Quotes by Gena Showalter

Let your light shine, never look back and live as if today is your last day...because it just might be.

Last will never be more important than commitment. Commitment stacks the odds of a successful relationship in my favor.

We’re gonna lie when the truth is hard? That’s how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then.

I didnt ask you to give up anything for me, she told him, but I would have given up everything for you. The war is over, and I have lost. War. Ha! As if she could have fought a dead woman. The battle had been over before it began. Until the end of forever, Layel. -DELILAH

What Ive learned over the years is that people shouldnt be defined by a single mistake. Everyone messes up, she said. You have to forgive yourself and move one.

It was common knowledge that big, bad city boys spent the bulk of their time sleeping around, coiffing their hair and posting pictures of food on the internet.

Oh, sweet! New man meat’s made it to town, y’all. Let’s gobble.

My momma says we don’t need a man to do our chores for us, ’cause we are smart and capable and I believe her even though Sara’s mom says men were born to be our slaves, we just have to know how to manage them.

He was here! And he was performing live and in-person girl porn—household tasks!

The air smelled like testosterone and manflesh again. (That was a thing, right?)

You are mine, woman, and I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didnt truly live. Now I live, even in my death.

He licked at her lips.We are going to have some amazing children. The best this world has ever seen.

Katarina wasn’t afraid of Baden. Not anymore.He took a step to the side, intending to move around her. Oh, no. She flattened her hands on his shoulders, keeping him in place.“I want to know what’s wrong with you.” She said. “Tell me.”He snapped his teeth at her in a show of dominance. “You think you want to know my problem. You’re wrong.”Her tone dry, she said, “I’m so glad you know my mind better than I do.”“Very well. I need sex.” He threw the words at her as if they were weapons. “Badly.”Whoa. Blindside!Heart pounding, she jerked her hands away from him. “Sex...from me?”“Yesss.” A hiss. “Only from you.”Only. Amazing how one little word could send pleasure soaring through her, warming her. “You told me never to touch you.” Which she’d just done, she realized. My bad.“I’ve changed my mind.” His gaze dropped, lingered on her lips.Burning her... “But you and I...we’re a different species.” As if that mattered to her body. Gimme!
He took a step closer, invading her personal space. “We’ll fit, I promise you.”
Tristo hrmenych! The raspy quality of his voice, all smoke and gravel...she shivered with longing. Must resist his allure.But...but...why? Before she’d committed to Peter, she’d dated around, had made out in movie theaters, cars and on couches. She’d liked kissing and touching and “riding the belt buckle,” as her friends had called it. Then, after committing to Peter, she’d gifted him with her virginity. At first, he hadn’t known what to do with her—he’d been just as inexperienced—and she’d left each encounter disappointed. When finally she’d gathered the courage to tell him what she wanted, he’d satisfied her well.She missed sex. But connection...intimacy...she thought she missed those more.The dogs barked, jolting her from her thoughts. They’d cleaned their food bowls, and now wanted to play. She clasped Baden’s hand to lead him out of the kennel. He jerked away, severing contact.One action. Tons of hurt.“I’m allowed to touch you and you want to have sex with me, but you’re still disgusted by me.” She stomped outside the kennel, done with him. “Well, I’m leaving. Good riddance! Your do-what-I-say-or-else attitude was annoying, anyway.”He darted in front of her, stopping her. Breath caught in her throat as sunlight streamed over him, paying his chiseled features absolute tribute, making his bronzed skin glimmer.So beautiful. Too beautiful.“I’m not disgusted by you. You need me. I’ve come to accept it,” he admitted, looking away from her. “But being skin-to-skin with another is painful for me. We’ll have to proceed carefully. And you’ll get over your annoyance.”Another order! She would show him the error of his ways.

Pin his fucking legs.Cant. Got his arms.Knock him out, Paris.Sure. Want me to spew diamonds from my ass while Im at it?

Need a triumph, his demon whined.Ill get you one. Promise.Sure?What are you, Doubt? Yeah, Im sure.

Why? Do you plan to make out with her?His teeth ground with so much force he feared they would soon be nothing but a fond memory. I plan to question her.Ah. So thats what the kids are calling it these days. Well, have fun. with that, a still-grinning Paris strolled from the room.

You are mine, woman. And I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didnt truly live. Now I live, even in my death. - Maddox , Sang Kekerasan

You’re just begging for a piece of me, you know that?” she growled. “I don’t know what gave you the idea Ive lowered my standards, but I assure you, I haven’t. I want no part of you.

You try almost dying, being chased, thenhopping in a car with a complete (horny)stranger.

What do you think is the problem? You’re a cute kid-­‐uh, guy. Man. You’re a cuteman.