Affairs of the heart Quote by Rebecca Harlem

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would…

— Jennifer Donnelly

“Hugh and Fiona stood off to one side, their hands linked and foreheads touching, saying goodbye in their own quiet way. Finally, we'd all…

— Ransom Riggs

“Oh I still cared about the sex, but it was very different now. The dominant needs in me had blossomed since finding Brynne, as…

— Raine Miller

“Starkly in an instant she saw herself as she really was-alone in a wood standing among blue shadows with no sounds and the air…

— Susan Minot

“Just when she was about to scream with frustration he flexed his hips and slid inside her. Her body welcomed him as he buried…

— Sarah Mayberry

“I held Angie Luna in that room for hours, and I remember the different times we made love like epochs in a civilization, each…

— Sergio Troncoso

“Slow and unarguable, the old desire for love, for a close-shared life, struck at him, not with Kathy, not with Anne, not with any…

— Laura Z. Hobson

“They were lovers, except without the love. It was about sex. Amazing, fantastic, not-ready-to-walk-away-from-it-yet sex.”

— Kitty French

“Reaching up, he began using the exercise bar to do chin-ups. The repetitive act helped focus his mind as it multitasked. One thing was…

— Nalini Singh

“Elle Remembered Yorkshire road and the flat he shared with Caitlin and their daughter, and she almost stopped and turned back, and then she…

— Harriet Evans

“The effect she had on him was druglike, a tantalizing combination of sexual need and profound ease. Like he was having an orgasm and…

— J.R. Ward

“She was like a reprieve; like Eurydice, gifted back to Orpheus from the darkness for a brief miraculous moment. I wanted, so intensely it…

— Tana French