"Fear isn't real. It's something we create when we think about what could happen."

"Busted,' she said. 'You pretend to be all rough and tough, but on the inside you're a big softie.' 'I guarantee you there is nothing soft."

"Don't clutter your life with things that bring you down. Focus on the things that life you up."

"Take off your dress. Leave the pumps on. Lie down with your hands above your head, don't move..... oh sweet sugar snaps!"

"I'm super sorry I slept so long. You should've nudged me or something.'Several somethings came to mind."

"Wow,' Clay said. 'Never thought I'd see the day a woman walked away from you. And in the middle of a the desert.' He cracked up and pulled his cell phone from his pocket. 'I'm definitely tweeting this."

"I don't have any tan lines because I sunbathe in the nude."

"I'm not most women...I'm getting that."

"I just watched this documentary on the mating habits of whiptail lizards and trust me, if those things can make it happen, you can too, my friend."

"There was no place else she'd rather be than slow-dancing on a beach with the sexiest, sweetest, most attentive man she'd ever been with."

"She didn't need a man. She wanted one."

"I'm in awe of you, Rowan Palotay, he said softly. 'And plan to make love to you for the rest of the night, but right now, I want you to be a good cowgirl and ride me. His finger hooked around the string of her panties, and he tugged them down and off. 'The boots stay on."

"Goldilocks in the flesh. He zoned out for a second, lost in the smooth texture of her skin, so he had zero time to react when the bikini top flying through the air hit him in the chest....She contemplated the ground for a second. 'I'd like my top back, please.'I don't know,' he teased. 'It could be construed as a deadly weapon."

"She picked up a taco, took a big bite, and moaned as it made its way down to her stomach. 'I want to marry this taco.'Lucky taco.'Honor stilled. That voice. That one-of-a-kind masculine scent. Bryce stood right behind her."

"Sex does a body good.'... 'I suggest a daily dose then."

"The cute little fish had big eyes and a rounded body with black polka dots and fins on either side of him that fluttered like hummingbird wings.'He's staring at me.'He knows a beautiful thing when he sees it."

"I love the sounds you make,' he said, voice husky. 'I love that you make me make them."

"I think you could wear a paper bag and still look good."

"How bad is it? she asked. 'Not bad. 'You always wince when it's not bad. Hawk chuckled. Theo scowled at him. 'It's a little overly sensitive because I broke it six months ago. 'I guess grace doesn't come with the royal package, she teased. 'My royal package is better than anyone else's. Trust me."

"Tell me you're bare underneath the dress.' She gulped. 'I'm bare underneath this dress.' Gently dropping her arms back to her sides, he slid his finger down the center of her chest. Tingles shot out from the tips of her breasts and gathered at the base of her spine, between her legs. 'Tell me you want me as much as I want you,' he said, his voice husky.Never had she imagined doing something as reckless as sleeping with a guy for one night. But this wasn't any guy. And it wasn't just about her getting off - God, how she needed to do that. It was about closure. Saying goodbye on her terms. It might be a bad idea, but it was the best bad idea she'd ever had. She dropped the panties and put her hands on his chest. 'I want you."

"When I'm inside you, buried so deep I'm the only thing that exists in your world, that's when I'm not going to go slow. It's going to be fast and hard because I'm going to lose my mind."

"Life has no guarantees, but my life has no meaning if you're not in it."

"Regret isn't real. It's something invented to punish ourselves."

"I'd start by laying her down on my bed and undressing her. Slowly. Carefully. So she wiggled and stretched and soft pants escaped her lips. My hands would be all over her. My mouth, too. When she wore nothing but the blue scrap of lace between her legs, I'd take her wrists and cuff her hands to my bedpost."

"You're what I've been looking for my whole life, and if you let me, I'll love you for the rest of yours."

"Phew. I thought I was going to have to slay a few dragons for you while I was here. 'I'm no damsel in distress, Your Highness. I can take care of myself."

"I'll never look at cake the same way again,' he whispered in her ear."

"You're nervous around me. I don't bite.' He turned his head and swept a gaze over her that went from head to toe and back again. 'Unless you like that sort of thing."

