How was it that the one man who could take their company down appeared to be the only one who believed in her?

Everybody’s crooked. The trick is to find out how they’re bent.

Do they expect us to have sex right here on the kitchen table?”Gunner, who was chewing a piece of toast, paused, considered the idea, and then shook his head. “Too messy. We’d get sugar everywhere....

Thanks so much,” Daisy said as graciously as she could to the gift of edible underwear from her fiancé’s grandmother. She was pretty sure this wasn’t covered in any of the bridal etiquette guides.

Being with Demetri wasn’t the absence of pain, it was the added presence of peace, making it easier and easier for that little part of my heart to heal again.–From Pull: A Seaside Novel

But then he combs his fingers through my hair, starting at the base of my neck, and I shiver with uncontrollable, unexpected pleasure.

Quietly, under my breath, I mumbled a name and it wasn’t the name of the girl waiting in the other room. In my mind I pictured Brooklyn’s sounds as she came and I jerked in...

A year ago, you fell into my arms and I felt some crazy connection to you. I’m sure as hell not good enough for you, and I’m sure as hell not making any promises, but...

To start taking care of you?

You are so going down for that.” He grabbed the keys and headed back to the road. “When you least expect it,” he added over his shoulder.”I’m shaking in my shoes,” she called out.”You’re not...

This kiss was better than any climb or bungee jump or zip line. Better than any other kiss. Damn him.

My happy place, huh? Well, yeah, I guess that’s what music is for me.

He’d never been shy, but he’d always been a little uncertain around girls. He just couldn’t believe they liked him.

He shackled her with his hands, the press of his mouth ceaseless in its demands. She couldn’t move, couldn’t see, could barely breathe. Giving herself over to the fact that this was actually happening, that...

I’m resourceful,” she called after him.Resourceful, he thought, rinsing his hands with the ladle she’d left in the bucket. “A euphemism commonly used by successful criminals,” he called out to her.”If I were so successful,”...

He waited for Stephanie at the foot of the stairs and when she made her way down he lost his breath. To him she was the most beautiful woman in the world, no matter what...

When you come back from a set down and bring the match to a final set tiebreak and are a point away from winning the match, only to have what looks like an extremely fit...

You still have moves I haven’t seen? Impressive.

Let me put it this way. You, my beautiful girl, have the power to really hurt me, with how I feel about you. Far more than anyone else ever has or ever could. I don’t...

Souris says you wanted to see me, so here I am. Talk quick before I decide to beat the shit out of you and throw your bloody carcass back across the International Date Line.

Oh, yeah, that goatee is really unattractive. That definitely belongs on a much fatter man.

I hear they’re all infected with chlamydia, which just goes to show that you really can’t tell who’s got the clam. I mean, look at a picture of a koala…tell me you’re not shocked.

I believe it went like this—and stop me if I’m wrong, Mousey: ‘Listen, we may not be our own continent and everything, but we have a big country over in America too.

I’ve never been jealous of another teammate. Sure, some guys are faster than I am, stronger than I am, but none of them have ever tried to steal the girl I love away from me.

One kiss after you come back and see she’s all right.

I once heard this statement that women marry men hoping to change them, while men marry women hoping they’ll never change.

It’s called true love. Most people never find it.

Anything she might have said died in her throat at the sight of him. His black hair was disheveled, his morning stubble hypnotic, and the rakish way his shirt was undone at the throat and...

Whoa!” She looked so cute, but vulnerable, too. He closed the arm around her shoulder, squeezing her sideways to his chest. Embarrassed, she smiled as she elbowed his rib. Then she dropped her arms and...

I turn my head so that he doesn’t see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.

Mags, I don’t know how many more times I will have to say this, but here it goes. You’re amazing, you deserve the best, and I want nothing more than to be whatever you need...

Baby, I held back today to let you get over all you’ve been through. But don’t let that mislead you. You wouldn’t be here if I planned on protecting you from me.

I want you to say it, so I know you’ll never forget. I want to hear you say my name.

Boys have penises.” At that moment, Michael was very aware that he, himself, was a boy.

Her arms slid around my back and I heard the softest moan in my ear as she snuggled into my chest. Her mouth pressed to my neck, not kissing, just…there. On me.Dammity-damn-damn-damn.

I would praise the Lord above for a ticket to that ride.

Aye, I won’t be asking you to make me Roger jolly, if that’s what has you worrying.

Hi Maggie, it’s nice to see you again,’ he said, smiling so sweetly I thought I might need insulin.

Sometimes the clouds weren’t weightless. Sometimes their bellies got dark and full. It was life. It happened. It didn’t mean it wasn’t scary, or that I wasn’t still afraid, but now I knew that as...

Therapy can’t erase scars, it only makes it easier to live with them. — Duke

B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding – when we’re done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn’t me. Good night Gideon.

Tell me you like it, Olivia. Say the words. Tell me I’m the only one who can set your body on fire like this.

Do you ever go out there when it’s like this?” she said softly. “When it’s almost dark and there’s no one else in the water?””I do. It’s nice being alone out there.””It doesn’t make you...

I’m sorry, Melissa, but can you blame me for worrying? In less than an hour I found out you’re being stalked by a killer, sleeping with a stranger, and hiding with him in an empty...

I’m either with you forever, or I’m not. I’m not into games or fucking around. I’ve had enough experience to know what to hold onto when I get it.

Are you ready to go to the bedroom?””I thought you’d never ask.” He winked.

She missed having someone at her back, knowing that it didn’t all fall on her, every hour, every day, every month, every task.But it was the everyday intimacy that left a gaping hole. The teasing...

And I’m happy to show you the rear view of my budgie smugglers—oh wait—you already saw it when you were checking out my ass.

I have been happier in the past week than I ever imagined possible and it doesn’t have a damn thing to do with the money. You’re the real prize. The lottery was just a bonus.

I’m going to kill you, you know.