#contemporary

Well, I go wherever the ring takes me. Not because I’m a gold digger or anything; it’s more of a Lord of the Rings thing. This ring gives me powers. Though I’m totally going to lose it when my hair falls out and I start calling it ‘my precious. ↗

— Cindi Madsen

#love

A smile curled the corner of Xavier’s mouth. “You didn’t think I would let her walk out of my arms without knowing I would see her again soon, did you?” Bryant shrugged. “Well, no. I guess not. What are you going to do now?” The lid of the case slammed shut, and Xavier jerked his vibrating phone back out of his pocket. “Well, as soon as I get these fires extinguished, I’m going to go start one with her.” Bryant laughed. “After this long, that’ll be one hell of a raging inferno.” “I hope so. ↗

— Justine Dell

#hot #long-lost-love #love-story #romance #love

I find it rather depressing that the people you love most in this world can also be the same exact people you hate with fervor. But it can happen, trust me. It was the f***ing story of my life. ↗

— Christina Channelle

#new-adult-romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #love

I loved the way he kissed me, as if he had to, as if he'd go crazy if he didn't and had nearly waited too long. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#gideon-cross #love

If music were wind, I would live in a hurricane. ↗

— Jessica Bell

#music #music

When the silence bores you, let the music play; when the music bores you, let the silence play! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#music

Honey, I have a feeling he doesn’t think of you as a friend. Have you seen the way he looks at you?” She glanced at him and as if he could feel her gaze, he turned his eyes on her. Soft and hard all at once. “Yeah,” Mel said. “He promised to stop doing that. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#romance #romantic #romantic

Now, this is where I draw the line! It's bad enough everybody in town's going to be thinkin' I'm sleeping with a depressed, lice-ridden, hemorrhoidal foreigner who likes to be tied up and might be pregnant, although-since she's just about cornered the market on condoms-I don't know how that could have happened. But I will not-you listen to me, Emma!-I absolutely will not have anybody thinkin' a woman of mine needs a vaginal moisturizer, do you hear me? ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#contemporary #romance #sep #comedy

He stopped to rest at a cart selling nuts and candy, bought himself some Jelly Belly's, flirted just enought with the Mexican cutie working there to convince her pull out the banana-flavored one. Although he liked his Jelly Belly's mixed up, he didn't like banana, but, since it took too much effort to pull them out himself, he generally tried to talk someone else into doing it. If that didn't work, he just ate 'em. - Kenny Traveler ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#contemporary #sep #comedy

Oh, Eva." He rubbed his cheek against my damp face. "I must've wished for you so hard and so often you had no choice but to come true. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#gideon-cross #choice