#romance

He grinned, a very dark and evil grin… the kind of grin that the Grinch had before he stole Christmas. ↗

— Cameo Renae

#supernatural #thriller #young-adult-fiction #dreams

I missed you,” she cried into him. Standing on top of the snow gave him an additional few inches on her and she rested her head against his chest. She could hear nothing within, just her own heartbeat echoing. ↗

— Thomm Quackenbush

#love #romance #romantic #dreams

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#devoted #fiction #including #journals #magazines

You’re going to castrate them if they give me a sideways glance?” He looked at the ground. “I’m not bringing you to the safest place and you’re beautiful, so I needed to warn them.” “I’m beautiful?” I repeated trying not to smile. “Don’t let it go to your head, darling.” He said holding his hand out for me. “You’re not too bad yourself.” “I know. I saw the way you stared at me when I took my shirt off.” Hunter said. ↗

— Cassandra Giovanni

#in-between-seasons #post-apocalyptic #ya-dystopian #ya-romance #beauty

In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total ditwads, that the archetype of the noble cute hero who devotes himself to the girl he loves has not gone the way of the rotary phone. That all I had to do was be myself (smart, hardworking, funny) and be patient and kind and he and I would find each other. As Bea would say, this why they call it fiction. ↗

— Sarah Strohmeyer

#fiction #romance #funny

The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things I never thought I’d be able to have, or deserved, and that scares me a little. I’m just a regular guy who works in a bar and you’re this beautiful person who shines brighter than the stars. I think I just made up some cheesy poetry so I’ll stop while I’m ahead. If you feel like talking, give me a call. ~D Sophie sat down on the floor and, through blurry eyes, reread the note so many times she had it memorized. She was going to do more than give him a call. ↗

— Jenny Lyn

#erotic-romance #freebies #humor #jenny-lyn #short-story

Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.” “To be fair, you still look pretty bad. ↗

— John Green

#romance #romantic #young-adult #romantic

He needed to gather her up, hold on to her, anything to help her stop trembling. Something was going to shake loose if she didn’t. ↗

— Tara Janzen

#humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The Hobbit.' We are so used to 24 fps and the romance of celluloid... but at 48 fps, you cannot deny the existence of these CG creations in the same time frame and space and environment as the live action. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#action #cannot #celluloid #creations #deny

What hasn’t she done to me? She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met in my entire life. She has a passion about other people’s happiness that is simply inspiring. She rose from her own ashes and became an even better person when most would have stayed in the dark,” I tell her, looking straight into her eyes. “And when she dances, sings or plays an instrument…she’s a completely out of this world artist and I can’t take my eyes…and hands off her, ↗

— Danielle-Claude Ngontang Mba

#romance-novel #beauty