“Close your eyes,” he orders. “Why?” “Because I said to.” I close my eyes.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Whatever you need from me, all you have to do is take it. You know that.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Nikki, darling, light of my life. Can I have my driver take you to work?” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“You owe me now, mister. You can't expect to steal a woman's pastry and get away with it.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“He is power and poetry, grace and perfection, and I feel my body tighten in response to the beauty that is Damien.” — J. Kenner Poetry Copy Share Image
“I don't want an icon. Not on my wall, not in my bed. I want the woman, Nikki. I want you.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“A smile is his only answer, but it doesn't matter. I already know how, and it doesn't scare me: Damien Stark can… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“…the guy owns half the known universe. I hardly think he’d be all warm and fuzzy. More like dark and dangerous.” — J. Kenner Warm and fuzzy Copy Share Image
“Everyone breaks a little sometimes. That doesn't make you weak. It makes you wounded.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“We’re kindred spirits. And you’re strong, Nikki. There’s a core of strength and confidence in you that’s damn sexy.” — J. Kenner Confidence Copy Share Image
“Poor you.” I twist in his arms and plant a gentle kiss on his chin as he tightens the sash around my… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Dinner is just the beginning. I want to touch you,” he says, his voice low and commanding. “I want to run my… — J. Kenner Dinner Copy Share Image
“Do I scare you?" God yes, and in so many ways. Not the least of which is that Damien Stark terrifies me… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“I want to soothe him, want to stroke his cheek and run my fingers through his hair. I want to pull his… — J. Kenner Love Copy Share Image
“I assumed he knew that your coach was abusing you. I realized in the limo that he didn't." For a moment, there… — J. Kenner Abuse Copy Share Image
“I am not "cured"--I know I never will be. I will always crave that pain to keep me centered. I will always… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Where Damien and I are concerned, there is never just silence. There is heat and electricity and lust and need, all harnessing… — J. Kenner Physics Copy Share Image
“Date?” I hear the hardness creeping into his voice. “I’ve escorted a lot of women around this town, and I’ve fucked a… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“No matter how much we love them, we all grow up surrounded by our parents’ shit. You’ll either be buried in it… — J. Kenner Child Copy Share Image
“I think I understand what Damien needs. Not the pain, but the control.” — J. Kenner Control Copy Share Image
“I’m smart enough to know that you feel it, too. This isn’t just heat, it’s a goddamned conflagration. Not chemistry, but nuclear… — J. Kenner Fission Copy Share Image
“How can you make love to me with only the whisper of a touch? I'm a very resourceful man. I thought you… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“I'm going to take you to the heavens, Angie. And I'm going to be your tether to this earth when you explode” — J. Kenner Nature Copy Share Image
“Everyone breaks a little sometimes. That doesn't make you weak. It makes you wounded. And I will always be there to help… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“I want it,” I repeat. “And not because I need the pain. But because I need you.” — J. Kenner Pain Copy Share Image
“An entire empire needing his attention, and yet in that moment, I am his whole world.” — J. Kenner Attention Copy Share Image
“Because I can. Because I want you. Because I don‚Äôt want to court my way up to our first fuck. And because… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Possess. Have. Hold. Enjoy. Control. Dominate. Pick your verb, Ms. Fairchild. I intend to explore so very many of them.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“I’m going to claim you with the entire universe looking on, because you are mine, and you always will be, no matter… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“He spent so long building walls to protect his privacy that I think he forgot to build a door.” — J. Kenner Building walls Copy Share Image
“he began to walk slowly around me, as a man in a museum might circle a statue.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
