Impressive deduction,” Ryan murmured. “You certainly look deeper than most.” He brushed back a strand of my hair, and I screwed my eyes shut. He was doing this on purpose. “But let me give you some advice.” His lips were right next to my ear. “I wouldn’t peer too far. Even the clearest window can cast back your own reflection.
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KRISTEN ASHLEY Nice try,' he murmured, his lips brushing mine as he spoke. I nibbled his lower lip. 'If you co... BECCA FITZPATRICK He leaned down and kissed my forehead. The soft melody of his lips was calming. I closed my eyes. I ... ALYSHA SPEER Okay." I bounced down the stairs. "I'm decent." He was waiting at the foot of the stairs, close... STEPHENIE MEYER Ash laid his cheek against the back of my head and sighed. It wasn't a sigh of irritation or anger o... JULIE KAGAWA He leaned his head to me, his neck so close to my lips, I felt the heat coming off his skin. His bre... ILONA ANDREWS You know I love you," I whispered in his ear. "I know," he whispered back, turned, I pulled my ... KRISTEN ASHLEY ...When I get you back, I’m gonna put that necklace back around your neck and pin you.” He tries... JENNY HAN My body felt alive. I need more. "Valkyrie," Fen growled, eyes locked on my mouth. "Put ... AMANDA CARLSON Noah’s hands ease down my arms, then he folds me into him. His front heating my back. He dips his ... KATIE MCGARRY He leaned down until his lips brushed her ear. “I told you to stop flinching.” And then he bit h... NALINI SINGH Give me your heart,” I said. He tilted his head, leaned forward, watching my eyes the entire ... BRODI ASHTON He tasted deeper, holding himself over me, and suddenly he was everywhere; his knee trapping my leg,... BECCA FITZPATRICK Where are you going?” Wesley asked in a semi-sleepy voice. “Home.” I pulled on my jeans. ... KODY KEPLINGER I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said. Sam leaned d... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Well, hell yeah! I’m gonna kick your ass, too!” I narrowed my eyes at him. “Not this time... JAMIE MCGUIRE But Aladdin says nothing. Instead, he lowers his face and softly kisses the side of my neck, hi... JESSICA KHOURY He presses his lips to my jaw, to the corner of my mouth, to my ear. "I promise I'll find you again,... CARRIE RYAN I can't bury another friend." "You won't." "If anything ever happened to you, Rowan-" SARAH J. MAAS You’re weird.” “I know.” I lifted my head so my chin rested on his chest. “But you love me... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I love you more. I love you enough to let you go and live your dream." I tilted my head and shrugged... S.C. STEPHENS When I burst into the terminal, my eyes swept around, bouncing from person to person in the crowded,... CAMBRIA HEBERT I realize that life is cyclic. I can look back now and see that my life has gone in cycles and seaso... DEBRA ROBERTS I leaned back in my chair, stretching luxuriantly, delibrately letting my jacket fall open. Predicta... KAREN CHANCE Not fair,” I muttered. “Your sword was bigger than mine.” “My sword is bigger than ever... KODY KEPLINGER Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't... STEPHENIE MEYER When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than suff... CHARLES CALEB COLTON Eric was holding my hands, and I was digging my nails into him like we were doing something else. He... CHARLAINE HARRIS Kids are always writing me: 'I had a bad day too.' 'I got gum in my hair.' And the k... JUDITH VIORST I couldn’t talk about it, about them—not yet. So I breathed “Later” and hooked my feet aroun... SARAH J. MAAS I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched m... DIANA GABALDON So why hadn’t he confronted me? Why hadn’t he torn through my lies and forced me to own up that ... SAM DOGRA I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and l... VERONICA ROTH How can you be like this?' I whisper. 'How can you even trust me, after everything?' 'I'm not sure I... RAINBOW ROWELL What do you mean 'has to be?' and what are you smiling at?" I stopped contributing to this ridiculou... JES DORY You’ll have sweet dreams?” he asked quietly and sounding like he cared, a lot. God b... KRISTEN ASHLEY Lily?” She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. ... JESSICA LEMMON He sauntered to the counter. “What can I do for you?” The red bandana he wore held... KATIE MCGARRY Stubble or what?" Eyes still closed he chuckled. "I'm not shaving until our parents let us da... JENNIFER ECHOLS Thankfully I had to stand solitary for only one long moment before Jay came back feeling over-the-mo... WENDY HIGGINS He reached out and pulled me to him, one hand on my waist and the other behind my neck. He tipped my... RICHELLE MEAD He brought his lips to my ear. "I would have been gentle with you, though." I shuddered as I closed ... SARAH J. MAAS He can be...” Heat started to flow across my cheeks. “He can be very...protective.” Jayde... