My heart almost vaulted out of my chest. I was snuggled against Ryan’s shoulder. We were burrowed under the cloak and sleeping bag, and my hand rested on his cheek, about to swat the stray hair that had fallen over my face. This wouldn’t have been so bad, if not for one tiny detail. Ryan was awake.
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Related SWAT? For me?" Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive ste... MORANA BLUE Achilles was looking at me. “Your hair never quite lies flat, here.” He touched my head, just be... MADELINE MILLER Dropping his arm from my shoulders, he reached down and folded his hand around mine. It wasn’t the... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So why hadn’t he confronted me? Why hadn’t he torn through my lies and forced me to own up that ... SAM DOGRA In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was s... JEANETTE WINTERSON We were kissing. I thought: This is good. I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad... JOHN GREEN Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my ches... RICHELLE MEAD He trapped my hand against his chest and yanked my sleeve down past my wrist, covering my hand with ... BECCA FITZPATRICK You call that a kiss?" "Yep." Okay, so I'm in shock the girl put my hand on her creamy che... SIMONE ELKELES I hung my head, and I felt someone, Fang, gather me gently to him. My cheek rested on his shoulder, ... JAMES PATTERSON I realized my hands were in my pockets. He couldn't hold one even if he wanted to. Not unless he act... ELISE ALLEN I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I ai... STEPHEN KING I would remain nearer you for what time there is." "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted.... HOLLY BLACK I jump on Lane’s back. He catches my legs around his sides, holding on tight, and I wrap my arms a... SALLY HENSON He put a hand to my face and guided my eyes to his. "We never lost that. As much as I tried, I could... PENELOPE DOUGLAS He sucked some of the rain from my bottom lip, and I felt his mouth smile against mine. He swept my ... BECCA FITZPATRICK Roan rested his forehead against his and put a hand on his chest. Sweet man, one he didn’t de... ANDREA SPEED You're cute in the morning," he told me. "I am?" I asked. "Cute and sweet." KRISTEN ASHLEY So just over a year ago, there was this guy. I really liked him. I mean really – since I was a kid... SARAH OCKLER You’re breaking my heart.” At the sound of Rider’s voice, I wheeled around, clutching my ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Find one thing. One thing that's beautiful. Anything. Anything that shows you you're not one of them... RICHELLE MEAD What was so important that I had to risk my friends' safety to sneak out here?" I demanded. "Huh? Wh... ALLY CARTER Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Leaning back against Cam's chest, I tipped my head back and I reached up, cupping his cheek. I drew ... J. LYNN His hands moved over my back, frantic. His lips were everywhere, my jaw, my chin, the length of my n... KERRY LONSDALE He smiled at that, and then his gaze shifted to a spot over my shoulder and it faded. 'These doubts ... KAREN CHANCE Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,” he said, “That from the nunnery, Of they chaste breast and qui... LAURELL K. HAMILTON Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ... VERONICA ROTH Get out of my head, You've overstayed your stay, This head no longer can spare more though... TANZY SAYADI We were both quiet a long time and I was about to fall back asleep in the curve of his arm with his ... KRISTEN ASHLEY Movie. What's my favorite kind of movie?” “Is there a point to this?” “Please, Luc... KAITLIN SCOTT Ash laid his cheek against the back of my head and sighed. It wasn't a sigh of irritation or anger o... JULIE KAGAWA Beneath me, the bed tipped as Cole edged closer. I felt him lean over me. His breath, warm and measu... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Where are you going?” He looked over his shoulder at me. “If I stay, you won’t get any sl... SARAH J. MAAS My lady,” says Aladdin, extending an arm toward the sun, “I give you gold as a token of my love.... JESSICA KHOURY I couldn’t talk about it, about them—not yet. So I breathed “Later” and hooked my feet aroun... SARAH J. MAAS And I told you that one night wan't enough." Loki leaned down, kissing me deeply and pressing m... AMANDA HOCKING When I burst into the terminal, my eyes swept around, bouncing from person to person in the crowded,... CAMBRIA HEBERT My head was throbbing, and my hands were shaking, but I went down the ladder to my workroom - and st... JIM BUTCHER I have peanut M&M's up there." "Not my style" "Raisinets." "Feh." "Sam Adams... J.R. WARD How did I know you were going to show up?” “Because you’re psychic now?” Dylan rai... ANDREA SPEED It was your birthday, we had drunk and dined Half of the night with our old friend Who�... THOM GUNN Dorina?" Louis Cesare's voice was loud in my ear. The one I had squeezed against the phone, whi... KAREN CHANCE Closing his eyes again, Beck repositions his head on the back of his seat, and in one sure movement,... DAVID ARNOLD Ohhhh! What do we have here? That don’t sound like no man cry, ’less the rats gone and brung som... QUOLEENA SBROCCA ..., It'd taken her several seconds to react to the sight of them together. She'd been almost hypnot... KRESLEY COLE Without thinking, I moved again, reaching out and touching the hand resting near my thigh. Call... