#roma

I think you’re my hero,' she said. Only half-kidding. He stared at her, the picture of incredulity. 'Most people,' he said, 'think I am a very bad man.' She studied his eyes to try to find out if that bothered him. He didn’t seem bothered by them. He seemed discomfited by her. 'Well,' she said at last, 'maybe you’re a very good dragon. ↗

— Thea Harrison

#sweet #romantic

I know this woman.” “Who the hell is she?” He stared both his brothers down. “She’s mine. ↗

— Maya Banks

#romantic-suspense #romantic

I need a Kleenex.” She sniffs. Guy disengages his hands from hers, takes the hem of his sweatshirt, and wipes her nose with it. “That’s romantic,” she says, embarrassed. “Well, it is sort of, because I wouldn’t do it for anybody else in the world. ↗

— Julia Hoban

#hoban #julia #scared #willow #romantic

He caught her, and he held her, and he let her cry, and cry, and cry, and he let her use his sheets to wipe her eyes, and her nose, and God knows what, because he had plenty of clean sheets, and he only had one Kat. ↗

— Tara Janzen

#romantic-suspense #romantic

Don't do that again! Not ever again!" I told him. "I should say the same to you," he said. I could feel his breath, warm on my neck. "Promise me!" I demanded. "I... I promise." "I can't lose you. ↗

— Kristen Simmons

#romantic

For a chance with you, I can wait. ↗

— Myra McEntire

#romantic #sweet #romantic

Marry me. You'll learn to love me, I promise. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#robyn-carr #romance #romantic #love

I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way. ↗

— Alfred Noyes

#romantic-adventure #romantic

Every girl should have at least one wild fling on her resumé. ↗

— Donna Cummings

#romance #romantic-comedy #romantic

The glistening colours around his eyes had actually spread out farther on his face, creating an incredibly fascinating montage of blacks, blues, purples, and, around the very edge, pinks. I found my eyes drawn to his unnatural skin tones in morbid curiosity. Besides my sick obsession with his bruises, when my eyes would meet his, the fluttering in my stomach would start up, along with my thumping heart. It was interesting that his face was hardly recognisable, but his hot gazes still gave me goose bumps. ↗

— Karen Ann Hopkins

#love #romance #love