A sixty – eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won’t return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn’t about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and...

Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. “… Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her.” “Who was it?” “His...

What you should really be sorry for,” he continued, “is that for the rest of my life, I’ll have to avoid wine cellars to keep from thinking about you.””Why? Was kissing me that bad?”A devil-solf...

There’s one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth without stopping. It’s what makes the ticking sound…what makes the hands move forward to mark the minutes. Without it, the watch wouldn’t work....

…one can’t avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.

One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million years ago by nailing every female in sight. They charmed,...

Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilitiesand no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting...

Alone-sex didn’t count. It’s like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone—-the pleasure is in the exchange.” -Liberty Jones

Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set the scorpion on up in the sky. I’m not ruthless....

Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they’ve had a little time to mature. But others should be thrown out right away, No matter how...

The guy who broke up with me… he was exactly like you, in the beginning. Charming, and nice. They’re all like you in the beginning. But I always end up like this. And I can’t...

The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or...

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.

It’s a house. No more and no less. There isn’t a structure on earth that could last forever. But a family goes on.”-Leo

Leo smiled and stroked her hair. ‘We’ll both be fine, Marks. We’ve just begun our journey…and there’s so much we have yet to do.’ He spoke more softly as he heard her breathing turn even...

Are you superstitious?” Annabelle asked with a grin.Daisy glowered at her. “There’s a reason for superstitions, you know. At some point in time, something bad happened to someone who was standing right next to a...

I don’t want to be a widow, I don’t want Michael Bayning, and I don’t want you to joke about such things, you tactless clodpole!” As all three of them stared at her openmouthed, Poppy...

I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn and let me catch you. That dream carries me through every night… I have enclosed a...

Well, it may be humorous to you, but it’s a very serious matter to the squirrels.

They would never argue,” Leo pointed out.

Men are like dogs,” Stacy was fond of saying. And she usually went on to add that, like dogs, they all took up too much space on the bed, and they always went for the...

I wanted more of those sweltering kisses. I felt terrible about that. But the warm sunny fragrance of him…he smelled better than any human being I’d ever met. “Okay” I said unsteadily, “forget what I...

Preferably with my car.

It was the marriage that sucked.

It’s the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can’t stand each other. It’s like we’re already married.

Medusa isn’t a rodent. She’s an erinaceid.

Flutters awakened inside her as he fitted his hands at her waist. “What if I don’t like it? What if I want you to stop?””You’ll have a safe word. The second you say it, I’ll...

Sleep, my love,” He whispered, smoothing her long hair, lifting the damp locks away from the back of her neck. “I’ll be here to watch over you.””You sleep too,” she said groggily, her hand creeping...

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost …and learning to go on with what she had left.

You wanted to belong. The problem was, no matter how well you kept your secret, the very fact of having one was enough to separate you from everyone else.

If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

Both of you think happiness is this thing you have to chase after, like a child with a shiny toy. It won’t happen until you start finding ways to take care of other people instead...

Some folks are happier not being saved.

I won’t do it. I’m no more important than anyone else here-“”You are to me.

He turned back to Lara, his alert gaze raking over her tearful face. Somehow the solid reality of his presence eased her panic. He folded her in his arms, anchoring her against his chest, murmuring...

With all due respect,” Christopher muttered, “this conversation is leading nowhere. At least one of you should point out that Beatrix deserves a better man.””That’s what I said about my wife,” Leo remarked. “Which is...

I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.

You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I’m not always kind, and I have more faults than I’d care to name....

Among other things.

In dog years I’d be dead.

Sustained thinking is very difficult for them.

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.

Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. Butoverdo it, and no one wants very much of you.

There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking things. Maybe it’s because you’re so proper. Your necktie is never crooked, and your shoes are always...

He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forcing her to stare at him. His voice was savage. “For twelve years I have been in constant...

I love you,” Sam said, and set his mouth against hers, and broke off the kiss because he had to say it again. “I love you.”Lucy’s trembling fingers came to his lips, caressing them gently,...