “Something to eat?”	“No, Cameron.” She smiled with a hint of decadence. “There’s only one thing I need.”	“What’s that?”	She closed the space between them and grabbed the collar of his shirt with both hands, pulling him closer. “You.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Stranger
Look at me, Regina.”She glanced up at him, appearing tiny. He stood almost a foot taller than her in his boots while she wore flats, which looked like ballet shoes. His palms heated and his heartbeat raced. Her scent that had teased him from afar now tormented him up close. God, he wanted to wrap himself in that scent, bury himself deep inside her.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse
Don’t laugh at me. Is it proper etiquette for an angel to laugh at someone in a state of Penzance?Penzance? Are you a pirate?
— Nancee Cain, Tempting Jo
My favorite thing to do is watch her sleep, when she’s at total ease, not stressing about her imperfections — imperfections I find perfect.
— Nancee Cain
I like solitude.”“Doesn’t seem to fit with the personality of a rock guitarist.”“Let me tell you a secret.” He leaned forward. “My stage persona is not who I am at all.”Gina realized she had completely stopped painting while listening, enraptured with what he had to say. “What are you then?”He gave her a mischievous grin that reached his eyes. “Right now, I’m just a guy standing in front of a pretty girl who makes his pulse race.
— Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse
He wondered what she would taste of — fantasized about how gunpowder and scorched earth would weigh on his tongue.
— Vanessa Gravenstein, war/SONG
He gently caressed her bottom lips with his thumb. "It just occurred to me that I've never told you how beautiful you are until now, which has to make me possibly the slowest, or dumbest, man in the world.
— Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha
Bring it, grizzly. Show me what you've got.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
Stay strong," said the detective. "They respect strength."	What the hell was she supposed to do? Break a chair? Bench-press a Volvo?
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
...She remembered why he'd caught her eye the first time she'd seen him, at Ivy and Landon's wedding. He was absolutely gorgeous. Tall, with broad shoulders and well-muscled arms, he had dark-blond hair, piercing blue eyes, and a square jaw covered with just the perfect amount of stubble. Then there was his mouth... There were books written about lips that kissable.
— Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha
She tilted her head up to look him in the eyes. "No diseases, right?" she asked, before she lost all reason. "No weird shifter thing I should know about beforehand?"	"All human normal," he said, his eyes dark and intense as he looked at her. Then he flashed a wicked smile. "Though my endurance might be legendary.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
He didn't just want to mate with Becca, he wanted her to orgasm around his dick for a decade.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
She looked back at him, her lips curving into an incredulous smile. "The man who just gave me the best orgasms of my life is asking me out on a date?"	"Um... yeah?"	"Um...okay.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
Her hand drifted over his left nipple, and one of her fingers moved, sending lightning straight down to his groin. She was killing him, but he'd be damned if he moved one tiny inch. And if he was really, really lucky, she'd do it again.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
A roll of five condoms unfurled from her hand. "I found these in your bathroom."	"Did you check the expiration date?" God knew it had been a while since he'd needed one of those.	She nodded. "We're okay, if you're okay."	"Baby," he growled. "We're headed for something exponentially better than just okay.
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
If that’s what you want, I’ll give that to you. However, I need you to know that my heart, my mind and my soul belong to you. No one else can touch them like you because you and I both know that we are mates.
— Brey King, My Heart, My Kingdom's Prince
If he'd cut off his right arm to make her happy, then how much harder could it be to cut out his heart?
— Kathy Lyons, The Bear Who Loved Me
Sweetheart, this is not a race to the finish line. It’s you and me, spending time together and getting to know each other better. Just that simple.
— Brey King, Miracle's Mate
Can you make the salad while I fix the garlic bread?"	He flashed her a grin. "Babe, I live to make salad.
— Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha
Layla smiled through her tears, "If I'd known that all it would take to get us talking is a romantic getaway to a bombed-out part of Eastern Europe, I would have gotten Kendra to set it up a long time ago."	"Romantic, huh?" He smiled. "I like romantic.
— Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha
Maybe you could have picked something a little easier for our first official mission together?" Layla said in a teasing whisper...
— Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha
If we could make it work will you give us a chance?
— Brey King, My Heart, My Kingdom's King
The only things that got me through those years were a half dozen books I stole and through which I escaped reality time and again. I never tired of reading them, even reading them aloud to myself, until the characters between the covers became dear to me, like old friends.
— Sylvie Grohne, The Night Within Us
Now that we have that settled, I want to focus my attention on something else or should I say someone else... That someone else is you.
— Brey King, My Heart, My Kingdom's Princess