Like Poison Quote by Jhumpa Lahiri

“The need to take her was raging, some fatal drug that stabbed into his veins, speeding up his heartbeat and clouding his mind.”

— Nora Roberts

“He had not opened his eyes in the moment. Her touch had released some tiny increment of the poison bound up in him that…

— David Wroblewski

“Expecting his usual aloof expression, she saw instead that his smoky eyes were locked on her face and the walls that he usually hid…

— Kiki Hamilton

“She planned to scare him, just as he had done to her many a time.”

— Paul Moxham

“What terrified him even more was that he trusted her. And he didn't know what that said about himself.”

— Sarah J. Mass

“When he spoke, there was an odd vulnerability to his deep voice. As if he were letting her peek inside one of the dark…

— Lara Adrian

“I was torturing her. Guilt was her poison, and I was pouring it down her throat.”

— Rebecca Donovan

“She sat icy and withdrawn. She had hoped he would touch her, put his arms around her. Now she felt she would kill him…

— Maeve Binchy

“Scary as this was...telling her these things was like a bloodletting. The initial cut hurt like hell, but with it done he could feel…

— Cara McKenna

“Another flash of recognition sped through her mind. It’s him, her thoughts whispered through the fog of arousal. And she wanted to know who…

— Justine Dell

“This jolt, the way his touch shivered along her nerve endings as if her instincts couldn't decide if he meant blissful safety or delicious…

— Kit Rocha

“She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restlessly numb. He was her painkiller. SHe,…

— Self