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Babies were dangerous . . .
they made you fall in love before you knew
what was happening.


Lisa Kleypas

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You were you,
and I was I;
we were two
before our time.

I was yours
b...
LANG LEAV I always knew I would fall in love with you, but you were never supposed to love me back."
"Wha...
PRISCILLA GLENN I stare at your lips
and fall in love with the way
they form what you say.
TYLER KNOTT GREGSON Sometimes,
all you can do
is lie in bed,
and hope
to fall asleep
before<...
WILLIAM C. HANNAN How did you—”
“Fool your guards? They’re not very good. They forgot to check the ceilin...
MARIA V. SNYDER I do not think I was made to help people."

"And what were you made to do?"

"...
DEVIN MADSON When did you first fall in love?"

"I think, I first fell in love
when I was in fifth...
SAIBER And so they fought.
And so they laughed.
Friends.
And before they knew it,
They ...
MASASHI KISHIMOTO You are what you love not who loves you"
- Fall Out Boy
FALL OUT BOY I knew in advance what they were going
to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that ...
CHARLES PICKERING You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you’re as blind as a mole, you’re a deplora...
LISA KLEYPAS I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of ...
LISA KLEYPAS i knew you
before
i met you.
i’ve known you my whole life.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it wa...
LANG LEAV Through a trick lighting technique
the skyline was made and faded
with the care of a poi...
KRISTEN HENDERSON We are small but we are many
We are many we are small
We were here before you rose
We...
NEIL GAIMAN You knew, from the first day in Miss Garber’s class that I was going to do the play, didn’t you....
NICHOLAS SPARKS Where were you
when
I undressed and told the tales of my day?
Where were you
w...
KAMAND KOJOURI Because you believed
In yourself
Your tiny self

Because you knew
There is...
GABRIELLE PRENDERGAST The love of Christ embraces all without exception.

Fire of love, crazy over what You have...
BRENNAN MANNING Does God know
the number of kisses
before we fall in love?
Yesterday, I was nobody KAMAND KOJOURI ... i didn't fall in love of course
it's never up to you
but she was walking back and fort...
LEONARD COHEN Was it really that simple? Choosing a life? ...
Maybe you don't fall in love. Maybe you jump. <...
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you bef...
SAVAGE GARDEN Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. Wh...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY You see her
and ascend into love.
You become enchanted,
a found madman.
In yo...
KAMAND KOJOURI (When)
When you call me nugget.
When you take pictures of me.
When you dance.
Wh...
CRYSTAL WOODS She looked at me, confused. “He hardly knew me. My parents dated and got married before we knew wh...
DARYNDA JONES M: How do you feel about me?
R: I think it's pretty obvious.
M: Let's just say I need deta...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence.
Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Wel...
LISA KLEYPAS He locked you up because he knew—the bastard knew what a treasure you are. That you are worth more...
SARAH J. MAAS You never knew the last time you were seeing someone. You didn't know when the last argument happene...
J.R. WARD All right, shadow-priest, you've been spying — on what? What state secrets have you learned watchi...
STEVEN ERIKSON Have you ever loved anyone?"
"You mean besides my mum?"
Luke was dumbfounded as he stared ...
LORRAINE HEATH And down I went to fetch my bride:
But, Alice, you were ill at ease;
This dress and that b...
ALFRED TENNYSON She told me later that her parents had told her to steer clear of me at school.
"My mum said t...
RAINBOW ROWELL Your crazy makes my crazy make sense.”
“That makes absolutely no sense at all.”
�...
LINDY ZART I failed miserably at trying not to fall in love with you.
…
I failed first.
COLLEEN HOOVER You blast me open and then
You stand back and watch
My feeble attempts
To deal wit...
KATE MCGAHAN ...what do you want to know?
Usual stuff. Serious relationships, age, whether you eat babies. ...
ARDEN AOIDE When they ran up to him, Percy said, 'Hey,' like they were just meeting for lunch or something.
RICK RIORDAN I'll fall for you, if you fall for me"
that's not how love's supposed to be;
its when you ...
KASHISH GURUNG Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me.
I never thought I was ...
ALBERT BORRIS Blue jeans, white shirt
Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn
It was like, J...
LANA DEL REY you say
we were never
meant for this vowed life,
golden bands of only us, and death BETH MOREY WHAT WAS TOLD, THAT

