You told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could make me believe that it's for me, too. Although when you get down to it, love is what's real. I still say marriage is just a piece of paper." Jack smiled. "Let's find out," he said, and he pulled me down to the bed with him. Jack & Ella
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A man is supposed to have experience.” “From all indicatio... LISA KLEYPAS A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie ... LISA KLEYPAS I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to disli... LISA KLEYPAS Ghost?” St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. “Christ. You’re not serious, are you?” LISA KLEYPAS What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to s... LISA KLEYPAS He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise. LISA KLEYPAS Lately I've become so damned distracted that I can't make a decision about anything. I can't think c... LISA KLEYPAS Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the ... LISA KLEYPAS Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders... LISA KLEYPAS It's a mistake, you know. You have no idea what you'll be exposed to...the obscenities and lewd comm... LISA KLEYPAS I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going ... LISA KLEYPAS I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your so... LISA KLEYPAS It’s impossible,” he snapped. “Why?” “Because I’m Sebastian, Lor... LISA KLEYPAS You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things... LISA KLEYPAS The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk. LISA KLEYPAS Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, o... LISA KLEYPAS Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was ... LISA KLEYPAS I love you dammit,"she brushed her lips teasingly against his. "How much?" He made a slig... LISA KLEYPAS Annabelle’s eyes stung as she stared at him, while need and inexhaustible tenderness gathered like... LISA KLEYPAS It had been a long time since a woman had aroused his interest as Amelia Hathaway had. The moment he... LISA KLEYPAS The surprise and relief of being held so securely by a friend she had not expected to see overwhelme... LISA KLEYPAS Sebastian encountered Cam in the hallway outside the reading room. “Where is he?” he demanded wi... LISA KLEYPAS Lillian tells everyone about her flaws," Daisy said, her brown eyes twinkling. "She's proud of them.... LISA KLEYPAS When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence. Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Wel... LISA KLEYPAS You know,” she said dreamily, passing over his question, “you’re not nearly as handsome as Lor... LISA KLEYPAS The thing you never want your sister to be," my brother informed me, "is an unidentified woman on th... LISA KLEYPAS Cat doesn’t have to work. She’s a woman of independent means. I settled enough money on her to a... LISA KLEYPAS I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet. LISA KLEYPAS I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn ... LISA KLEYPAS I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently lock... LISA KLEYPAS Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincent’s heart... LISA KLEYPAS Take too much time, and time will take you. LISA KLEYPAS Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?” “They’re ravi... LISA KLEYPAS You don’t annoy me.” Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. “I thought you did, at ... LISA KLEYPAS You took advantage of me while I was sleeping," she said breathlessly. "That's not fair." Gent... LISA KLEYPAS To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned q... LISA KLEYPAS Let's dispense with the nonsense, Victoria. This isn't a question of suitability, yours or his. You'... LISA KLEYPAS He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to kn... LISA KLEYPAS Evie…” His whisper stirred the tiny wisps at her hairline. “I want to make love to you.” LISA KLEYPAS Simon,” she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never ... LISA KLEYPAS In this regard, Daisy reflected, her marriage to Matthew would not be unlike Lillian's with Westclif... LISA KLEYPAS ... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them. LISA KLEYPAS I love you," she said wretchedly. “And if I were well, no power on earth could keep me away from y... LISA KLEYPAS I'm not good enough for you. But no one is. And most men, good or bad, have limits to what they woul... LISA KLEYPAS All the fires of hell could burn for a thousand years and it wouldn't equal what I feel for you in o... LISA KLEYPAS The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurk... LISA KLEYPAS Clinging to him desperately, Sara kept her mouth at his ear. "Listen to me." All she could do was pl... LISA KLEYPAS I didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were g... LISA KLEYPAS Pausing with the teacup near her lips, Helen said, "I would rather marry you. It will be an adventur... LISA KLEYPAS Sturm und Drang?” “Ah…I see that I’ll have to introduce you to the finer points o... LISA KLEYPAS Drat . Daisy pulled back with a frown. She felt guilty that she had enjoyed the kiss so little... LISA KLEYPAS