#romance

Fresh, sweet honeysuckle. Ripe and rich and ready to be fucked-- PLUCKED, he corrected himself, ready to be plucked. ↗

— Christine Warren

#romance #humor

It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard the legend that the Venetians were half human, half beast.She knew that this could not be true, but in the swirling fog of this hellish city she almost believed it. The creatures seemed to stare at her down their warped noses from their blank and hollow eyes. And overlord of all was the winged lion - he was everywhere, watching from every plaque or pennant, ubiquitous and threatening. ↗

— Marina Fiorato

#bubonic-plague #historical-romance-fiction #medical-history #venice #architecture

Can you find beauty in darkness, Eve?" Danny asked. She nodded. "Yes." "Then look for it," he said softly. ↗

— Kele Moon

#romance #threesomes #beauty

She doesn't want the boy causing the distinction between "love" and "in love ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#love

He heard the voice that had called to him in dreams, had saved him from the sands and from following his brother into the river. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#romance #dreams

There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#love #lovers #romance #separation #love

Would you like some sacred chocolate?' a girl asked, appearing suddenly at Lara's side. 'They've very special chocolates,' she said, pushing a plate of the goods in Lara's direction. 'They're raw and sweetened with Stevia.' Stevia, huh? Lara grabbed a chocolate truffle and popped it into her mouth, winking at the girl. She hoped the 'stevia' would kick in soon, because frankly, it looked like these women were having a better time than she'd had in ages. ↗

— Lola Salt

#humour #romance-novels #age

Please. Put the gun down and we'll talk. A beautiful woman holding a small cannon plays hell with my concentration. Christovao (Chris) Santos, Sanctuary ↗

— Sharon K. Garner

#children-s-book-illustrators #farming-in-brazil #mercenaries #romance #romantic-suspense

I think you have bits of Primord in your hair...And you look …bloody...You look a mess, Halíka...But you are still the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on. ↗

— Alexandra May

#love #science-fiction #war-romance #beauty

But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called him "Yero, my hero," and that melted his heart. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life