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT He grabs me suddenly and yanks me up against him, one hand at my back holding me to him and the othe... E.L. JAMES The pages and the words are my world, spread out before your eyes and for your hand to touch. Vaguel... MARKUS ZUSAK He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice ANDRE AGASSI I turned to see his expression. When I saw that he was serious, I shot hum a dubious look. “Sleepi... JAMIE MCGUIRE You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don... VERONICA ROTH Why?" He asked. " because it was the closest I could get to doing this." He reached out and pul... RICHELLE MEAD Reluctantly she lifted her eyes to his, and he went on: "I want you to understand this as though I w... R.J. ANDERSON Its been six weeks," he murmured. "Six weeks I've wanted you. I know how you move, and how the sunli... LAURA KINSALE Any last words?” “Go to hell, you freaking…filthy…godforsaken…” Our noses almo... ANNA KATMORE Why, Sam,” he said, “to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already writ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I did not run to him, but I did wrap my arms around him, press my ear to his chest, hold on to him a... LAURELL K. HAMILTON Don’t worry, due’ane,” He murmured lowly....“Who’s Dewey Anne.” I asked him, voice gruff... AMY LANE I love you," he murmured into my hair. "You are my night and stars, the fate I would fix myself to i... ROSHANI CHOKSHI We kiss for a long time, a good long time. I don’t even notice that it’s cold and I forget to be... CARRIE JONES Being together isn’t about a honeymoon. It’s about the real you and me. I want to wake up with y... NICHOLAS SPARKS It was Adam, but he was too late. He couldn’t love me anymore. He would be so angry with me. I had... PATRICIA BRIGGS After more of his sweet torture, I called, “Tate, honey?” “Yeah, baby,” he answered. KRISTEN ASHLEY I squeezed my eyes shut and took several deep breaths, trying not to smell Jace in front of me, not ... RACHEL VINCENT It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I ... JOHN GREEN Brother—” “I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.” MOLLY MCADAMS You don't have to lie to me to be nice, Jake. You can just say, 'Wow, your nails look crappy.'" I di... LIZ REINHARDT ...but Dimitri...well, my former lover and instructor was in a category all his own. His fighting sk... RICHELLE MEAD You turn me on.” He cups my face, brushing my hair away from my eyes and a tear off my cheek.” PENELOPE DOUGLAS And the back of his anorak was leaping up and down, and people were chucking money to him. I said 'D... TOMMY COOPER I pushed passed him. He grabbed my hand and swung me back towards him. Then he pushed me against the... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON Then why was his tongue in your mouth? Was he conducting a clinical test of your gag reflex?" He smi... KAREN MARIE MONING You're right. And so was my snake." Snake?" He pulled my arm out to expose my bracelet. "W... MARIA V. SNYDER Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he ... STEPHEN AMBROSE He whispered as he kissed down her neck. “I would love nothing more than to take you right here on... BRYNN MYERS Patch's eyes grazed me with silent heat. My reflection swirled in them, red hair and lips aflame. I ... BECCA FITZPATRICK My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me ... GEORGE BENSON What do you mean 'has to be?' and what are you smiling at?" I stopped contributing to this ridiculou... JES DORY I twirl away, then back to him, staying on my toes, my hips always lightly rotating. He reacts clums... JESSICA KHOURY Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!” Dee shrieked. “My eyes!” My own eyes... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Now,” he murmured huskily into my ear, licking the skin below my lobe. I shivered. “It’s your ... SHAYE EVANS I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "You're ... SUZANNE COLLINS I love you.” I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from ... JENNIFER ECHOLS Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, le... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO He paused leaning over to lay his lips on hers, “It’s time to feel again. Let me save you from y... ELLA FRANK I moaned then, tilting my head back to give him better access. His hands clamped on my waist, then m... SARAH J. MAAS Bless you, daugher of man," Carter said, his eyes luminous and almost silver now. He leaned down and... RICHELLE MEAD
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