All Quotes By Tag: Romantic-suspense

“He thoroughly intended to do some major grovelling. Olympic-style begging, if necessary.”

“Okay, babe, I’m here.”The front door smashed opened, slamming against the wall—the man didn’t know how to turn a knob?”

“As he searched my eyes, I searched his. I could see the sincerity there, lying underneath insecurity and hope. I’d made him doubt when I pushed him away. Now he was putting everything on the line, hoping for a chance at what he wanted. I could kick myself for causing him pain. The thought of the time wasted between us. The dam finally broke as the one thing that I hadn’t dared to hope for was just made true—someone loved me.”

“A man doesn’t want to be rejected. We’re really quite sensitive.’Sensitive?’ She laughed, her head on one side. ‘Sensitive egos you mean. Never met a man who didn’t have one of those.”

“Brooke?” he finally found the sense to ask. “What are you doing here?””I need a gun.”This was not how his dream was supposed to go.”

“Hands still in the air, Jordan reached back and gently caressed her cheek. Dying for this woman would be no hardship. He’d die a thousand times over if it would take away her pain.Since he had every intention of living a long and healthy life with Eden at his side, he sincerely hoped Noah was on his way and dying wouldn’t be necessary.”

“Please. Put the gun down and we’ll talk. A beautiful woman holding a small cannon plays hell with my concentration. Christovao (Chris) Santos, Sanctuary”

“We’ve got to stop meeting like this.”“No, we don’t.” He liked meeting like this, over her bare ass, a hot-off-the-presses copy of the Rocky Mountain News, and a steaming cup of coffee. It was so perfect, he planned on doing it every day for the rest of his life. He just hadn’t told her yet.”

“But just for a minute. I won’t be gone long and if she wakes up before I get back tell her that I love her.”

“Speechless and very nearly panting, she fell back against the wall with a thump, knowing that if she lived to be ninety, she would still carry the searing mark of that kiss on her soul.”At last,” he murmured. “A way to shut you up.” Christovao Santos (Chris), Sanctuary”

“People snare when I tell them that I’m an emotional prostitute. But after my rebuttal, they begin to realize that they are one too. Like me, they have pimped their emotions for the affections of another. Like me, they’ve gone through life tormented by the idea of living a happily ever after, not realizing that the ever after isn’t so happy.”

“You’re staring at my ass.”“Yes, I am.” It’s what he did in the mornings, when she woke up and spent the first hour lying around in bed.”

“I think I love you, Bennett. Probably not relevant at the moment so no need to say thanks.”

“Honest to God, she was the noisiest woman he’d ever been shot at with.”

“Amy, listen to me. What I do. The choices I make. They’re mine. Only mine. The consequences of those decisions—mine.”Mine,” he repeated when she sighed heavily. “No one else’s.”Silence. Only the warm wetness of her tears dampening his shirt.It broke his heart.”