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“Becky!” I had to laugh. “You’re worse than me! It’s no wonder he’s such an egomaniac.” “What? You’re telling me you can say no…

— Kelly Oram

“You see, I think that you feel so sorry for yourself all the time, that you assume everyone else does too. And your rather…

— Jo Platt

“After all this madness is over, and I see you safely back home . . . do you think you could see fit to…

— Tessa Dare

“He swallowed hard and looked deep into my eyes so intensely, I tried hard not to look away. I didn’t want him to see…

— Mercy Cortez

“There’s sex, and there’s…this.” He met my eyes. “Just being with someone like this. This isn’t something that can be bought or sold, and…

— Lauren Gallagher

“She swallowed hard, shed some tears. Then she gathered energy from all over her ruined body, even from her toes and fingers. At last…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“His jaw was clenched. His breathing became labored, like he was carrying something heavy. She watched the muscles in his throat working, Adam’s apple…

— Isobel Irons

“He suddenly felt the urge to kiss her-hard- upon the mouth. But this- what he felt, it could never be real. Because once the…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Listen," he said still breathing hard, "I'm sorry. I have no right to lecture you." His voice warmed with a devastating smile and his…

— Charlotte McPherren

“I have no intentions of letting you go.” I swallowed hard. “If you come with me you’re signing on for all of me, Brynne.…

— Raine Miller

“I don’t want my job to come between us.” “Your job didn’t come between us. Several hundred men did.” She swallowed hard and nodded.…

— Lizzy Ford

“This won’t work if you don’t trust me, Eli,” Mav said quietly as he continued to hold the helmet out. I swallowed hard. I…

— Sloane Kennedy

“Rowan,” she breathed, his name a plea and a prayer. She slid her fingers down the side of his tattooed cheek, and— Faster than…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Dahlia’s breath hissed out of her throat. Slowing the boat, she swung back toward him, glaring. “ What is so damned fascinating about breasts?…

— Christine Feehan

“What exactly is your job here?’ ‘So that’s what you’ve dragged yourself out here to ask. See now I’m disappointed, you could have at…

— Lindsay Anne Kendal