#romance

I had Japanese once. A business man I had run into in New York ... but that's not what he meant. ↗

— L.M. DeWalt

#vampires #business

Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. -Dylan Thomas ↗

— Victoria Rice

#urban-fantasy-romance #vampire #vampire-romance #vampires #death

It was deeper than some boy thinking she was cute. It was more like she was food and he was hungry. It was as if Mars needed her to survive. ↗

— Randy Russell

#paranormal #romance #death

Jana looked beyond him and saw Mars. She ate Mars for breakfast with her eyes. ↗

— Randy Russell

#paranormal #romance #death

If I die, I will wait for you, do you understand? No matter how long. I will watch from beyond to make sure you live every year you have to its fullest, and then we’ll have so much to talk about when I see you again… (Bones) ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#eternity #love #romance #waiting #death

from THE DEVIL YOU KNOW- She wanted him too. He could see it in the rapid rise of her breasts. He could smell her budding arousal and would relish bringing her to full bloom. God, how he loved this dance! She had taken the first tentative steps, yet she still fought her desire, refused to give in to it, but he would lead her now. He was a master…and a ruthless bastard. ↗

— Victoria Vane

#love

For readers worldwide, the attraction of romance novels seems to be that they provide hope, strength, and the assurance that happy endings are possible. Romance makes the promise that no matter how bleak things sometimes look, in the end everything will turn out right and true love will triumph -- and in an uncertain world, that's very comforting. ↗

— Leigh Michaels

#romance-novels #writing #love

I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

Theo was so pleased with her, so proud of her. In love with her, whatever love was. ↗

— Annabel Joseph

#erotic-romance #love

Tucker was my safe place for three years, my secure dock in a sea of indecision as I dealt with my father’s illness and death. And now I had to sink or swim. It was time to let go…and move on. Slowly, I pushed off from the dock that was Tucker Montgomery and prepared to swim…praying I wouldn’t drown. ↗

— Melissa Brown

#death