What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me here in my...
COLEMAN BARKS I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you. MARILYN NELSON Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you in...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before ...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”
RACHEL CAINE Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry ...
J.K. ROWLING Mine is the river.
where the love runs deep,
that if you fall in,
you'll be mine to ...
ANTHONY T HINCKS I wish you'd fall in love with me," she said.
"Why?"
"Because you're really someone worth ...
ANNE RAMPLING How...how do you feel about me?”
“I think it’s pretty obvious.”
“Let’s just sa...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So why are you here?"
He lifted his hands and made as if to lay them on her arms, but just befo...
APRILYNNE PIKE The land was ours before we were the lands.
She was our land more than a hundred years
Bef...
ROBERT FROST What’s happening is a very stern lecture. You do not walk to your car at night, alone, ever again....
GENA SHOWALTER Love … It’s a nice little trick if you can find it.

We had found it.

But n...
MARY E. PEARSON Katie says, "You can't choose the time and place the when and where with whom you fall in love."
SARAH TREGAY I always knew I would fall in love with you, but you were never supposed to love me back. (Michael/D...
PRISCILLA GLENN I had my first dream about you last night.
Really? She smiles. What was it about?
I don't...
LANG LEAV Maxon, some of those marks are on your back so they wouldn’t be on mine, and I love you for them.�...
KIERA CASS I am sitting far from you
A thousand miles away from you
I sit and write for you
A th...
AMIT ABRAHAM If you knew what those [pork rinds] did to your body, you wouldn't eat them.'

'If you kne...
JODI PICOULT Don't you love those crazy Brits?
Jumpers for sweaters and spots for zits.
And when they w...
MEGAN FRAZER BLAKEMORE Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.”
           
-I...
ISAAC ASIMOV The ugly parts of love can’t lift you up.
They bring you
D
O
W
N.
Th...
COLLEEN HOOVER Knowing you,
I became mindless.
Having wasted previous wishes,
I'm riddled with regre...
KAMAND KOJOURI The attire, before and now:

When it fits you, it feels you.
When they see you, you s...
BHAVIK SARKHEDI So are you going to tell me what happened last night?"
"You were there. You saw what happened."...
ALLY CARTER But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?"
I nodded into his shirt.
"Gives you an ide...
JOHN GREEN I always knew I would fall in love with you," he said softly, "but you were never supposed to love m...
PRISCILLA GLENN Have you fallen in love, Will Henry?"

"That's stupid."

"What is? Love, or my ...
RICK YANCEY -I would die for you
-You lie
-If I lie, why do I stand here before and beg on my knees t...
M Where are You Now? I was there whilst you cried,

I was there to comfort you with smile, LUISA NATASHA PARKER There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"...
ERIN HANSON Why do you call her 'love'?" James asks. "I've heard you say that before, too. A lot. Are you in lov...
TAHEREH MAFI Was that me? Yes it was. Was that him? No it wasn't..
Just a trick of the woods!
Just ...
STEPHEN SONDHEIM They tell us the only way to move on
is to forget.
“Forgive,” they say.
Realise ...
KAMAND KOJOURI 8 Shortest stories, with beautiful meanings !


(1) Those who had coins, enjoyed in t...
DR. KARAN M PAI How ever did I pass
the time before I knew you?
I think of that past time
as now I pa...
SEI SHōNAGON What is this love
that makes me see beauty,
and makes every beautiful thing
bring yo...
KAMAND KOJOURI how far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?
how often have you...
WARSAN SHIRE It was too emotionally bizarre at the time. Making plans before I knew what was happening meant we w...
JAMES VANDERBERG Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thin...
PETER KREEFT We slept in the same bed.
There was never a right time to say it.
It was always unnecessar...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition."
I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't."

"That's all r...
J.R. WARD Jamie: You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.
Landon: That's not a problem.
NICHOLAS SPARKS Sonnet XXV

Before I loved you, love, nothing was my own:
I wavered through the stre...
PABLO NERUDA I knew you could do it, I knew you could, Libby," she mumbled into my hair, warm and smoky.
GILLIAN FLYNN They took my books
because my message was love.
They took my pen
because my words wer...
KAMAND KOJOURI Though these words will never find you, I hope that you knew I was thinking of you today….. and th...
RANATA SUZUKI Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of ca...
PABLO NERUDA You enjoyed it. It made you feel alive. You were looking kind of green."

