#romance

His embrace left her breathless and restored all the faith she'd lost in the power of love. When their lips parted, she sighed and said, 'I don't need a party or anything else. All I need is you. I love you.' (Wildflowers) ↗

— Catherine Greenfeder

#faith

Prostitution was illegal in Kenya and was culturally a taboo. But what was a young orphaned girl with little education to do when she had to fend for three of her younger siblings? As she watched the waves hit the shores, she noticed a young handsome man staring at her from a distance. ↗

— Nya Wampaze

#bwwm #interracial-marriage #interracial-romance #education

The longer I lived, the longer it would be until I saw him alive again, until I could taste his new lips and run my fingers through his new hair. We could be young and beautiful again . . . ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#desire #dreams #love #meant-to-be #past-lives

I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you." "I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too." His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#romance #equality

Scholars, theologians, and even poets have yet to be able to truly describe and touch upon the beauty, romance, and magic of a relationship built on 100% authenticity ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#beauty #honesty #inspirational #life #love

You matter," she whispered to him. "You are important. And you are the single most magnificent man I have ever had the honor of meeting. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#love

And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#beauty #knight #love #possessive #romance

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#calm #love #love is #romance #tempestuous

Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#anita-blake #fiction #hunter #jean-claude #paranormal

Sometimes we just have to accept the fact we can't explain everything. Life happens, whether we want it to or not and we don't always have a reason why. Our job is to try and make some good come out of it. ↗

— Melissa Pearl

#dale #ghosts #paranormal #romance #ya