Gennie,you should have told me you hadn't been with a man…

““Gennie,you should have told me you hadn't been with a man before." And how was it possible, he wondered, that she'd let no man touch her before? That he was the first...the only. "Why?" she said flatly,wishing he would go, wishing she had the strength to leave. "It was my business." Swearing,he shifted,leaning over her. His eyes were dark and angry, but when she tried to pull away,he pinned her. "I don't have much gentleness," he told her, and the words were unsteady with feeling. "But I would have used all I had,I would have tried to find more,for you." When she only stared at him, Grant lowered his forehead to hers. "Gennie..." Her doubts,her fears,melted at that one softly murmured word. "I wasn't looking for gentleness then," she whispered. Framing his face with her hands, she lifted it. "But now..." She smiled, and watched the frown fade from his eyes. He dropped a kiss on her lips, soft, more like whisper,then rising, lifted her into his arms. Gennie laughed at the feeling of weightlessness and ease. "What're you doing now?" "Taking you inside so you can warm up, dry off and make love with me again-maybe not in that order." Gennie curled her arms around his neck. "I'm beginning to like your ideas. What about our clothes?" "We can salvage what's left of them later." He pushed open the door of the lighthouse. "We won't be needing them for quite a while." "Definitely like your ideas." She pressed her mouth against his throat.””

— Nora Roberts