You bastard....
ILONA ANDREWS They told me it's a very dangerous subject, but when you fall in love something, you must be brave, ...
ROBERTO BENIGNI I'll fall.'
'You wont fall.'
'I'll fall. I'll fall and I'll die.'
As I said it, I cou...
KAMILA SHAMSIE Mustardseed grinned at Bertie. "I was never any good at geometry, but you’re stuck in a love trian...
LISA MANTCHEV I hate smug people.”
Ros laughed. “That you do. And so you’re using his phone. He’ll ex...
KELLY BATTEN We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall...
GEORGE HARRISON

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LISA KLEYPAS A pity that she gets so upset about little things, isn't it?"
"Like the time we sneaked the gre...
LISA KLEYPAS Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it ache...
LISA KLEYPAS Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time ...
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LISA KLEYPAS You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself ...
LISA KLEYPAS You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster.

"Wi...
LISA KLEYPAS Do you like that?” he whispered.
“Yes, I…” She fought to speak between helpless gasps....
LISA KLEYPAS Hell was not a pit of fire and brimstone. Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears a...
LISA KLEYPAS The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.
LISA KLEYPAS Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted th...
LISA KLEYPAS Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a s...
LISA KLEYPAS I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and...
LISA KLEYPAS Between the sisters' joined hands, the pressure of their pulses mingled in steady throbs. Daisy was ...
LISA KLEYPAS I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged...
LISA KLEYPAS A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sus...
LISA KLEYPAS Damn it. What are we exactly calling a 'masculine problem'? Did he have trouble running the flag up?...
LISA KLEYPAS If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.
LISA KLEYPAS Frost’s face darkened. “What gives you the right to speak for Miss Hathaway and her family?” <...
LISA KLEYPAS You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.
LISA KLEYPAS I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses...the sm...
LISA KLEYPAS I have nothing to offer you," he finally said in a guttural voice.
"Nothing."
Win's lips h...
LISA KLEYPAS I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub ...
LISA KLEYPAS What if you could meet your soul mate?" the ghost asked. "You 'd want to avoid that?"
"Hell, ye...
LISA KLEYPAS The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so th...
LISA KLEYPAS Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoo...
LISA KLEYPAS Jewelry, in a box this big?' I unfastened the silver latches.

'This is Texas,' Kimmie sai...
LISA KLEYPAS You told me you believed marriage was for other people."

"You're the only man who could m...
LISA KLEYPAS And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it's a fact that friends l...
LISA KLEYPAS The prettiest bottle, made of glass molded in a pattern of leaves, was half-filled with a colorless ...
LISA KLEYPAS And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scra...
LISA KLEYPAS I had to admit the man looked amazing in jeans. The ancient denim clung lightly to his hips and foll...
LISA KLEYPAS Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.
LISA KLEYPAS Rohan's fingertips drifted with stunning delicacy over her throat, behind her ear, pushing into the ...
LISA KLEYPAS I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the enti...
LISA KLEYPAS I hate you for all the years I 'll have to live without you. How can a heart hurt this much and stil...
LISA KLEYPAS Daisy was wearing a butter-yellow gown that wrapped tightly around her slender waist and pushed the ...
LISA KLEYPAS I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you...
LISA KLEYPAS A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatr...
LISA KLEYPAS I’ll tell you what I’m fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. I...
LISA KLEYPAS Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two ...
LISA KLEYPAS I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most."

~ H...
LISA KLEYPAS Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder o...
LISA KLEYPAS A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nin...
LISA KLEYPAS I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, alth...
LISA KLEYPAS Daisy had no idea how to put herself to rights again. But she thought it would be a good thing to st...
LISA KLEYPAS The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as peo...
LISA KLEYPAS I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.

