romance-novel

I__ like to say I__ not dressed up for anyone in particular, but that would be a lie.

She giggled. Giggled. Her cheeks pinked, and goddamn, if this plane didn__ get to the gate and un-board them, he was going to pull the emergency hatch.

American girls shivered and quivered at the Aussie accent whispered against their bodies.

God, woman._ He closed his fist, not bothering to count off the dozens of other things she shouldn__ do. __ou give me heartburn.___o. Those are orgasms I give you, baby.

This many pretty girls in the room, all watching you boys like you__e a wedding-reception one-night stand waiting to happen_

Holy swoonballs!

You__e gorgeous. You__e sexy. You__e _ asking me to cut that dress off you? I__ praying for strength.

You thought I didn__ notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I__ not blind. I remember thatfeeling. The spark, the electricity... __ had to interject before I got the unabridged version of Anjali Does Mumbai.

A disastrous flaw in our design is that the heart always defies the brain.

She came downstairs like a doe stepping into a clearing on the first day of hunting season. I felt like a coward. I was lower than dirt. I had used every trick in my book to get her to come downstairs. I had manipulated her emotions, cheated and wormed to beat her at this game we were playing. But then I saw her, and I was so happy. I knew I would have burned the building down for the sight of her running toward me out of the flames.

He stares at meâ__aking me inâ__ith his lips slightly parted. I struggle to hold myself in place as we gawk at each other. I want so desperately to run, but something is holding me back, keeping me in place.

He gently takes the lead, and I trail behind him up the narrow spiral stairway at the back of the kitchen. His hand is warm, and holding it feels like the easiest thing in the world. Too easy. I__ going to get myself in trouble.

Daniel reaches out and grabs my hand to steady me. His skin is warm and soft, and holding his hand sends an electric sensation up my right arm. He holds my hand firmly until I regain my balance, which takes me a heartbeat longer than it should have.__hanks for keeping me from falling,_ I say. He smiles warmly. __ometimes we just can__ stop ourselves from falling, cher.

I just want you, to be mine, forever. I want a piece of you no one else has ever had, and I want you to own my heart forever.

See, this is the thing._ He leans closer. __e kissing you, you disappearing, that__ my nightmare.

There was no question to answer. He would rather die with er than live a single day more without her.

I think you still love me,_ he says, __ven though you don__ want to.__ glare at him, fury battling my instincts.__ecause that kind of love, Jessa,_ Kit continues, __oesn__ just disappear. It doesn__ just fade. I still love you. I__l always love you. And I think you feel the same way about me. And hell, I know I don__ deserve it. I know all I deserve is your hatred. But if there__ a chance, a single chance that you might still love me, then I__ not going to throw it away. Because I__e been through hell and you__e the only reason I__ still standing._ He pauses. __o tell me the truth. Do you love him?

A single bead of water rolled along the length of his spine and glided down the powerful lines of his body. Mariel moistened her lips and watched its seductive descent, overwhelmed with the temptation to trace its path with the tip of her tongue.