#suspense

From Flood, Flash, and Pheromones--coming soon: As Cassie’s body hurled toward him in the swirl, she realized the brevity of the situation. This was it. This was the moment that determined whether she lived to see another day or drowned in this filthy brown water. This was the moment she proved she had never been a quitter, never been a weakling. All the problems she’d dealt with at work today seemed trivial. ↗

— Shelley K. Wall

#novel #romancel #romantic-suspense #suspense #thriller

And even though they had not had sex yet, he was a great lover, replacing sex with the science of bravery and inner strength. Meredith had always wanted a man with this kind of depth. ↗

— Keira D. Skye

#romance #romance-novel #romantic #romantic-suspense #sex

I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a little suspense when I am writing, too. ↗

— James Patterson

#book #did #end #exactly #how

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#i #i do #much #reading #spend

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#begins #child #climax #compare #ending

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 man in 4B wondered if he could have your autograph. He told me his daughter is a huge fan.” Fan? What the hell? Dylan lifted himself up and looked over the back of his seat. Since when did covert operators have fans? ↗

— Tara Janzen

#funny #humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

He should probably make love to her. ↗

— Tara Janzen

#funny #humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

To kiss then was the most natural thing in the world. To explore, to taste, to find out. Katie did find out. When they parted from each other, the world was that much more of a beautiful thing. ↗

— Frederick Anderson

#romance #suspense #beauty

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#curious #happen #hero #intensely #novel