-Ella ...
LISA KLEYPAS Hardy! Hardy —” He had come for me. I nearly lost it then. In the wild torrent of relief and gra...
LISA KLEYPAS What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to a...
LISA KLEYPAS Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they'...
LISA KLEYPAS In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the v...
LISA KLEYPAS He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forc...
LISA KLEYPAS And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince."
LISA KLEYPAS Without a doubt... the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car.
LISA KLEYPAS There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile...no sound sweeter than your laughter...
LISA KLEYPAS The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change...
LISA KLEYPAS What are you thinking?" he asks.

I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undon...
LISA KLEYPAS I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the enti...
LISA KLEYPAS There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.
LISA KLEYPAS Browsing among the stalls, the sisters feasted on hand-sized pork pies, leek pasties, apples and pea...
LISA KLEYPAS Rohan’s head lifted. His eyes glowed as if brimstone were contained within the dark-rimmed irises....
LISA KLEYPAS Would it help,” he asked gently, “to have a shoulder to cry on?”
She fought to conceal h...
LISA KLEYPAS He dismounted and helped Amelia to the ground. At his direction, she sat on a fallen birch log while...
LISA KLEYPAS Watching the crackling fire, relishing the trusting weight of her head on his shoulder, Cam stroked ...
LISA KLEYPAS If you want me, love,” he whispered, “tell me in Romany. Please.”
Blindly Amelia turned ...
LISA KLEYPAS The covers slipped between them. Amelia shivered as the cool air wafted over her naked back and shou...
LISA KLEYPAS Let’s get to the point, Amelia.” His hands closed over her shoulders. “Are you going to marry ...
LISA KLEYPAS I’ve considered everything you said earlier. I’ve made a decision. But first I’d like to expla...
LISA KLEYPAS I have to see you in daylight.” His mouth chased lightly, hungrily over her throat and shoulder. �...
LISA KLEYPAS Amelia, if we have children … will you mind that they’re part Roma?”
“Not if you don�...
LISA KLEYPAS I found it when I was getting the crushed bees for Merripen’s poultice. I brought it back for you....
LISA KLEYPAS He settled a hand over her stomach, rubbing in soothing circles. “Lie easy, sweetheart.”
�...
LISA KLEYPAS Don’t tease,” she muttered, trembling with need. “I can’t bear it.”
“Sweetheart…...
LISA KLEYPAS Since meeting with Mr. Pym was the responsibility of the current Lord Ramsay, Cam bullied Leo into a...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam … would you do something for me?”
“Anything.”
“Could you find some of that...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po...
LISA KLEYPAS The hearth in his room had been replenished, the blaze shedding warmth and light. Cam’s eyes narro...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam leaned over her, bracing his forearms on either side of her, kissing her sulky mouth. “Just fo...
LISA KLEYPAS Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a...
LISA KLEYPAS Any man,” she muttered, “who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut ...
LISA KLEYPAS A footman knocked at the door, the sound echoing through the entrance hall.
The sisters looked...
LISA KLEYPAS He toyed with her ear, catching the rim delicately between his teeth. “I’ll admit it wouldn’t ...
LISA KLEYPAS You’re not like any man I’ve ever known,” she said. “You’re not even someone I could have ...
LISA KLEYPAS Amelia groped for the ring and began tugging and twisting it. “It’s stuck again.” She sounded ...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam restored her clothing slowly, his strong hands lifting her from the beech. Crushing her close, h...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam paused, staring down at her with dilated eyes, the irises bright gold rims around circles of fat...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and...
LISA KLEYPAS I have a proposition for you,” she said, trying for a businesslike tone. “A very sensible one. Y...
LISA KLEYPAS You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say.
“I had to come back early.” Sh...
LISA KLEYPAS He looked disheveled and disreputable, like an outlaw on the run. A smile came to his lips, while he...
LISA KLEYPAS —Colibrí —susurró él—. Será mejor que se vaya. Si no lo hace, terminaré comprometiéndola...
LISA KLEYPAS He kissed her as if he could breathe her in. Fierce kisses, hard ones, teasingly articulate ones, so...
LISA KLEYPAS Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the
only way to begin.
LISA KLEYPAS Aún. La tentadora promesa incrustada en esa palabra le cortó el aliento.
LISA KLEYPAS Lord St. Vincent sees to it that his wife is dressed like a queen. I'll tell thee summat: if she wan...
LISA KLEYPAS Amelia, if we have children… will you mind that they're part Roma?"

