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Captain Phelan,” Cam asked, choosing his words with care. “Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?”
Christopher shook his head.

“If I decide to marry Beatrix, I’ll do it with or without your consent.”

Leo looked at Cam. “Good God,” he said in disgust. “This one’s worse than Harry.


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Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Wel...
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LISA KLEYPAS Cam … would you do something for me?”
“Anything.”
“Could you find some of that...
LISA KLEYPAS And this must be Avery?"

"Oh, God, no," Cam said. "This is Candy, Mom."

His mo...
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Her eyes gl...
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Pass,...
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God b...
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Harry considered it for a moment. "...
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"You truly want me?"

"Mo...
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...
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"He thinks yo...
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“Wangoballwime?”
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"Yeah?"
"Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
He squinted...
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"Many," Skud...
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“I’ll be in my bedroom, making no nois...
J.K. ROWLING Dad?" Jesus asked.
"Yes, son?" God replied.
"Do we look like man or does he look like us?"...
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'I dunno, some Ministry hag.'
Mundungus considered for a...
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J. LYNN Well?” Amelia demanded, clearly unaware of the turn of his thoughts. Which was a good thing, as th...
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...
KURT VONNEGUT JR. Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”
“They’re ravi...
LISA KLEYPAS Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid
(as we're inclined to do),
I do not need a handsome man RUTH BELL GRAHAM God walked in to the small corner office and dropped his heavy frame down in the hard wooden chair. ...
A.E. VIA You know you're smarter than all of them, right?" Hale said flatly.
"In fact, if you wanted to ...
ALLY CARTER What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked.

“Keep your spirits u...
SULARI GENTILL Amelia stopped before him, her skirts crowded between his parted knees. The clean, salty, evergreen ...
LISA KLEYPAS Doode," George said.
He'd practiced all morning but still didn't get it quite right. "Nope, mor...
ILONA ANDREWS Fear you?" she said without thinking. "Good God, I would never do that."

Easing her head ...
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Alek lau...
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"You love him," he ...
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BECCA FITZPATRICK Shut up, me,” Leo said aloud.
“What?” Piper asked.
“Nothing,” he said. “Long n...
RICK RIORDAN you can do all sorts of stuff that full-grown wizards can't, Viktor always said --"
Ron looked ...
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My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. <...
MARGARET MCMULLAN DON PEDRO
Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.

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He shook his head. “I don’t need to. She handled herself...
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“You want to...
FELIX ALEXANDER Sweet pea?'" Alec said.
"I was just trying it out."
Alec shook his head. "No."
Magnus...
CASSANDRA CLARE I just shook my head, knowing this was him evading the question.
You," I said, "have this whole...
SARAH DESSEN Peter?”
He couldn’t look at her. Instead, he stared down at his
poisoned arm.
“...
SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT Casey doesn't trust him."

"Casey doesn't trust anyone," I replied. "He's paranoid like th...
JENNIFER LYNN BARNES I was astonished to see Adrian watching me, a look of contentment on his face. His eyes seemed to st...
RICHELLE MEAD Marry me, Rachel.'

'Not yet.'

'Tomorrow, Rachel. Marry me.'

'Maybe ...
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Cam met Sasha's li...
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Decides to raise a memorial to me,
I give my consent to t...
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DEREK LANDY Donneven," I said, in my best Monica imitation, and he laughed. "We're not talking about me."
"...
SARAH DESSEN Daemon spoke in his language. The lyrical quality of his words made no sense to me.

“Wh...
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DIANA ABU-JABER Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked.
“Do you really have an answer?” he cou...
MARIA V. SNYDER Jem shook his head. "You bit de Quincey" he said. "You fool. He's a VAMPIRE"

"I had no ch...
CASSANDRA CLARE My faceless neighbor spoke up:

“Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he wi...
ELIE WIESEL Scoot over," she whispered.
The mattress shook with his movement.
"A little more," she sai...
MELISSA LANDERS Eddis looked at her minister, curious. “Your head?” she asked.
Attolia explained. “He had...
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"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said.
"Why are ...
JOHN GREEN He settled a hand over her stomach, rubbing in soothing circles. “Lie easy, sweetheart.”
�...
LISA KLEYPAS Katie shook her head in dismay. “I thought being poor was the worst thing that could happen to a g...
JINA BACARR And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of al...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë I would do anything for you. Anything."

With that, he pushed his way out...and as the doo...
J.R. WARD Headstones:

What I asked was, "Would you MARRY me?!!"

"This time I'll count to...
NEIL LECKMAN No milk," I said.

"No milk," said my sister.

I watched my dad think about this...
NEIL GAIMAN Dear Miss Independent,

I've decided that of all the women I've ever known, you are the on...
LISA KLEYPAS Megan, I love you,. I will always love you."
I swallowed hard.
"Scared?" He asked.
"Y...
ELIZABETH CHANDLER You just asked me to marry you," he said, still waiting for me to admit some kind of trickery.
...
JAMIE MCGUIRE You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It...
TRUMAN CAPOTE I’m looking for Fat Hoochie Prom Queen,” I declared.
He did not respond.
“It’s a b...
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J.K. ROWLING God saw Hansen tighten his chokehold on Day and he could see his lover fighting to breathe. Day’s ...
A.E. VIA Drualt took Freya's warm hand,
Her strong hand,
Her sword hand,
And pressed it to his...
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Magnus shook his head. "I can't count, an...
CASSANDRA CLARE So look," he began, leaning over the desk, "I was—"
"Excuse me?" Bethany said. Her voice was ...
SARAH DESSEN WHAT IS TRUTH?

Truth is not a thing
Or a concept.
It is as multidimensional
SUZY KASSEM Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Dad?" Jesus asked.
"Yes, son?" God replied.
"What came before colors?" Jesus asked.
"...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS I asked the Zebra,
are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

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~ H...
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�...
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“Sweetheart…...
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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