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Eli . . .” I rasped. I lost track of where his kisses landed, where his fingers touched, and grew ... NADèGE RICHARDS And who died and made you boss?" But I knew a lost cause when I saw it and was already pulling my ha... ROB THURMAN He gently pried my hand off his arm. "I have to," he said softly. He went to turn away, and then sto... RACHEL HAWKINS One day I’ll get a tattoo for you.” Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark ... KATIE MCGARRY Patch reached for my hand and pushed my dad's ring off the tip of his finger and into my palm, curli... BECCA FITZPATRICK Sleep, my love," He whispered, smoothing her long hair, lifting the damp locks away from the back of... LISA KLEYPAS Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad. “What’... MICHAEL GRANT His eyes lock on mine."Anna,I promise that I will never leave you." My heart pounds in response... STEPHANIE PERKINS He slipped his hands around my waist and pulled me against him, tossing the ice cream cone over his ... STEPHIE DAVIS His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip ... KATIE MCGARRY It occurred to me that my cheek was probably right over his tattoo. Without thinking, I lifted my fa... RACHEL HAWKINS When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. W... SARAH DESSEN The hand on my hair moved to my back, and I realized someone was singing softly. The voice was famil... RACHEL HAWKINS Wait,” Kaidan called from behind me. I squeezed my eyes shut for a second, but kept walking. Then ... WENDY HIGGINS Kerwyn pulled me aside as the last of the supplies were being loaded. "Please, Jaron, don't go." JENNIFER A. NIELSEN I was terrified of my weakness, of my sharp tongue, of my every flaw. I was terrified that this... AMY LANE I lean forward, pressing my lips to his, and it breaks me open. His hand leaves my face and traces n... KATHERINE LONGSHORE My friend once told me she liked this guy because of his hands And I found it absurd that ... CAROL SHLYAKHOVA Eventually, the room was cleared, and we stood there together, chests heaving, a spray of shifters a... CHLOE NEILL Lots of things can also happen between now and then (November 5th), not least among them injur... JOE CALZAGHE Oh, good, it worked,” Archer said, his ghostly face relieved. Unlike Elodie, his voice came in lou... RACHEL HAWKINS His gold eyes grew very soft. “You said you loved me.” “You knew that already,” I remin... STEPHENIE MEYER He started to dance. And all at once, because Cole was dancing, I was dancing. And this Cole was eve... MAGGIE STIEFVATER But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupp... DIANA GABALDON Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho... JAMES DASHNER He stopped and took my hand. "If we die, or if I die..." He was speaking of dying, and I couldn... GAIL CARSON LEVINE NO IT'S NO ONE'S FAULT Back then, what I really resented was my own powerless self. my tin... SUI ISHIDA I wasn’t aware of just how close he’d moved to me until now. So many details came into focus. Th... RICHELLE MEAD Cole,” I said, “do you think I’m lovable?” “As in ‘cuddly and’?” “As in ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Dark golden strands of hair fall over the face of a fallen angel. Strong jaw, proud nose, dark brows... ALIANNE DONNELLY My heart pounds against my chest. Not because I'm nervous. Not even because I want her worse that I'... COLLEEN HOOVER The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was covered in blood. The second thi... MICHELLE HODKIN It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if yo... SAM LEVENSON It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if yo... SAM LEVENSON Jules rested the violin and bow on the case and sat down next to Jason. He hesitated for a moment, w... SHIRA ANTHONY I have spent so many nights out under the stars Euphoria running through my veins and alcohol c... MORRIS R. GATES I pushed passed him. He grabbed my hand and swung me back towards him. Then he pushed me against the... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON His back was to me and he was wearing pajama bottoms and nothing else. His shoulders, the smooth mus... KRISTEN ASHLEY He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and... A.E. HOUSMAN Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't th... RACHAEL WADE Well, that's certainly... adequate," I told him, burying my face in his chest. I knew immediately I'... CHARLAINE HARRIS We were doing a benefit for this Spanish cause, the Spanish Loyalists who were fighting against Fran... ALAN LOMAX Seth threw me a mischievous grin. “I can’t have Marcus just walking in on us. What if I want to ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT If I could have just one wish, I would wish to wake up everyday to the sound of your breat... COURTNEY KUCHTA I waited for him to say something more, but he was quiet. "Was there something you wanted?" I a... STEPHENIE MEYER I paused to pat the truck’s hood gently in apology when someone put his hand on my shoulder. ... PATRICIA BRIGGS Wake up. If your eyes are sleeping then wipe them gently. You need to be awake for... KAMAND KOJOURI I keep my kindness in my eyes Gently folded around my iris Like a velvety, brown blanket... SANOBER KHAN I coax my palm into his lapel in search of my wish, returning his feverish kiss. "Checkmate, you son... A.G. HOWARD He opened his eyes to reveal the storm within him. “My every instinct is telling me to have ... WENDY HIGGINS I think it's obvious if you're wanted here or not." "Daemon," hissed Dee, her cheeks red. She t... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Fix me," I commanded him. "This thing, what I've done - there's something wrong with me, Noah. Fix i... MICHELLE HODKIN Do you know what I see in you now? The usual aura. A steady golden yellow, healthy and strong, with ... RICHELLE MEAD
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