"Not if you don't m...
LISA KLEYPAS Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes from myself . . . keep an open...
LISA KLEYPAS I'd agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I'm on the wrong side of the argume...
LISA KLEYPAS Before Rohan could reply, a new voice entered the conversation. "What's this?"
It was Leo, who ...
LISA KLEYPAS You’re not like any man I’ve ever known,” she said. “You’re not even someone I could have ...
LISA KLEYPAS Any man," she muttered, "who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away...
LISA KLEYPAS You're like someone from a fairy story written in a language I don't even know."

"The pri...
LISA KLEYPAS Believe me, when my ‘personal endowments’ are being discussed, I always pay attention.” ~ Cam ...
LISA KLEYPAS I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.
LISA KLEYPAS I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence ...
LISA KLEYPAS Amelia stopped before him, her skirts crowded between his parted knees. The clean, salty, evergreen ...
LISA KLEYPAS A lack of desire is something I've never experienced. I'd have to
be on my deathbed before I st...
LISA KLEYPAS The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never k...
LISA KLEYPAS I'm not the marrying kind -"
St. Vincent snorted. "No man is. Marriage is a female invention.
LISA KLEYPAS She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope."
"Never be afraid...
LISA KLEYPAS Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the e...
LISA KLEYPAS A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a g...
LISA KLEYPAS Cam held her closer. "Marry me, Amelia. You're what I want. You're my fate." One hand slid to the ba...
LISA KLEYPAS But the absence of tears wasn't the same as an absence of feeling.
LISA KLEYPAS ...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite ...
LISA KLEYPAS I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.
LISA KLEYPAS I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far mor...
LISA KLEYPAS You've told a good story in a skillful manner. I like it that you haven't moralized about your heroi...
LISA KLEYPAS Did you like my novel?" she couldn't resist asking.
"Yes, I did. At first I thought it would be...
LISA KLEYPAS Men are like dogs," Stacy was fond of saying. And she usually went on to add that, like dogs, they a...
LISA KLEYPAS Well?” Amelia demanded, clearly unaware of the turn of his thoughts. Which was a good thing, as th...
LISA KLEYPAS Zoe gave him a look that was difficult to interpret. Eventually she asked, "What makes you sure I co...
LISA KLEYPAS I don't really like this song," Emma had said.
"You told me it was your favourite."
"It's ...
LISA KLEYPAS Kiss me,” she said urgently.

Sam’s eyes flickered with mild surprise. “Right now?�...
LISA KLEYPAS Poppy took a deep, appreciative breath. “How bracing,” she said. “I wonder what makes the coun...
LISA KLEYPAS The chef turned back to the housekeeper. “Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur ...
LISA KLEYPAS Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her ow...
LISA KLEYPAS I've missed you, Sebastian."

"Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the...
LISA KLEYPAS It's the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can't stand each other. It's like we're already...
LISA KLEYPAS It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love w...
LISA KLEYPAS The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.
LISA KLEYPAS There was a fascinating duality about Matthew that Daisy had never encountered in another man. At so...
LISA KLEYPAS With all due respect," Christopher muttered, "this conversation is leading nowhere. At least one of ...
LISA KLEYPAS I cleared my throat and tried to sound casual, like this was no big deal. “I don’t even get chee...
LISA KLEYPAS After watching—with a twinge of satisfaction—the letters burn to ashes in the fireplace, Evie fe...
LISA KLEYPAS This club's no place for you, tibby," he had told her with gruff fondness. "You has to stay away fro...
LISA KLEYPAS I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their ...
LISA KLEYPAS The bargain…” she mumbled.

“You said I could kiss you,” came his gentle, wicked ...
LISA KLEYPAS Evie ” came his faint whisper “I’m going to your mother see…she’s got ’em to leave a bac...
LISA KLEYPAS Westcliff thinks that St. Vincent is in love with you.”

Evie choked a little and didn�...
LISA KLEYPAS My love is upon you.
LISA KLEYPAS I-I’m not making advances,” she told him as she flattened herself against his chest. “You’re...
LISA KLEYPAS Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.
LISA KLEYPAS Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.
LISA KLEYPAS My prize, my pleasure and pain, my endless desire. I've never know anyone like you.
LISA KLEYPAS Women beg me for it, and not the other way around."

