Quote by Amanda Quick

“Dean watched her quietly as a storm of confusion whirled through his mind. What he could say to comfort her right now eluded him…

— Jill Thrussell

“Still shuddering, he collapsed atop her on a long, strangled groan. It sounded as if someone had just wrung out his soul. Ella knew…

— Christine Warren

“Dread was always with her, an alarm system in her head, alert to her next disaster. Despite being resigned to a life of misfortune,…

— G.G. Renee Hill

“...she stood back and wiped the sweat-sting from her eyes. The air was clean. Her hands brown with dirt. Pride surged through her, raw…

— Anthony Marra

“At the time, he had got rid of her so efficiently and so suavely that she had felt almost reassured even as she was…

— Rachel Cusk

“There was no escape for her. No relief. She had exhausted all possibilities and all her hope was gone, washed away...”

— Tonya Hurley

“She stared at him breathlessly, seething. It was like hurling herself against a wall of granite, she thought disjointedly; fighting against him hurt her.…

— Teresa Denys

“...her melancholy mood had followed her home. It clung to her like perfume, filling the rooms she visited with the scent of loss. Surely…

— Elise K. Ackers

“...she still stopped when her mind moved towards real fear or dread or, worse, towards the thought that she was going to lose this…

— Colm Tóibín

“But the moment she stepped into the chapel, she felt as if someone had embraced her. Like a warm cloak had been wrapped around…

— Nancy Naigle

“Yet he was still shaken by fading echoes of his fear that she might flee. Losing her would be very . . . personal.”

— Josie Litton

“He could not have explained the intensity of his attraction to {her}, that blissful ache that welled up in his chest at the sight…

— Michael Knight