"If I stay, it's going to be in your bed. Her pounding heart relaxed, the fear that he'd reject her floating away like tiny grains of sand in the wind. 'I know. 'And we're not going to sleep. 'I'm good with that, too."

"She put her hands on her hips. 'You're not human.' 'Neither are you.' 'I beg your pardon?' 'Ethereal comes to mind."

"As nice an offer as that was, I'm afraid I'm not interested.'I see the job as your only chance for survival."

"Still following the rules, huh?' He grabbed his shift off the back of the kitchen chair and pulled it on.'Still breaking them?' she fired back."

"I should have told you the minute I saw you that you look beautiful. I do love the way you look tonight."

"I want to spend the rest of my days with you by my side. I'm on this earth to breathe your air. There's no one else I want to surrender to, fight for, be with. No one has ever made me feel the way you do.' He paused. 'You scare the shit out of me at the same time you make me feel invincible. You are the love of my life."

"This is me, asking a risk-taker like you to trust me. To let me love you until I take my last breath. These were my last solo flights. From now on I want to wing everything with you and only you."

"Charlie brought her dandelion to her mouth. 'I've heard that, too. But this happens to be something I've done a lot and it's easy. Just take a deep breath, put your lips together, and blow.' She closed her eyes and blew. When she lifted her lids, she found him watching her.Or rather, watching her mouth. She let go of the flower stem and swallowed. 'I'm thinking those lips of yours could make any man's wish come true."

"You deserve to be cherished, Sid, your body worshipped with tenderness...' 'We have all night for that,' she said in a sultry whisper she didn't recognize. The red-hot desire thrumming through her wasn't like anything she'd experienced before. 'I'm excellent at all night."

"Zane Hollander stood in profile a few feet away. Sophie's breath caught. Up close, he looked like he'd been carved from the most glorious, most gorgeous stone on the planet. His blond hair was straight, on the longer side and sticking up in GQ messiness. Square jaw, high cheekbones, perfect nose. Then he turned and pierced her with ice-blue eyes that knocked her off-balance.Literally.She tripped over her own feet and face-planted right into the sand."

"Something potent, something that fused them together, that made her beginning entwine with his end, passed between them. He'd marked her his.And she didn't want to fight it."

"Even if she'd wanted to, she couldn't look away as he approached. His eyes held hers with commanding authority and she never backed down from a challenge. Forget that their azure color was crystal clear and they held a sort of animal magnetism. If Tess didn't know better, she'd say he wanted to devour her. Holy shit."

"The clandestine operation tucked several floors below ground level inside a Los Angeles high-rise had never before made her queasy. Today the copper walls, marble flooring, refrigerated temperature and minimal furnishings took discomfort to a new level. She'd swear Alien was about to burst from her belly."

"I've found the best treasure... You."

"The only time I get to be alone is while traveling.'Except this week,' Charlie said.He turned his head and she saw herself reflected in his shades. 'True. And you're not at all what I expected.'Not that Connor had had any idea what to expect. But he would've preferred if she hadn't been the beautiful blonde who wore skimpy red bikini tops and starred in his dreams last night."

"Regret isn't real,' Tuck said. 'It's something invented to punish ourselves."

"Oh my god! Oh no, no, no, no. The condoms. Hugh had seen the condoms. She wanted to bury her head under the covers and never come out."

"His dimples should come with an advisory label: Will cause hearts to flutter and panties to spontaneously combust."

"She'd jumped out of plenty of planes. Albeit with a parachute in place, but she pushed that worry aside."

"Zane,' she moaned. 'Please touch me.'I will. I'm going to touch every inch of you until I know what makes you sigh and what makes you giggle and what makes you beg me to never stop. I'm going to make you shudder and scream so that long after tonight you'll remember the feel of my hands and exactly where they were on your body.'I'm going to die if you don't get on with it."

"Montana should come with a surgeon general warning that it's addictive. The sky is big and blue, and the air is always fresh and crisp and scented with pine. There's a frontier spirit, but also a calmness, beauty in the landscape that slows your pulse."

"Ready to hit the sack?'She choked on the last slide of her ice cream and cleared her throat, 'With you?'... 'You offering?'No! I'm not offering.' She pushed to her feet and then with a softer tone added, 'Are you asking?"