"Then you should go to one of them."<...
LISA KLEYPAS I don't share my body heat indiscriminately.
LISA KLEYPAS If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness…...
LISA KLEYPAS I won’t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.”
“From all indicatio...
LISA KLEYPAS A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie ...
LISA KLEYPAS I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to disli...
LISA KLEYPAS Ghost?” St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. “Christ. You’re not serious, are you?” LISA KLEYPAS What happened to your stammer?"

"I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to s...
LISA KLEYPAS He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.
LISA KLEYPAS Lately I've become so damned distracted that I can't make a decision about anything. I can't think c...
LISA KLEYPAS Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the ...
LISA KLEYPAS Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders...
LISA KLEYPAS It's a mistake, you know. You have no idea what you'll be exposed to...the obscenities and lewd comm...
LISA KLEYPAS I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going ...
LISA KLEYPAS I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your so...
LISA KLEYPAS It’s impossible,” he snapped.

“Why?”

“Because I’m Sebastian, Lor...
LISA KLEYPAS You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things...
LISA KLEYPAS The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.
LISA KLEYPAS Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, o...
LISA KLEYPAS Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was ...
LISA KLEYPAS I love you dammit,"she brushed her lips teasingly against his.

"How much?" He made a slig...
LISA KLEYPAS Annabelle’s eyes stung as she stared at him, while need and inexhaustible tenderness gathered like...
LISA KLEYPAS It had been a long time since a woman had aroused his interest as Amelia Hathaway had. The moment he...
LISA KLEYPAS The surprise and relief of being held so securely by a friend she had not expected to see overwhelme...
LISA KLEYPAS Sebastian encountered Cam in the hallway outside the reading room. “Where is he?” he demanded wi...
LISA KLEYPAS Lillian tells everyone about her flaws," Daisy said, her brown eyes twinkling. "She's proud of them....
LISA KLEYPAS When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence.
Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Wel...
LISA KLEYPAS You know,” she said dreamily, passing over his question, “you’re not nearly as handsome as Lor...
LISA KLEYPAS The thing you never want your sister to be," my brother informed me, "is an unidentified woman on th...
LISA KLEYPAS Cat doesn’t have to work. She’s a woman of independent means. I settled enough money on her to a...
LISA KLEYPAS I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.
LISA KLEYPAS I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn ...
LISA KLEYPAS I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently lock...
LISA KLEYPAS Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincent’s heart...
LISA KLEYPAS Take too much time, and time will take you.
LISA KLEYPAS Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”
“They’re ravi...
LISA KLEYPAS You don’t annoy me.” Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. “I thought you did, at ...
LISA KLEYPAS You took advantage of me while I was sleeping," she said breathlessly. "That's not fair."
Gent...
LISA KLEYPAS To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight.
His expression turned q...
LISA KLEYPAS Let's dispense with the nonsense, Victoria. This isn't a question of suitability, yours or his. You'...
LISA KLEYPAS He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to kn...
LISA KLEYPAS Evie…” His whisper stirred the tiny wisps at her hairline. “I want to make love to you.” LISA KLEYPAS Simon,” she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never ...
LISA KLEYPAS In this regard, Daisy reflected, her marriage to Matthew would not be unlike Lillian's with Westclif...
LISA KLEYPAS ... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.
LISA KLEYPAS I love you," she said wretchedly. “And if I were well, no power on earth could keep me away from y...
LISA KLEYPAS I'm not good enough for you. But no one is. And most men, good or bad, have limits to what they woul...
LISA KLEYPAS All the fires of hell could burn for a thousand years and it wouldn't equal what I feel for you in o...
LISA KLEYPAS The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurk...
LISA KLEYPAS Clinging to him desperately, Sara kept her mouth at his ear. "Listen to me." All she could do was pl...
LISA KLEYPAS I didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were g...
LISA KLEYPAS Pausing with the teacup near her lips, Helen said, "I would rather marry you. It will be an adventur...
LISA KLEYPAS Sturm und Drang?”

“Ah…I see that I’ll have to introduce you to the finer points o...
LISA KLEYPAS