“Every time I think I couldn’t love you a bit more, you stretch my heart again.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“She had to kill him. She had to kill Beckett the next time she saw him or all she’d done to become… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I love you in such a greedy way, I’m guilty about it.” She tilted her head back as he moved his lips… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“True love, the kind that lasts forever, is very rare indeed. It takes compromise, continued growth, and trust.” — debra anastasia Copy Share Image
“Know this: I love you so fucking much,” Beckett said. “No other person has been to me what you are. No one… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Instead of sounding like a Beckett-style threat, Dr. Lavender’s observation solidified something. Livia would live for love. Today will count.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“But if all this time between them had taught him anything, it was that they were orbiting the same fate. Together, always… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Know this: I love you so fucking much. No other person has been to me what you are. No one else ever… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“You make the rest of the beautiful things in the world cry for even trying at all. You make it hard for… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“A very bouncy Kyle woke Livia at some ridiculous o’clock on Friday morning. “Wakey-wakey, you sloppy, old whore. It’s time to do… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“We better get over to Beckett’s if you want to see how my day goes—before his crowd gets too raunchy.” Blake stood… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Don’t pray to me. Don’t pray to me!” Kyle said, alarmed. “We’re in this together. I’ve done things wrong too. We’re human,… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“We’re going to find your hobo. We’re going to work hard—work nights. Liv, we’re going to put our balls into it.” She… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I’m in love with his brother.” Saying this out loud to Bea felt like jumping out of an airplane—thrilling and irreversible. In… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He moved to her earlobe and breathed, “First, I will blow, then I will lick, last I will bite.” Blake took his… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Don’t come here again. Ever,” he said, but instead of a threat, this sounded like a declaration of affection. “Beckett, you can… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“She picked up the phone and dialed Blake's number. His silky hello made her smile. "You're smiling, right?" His voice was so… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Livia read from the paper as if it were a letter. “Dear Blake Hartt, thank you. Thank you so much for thinking… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“But the things that were right about him I sort have been able to do for myself for a while now. His… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Eve held his eyes and confidently licked the length of the razor-sharp blade with the tip of her tongue. Red blood beaded… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a ceremony celebrating Blake Hartt and Livia McHugh. Today is not the start of their lives together.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Is that shooting star just a happy accident or has the universe had it planned for a thousand years?” He tilted his… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“If you think I give a rat’s ass about that cooler, you don’t know me at all. Nothing I own is worth… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I love you so much, I think there are burn marks on my heart.” Blake touched his chest. “Do they hurt?” “Only… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Okay, how's this? I’ve been to Heaven and Hell. I’ve seen the whole world, but the only thing that makes me want… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Blake took her face in his hands. “You let me touch you. Kiss you. Your skin? It feels like piano keys. My… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I’d rather have you in my life than Margret. I’m not sorry you’re here.” Livia hugged Kyle again, trying to seal her… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He kept his head down in what seemed to be a prayer. “He counts. You’ve smiled at him four hundred and forty-six… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I promised in my head to leave you be. And when I saw you…I was supposed to be man enough to turn… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Stop. Stop that. Tell me what happened to you.” She gently ran her fingers down the length of his chest. Blake shook… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“It felt real, seeing his friend like that. It was like a gift. He wasn’t into spiritual bullshit, but damn. "Damn. That… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I know it doesn’t make noise,” he explained. “Going through the motions is comforting to me. I wish I had a real… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“When they stumbled together into a clearing, even in their panic the blue moonlight made it ethereal, like a fairy ring. But in the… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“Beckett wrapped a huge arm around Kyle's waist and slammed her body into his. "Sometimes when girls advertise, they get what they're asking for."… — debra anastasia Copy Share
“Livia covered the phone until Kyle looked at her. “You’re simply the best lady I know. I promise not to be oblivious anymore.” Kyle… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“Remember two eighty-six. Livia now counted on the same sort of feverish, rain-soaked determination that had driven Blake to the train station for smile… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“Livia looked puzzled and whispered, “I have no idea why these are special.” Blake dared to touch her face. “They’re the exact color of… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“Livia used her mouth to warm any part of his body that felt cold. As she sucked his fingers, she heard a decision in… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“They do the twenty-one-gun salute for the good guys, right? So I brought this.” Beckett pointed the gun in the sky. “For Mouse.” One,… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“He was serious. He didn’t want her to hold him close. He didn’t want to pretend she was his mother. He didn’t want to… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“He seemed to be drinking in her face, looking at her instead of into her. “Stop. Stop that. This isn’t goodbye.” Blake pulled her… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“There isn’t a single spot I’ll miss tonight, my wife.” Blake pulled her against him, tilting her head until he could kiss her again.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“So, are you moving in?” Dove tried to look like she was casually leaning against a lamppost. But there was no lamppost, so it… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“That pew became a confessional. There, with a fully clothed, fully present Kyle, he left his plans for lifelong commitment to only the Church… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
“As they stepped away, Beckett nodded toward Blake’s bandaged arm. “What’d ya get?” “It says ‘Sorry,’” Blake said as he went out the door… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share
