“Walking away from you with a broken heart is easier to handle than selling my soul to make love with you. I'm sorry, Adrian. I might be lonely, and naive, and all the things you think about me. But I'm… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“If you’re as intelligent as I think, you’ll back away and give him time to examine his true desires. He’s so busy fulfilling everyone… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“How old are you, Billie?” “Thirty-three.” “With such innocent eyes for a cutthroat Illicit reporter.” She studied his expression, found it sincere. “Despite rumors… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“He looked at her in bittersweet despair. “Sometimes, Kate, when I’m inside you and your arms are around me, I’m human again. There’s a beginning and an end to my life again. And all because of your love. It’s been a gift to me, one I’ve never deserved. But I cherished it.” And maybe he’d destroyed it with the ungodly… — Shelby Reed Copy Share
“She grabbed her briefcase and took a step toward him. “You don’t have a last name?” “Everyone has a last name.” His hand hovered in the air, waiting. He was forcing her to cross the marble floor to meet him, and like a Luna moth drawn to a midnight moon, she drifted toward him. When she reached him, she took… — Shelby Reed Copy Share
“I just want, she said when he’d finally broken down her defenses. And so had he. He’d wanted her to desire him, but truthfully,… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“I won't cheapen it by buying what you sell to strangers. I'm not a stranger. I'm the woman who loves you” — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“I’m going to come,” he whispered, lips against her ear. “Deep, deep inside you.” — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“When Billie climbed into the taxi, Adrian paid the cab driver, then braced his forearms on the back window. “Billie. Have you forgotten?” “No.”… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“His voice grew more remote. She wondered if he was calling from his condominium, where he’d lost his best friend, or from Avalon, where… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“It came to him then, permeated his disjointed thoughts. Billie was teaching him—him—how to make love. With a jolt of surprise at the crashing… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“He looked nearly inconspicuous, a handsome man in faded Levi’s and tennis shoes. A Yankees baseball cap covered his dark hair, the bill shadowing… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
“She was in love with a vampire. Bela Lugosi. Nosferatu. Vlad the Impaler. Count Chocula . The urge to laugh seized her and she… — Shelby Reed Copy Share Image
