Contemporary Romance Quotes

Will you be able to touch me again without thinking about Sean? I don't want you to be disgusted by me.

~ Stephanie Witter

I love the way he looks in his uniform, all man with just a hint of the boy I fell for all those years ago.

~ Collette West

I like imagining that he punished his body for me, torturing it into such spectacular shape, hoping that one day I'd be able to appreciate his efforts.

~ Collette West

That big chunk of my life that felt like it was missing has slid back into place. With him, I feel whole again. For the first time in a long time, I'm where I'm supposed to be with the person I'm supposed to be with.

~ Collette West

His eyes meet mine, and for a moment everything seems like it'll be okay. More than okay, actually.

~ Collette West

Look,” she said, “apparently you bring out my inner slut. I’m not going to thank you for that.”Wyatt smiled that sexy smile of his. “I could make you.”She pointed a finger at his nose. And then lowered it so it was pointed at another part of his anatomy entirely. “Don’t even think about it.”“Oh, I won’t,” he said silkily. “But you will.”And she knew he was right.

~ Jill Shalvis

She stirs things inside me that I don't even know I'm feeling until it's too late. Whenever I'm around her, all I can think about is her, no one else, not even myself.

~ Collette West

Having a woman on the team is stirring things inside me that I never felt before while on the job.

~ Collette West

The Sweets rarely set foot on the avenues. They'd always lived on the street-side of town, where duct tape held everything together and WD-40 stopped the squeaks.

~ Avery Flynn

West Virginia had the Hatfield and the McCoys. Shakespeare had the Capulets and the Montagues. Salvation had the Martins and the Sweets.

~ Avery Flynn

I'll be damned. Miranda Sweet, is it you or is my glaucoma acting up again? Ruby Sue sat her glass down on the Formica countertop with a clank. You always did know how to make an entrance. Who do you think you are, the Queen of England?

~ Avery Flynn

We can't predict what's going to happen, but having love is worth the risk.

~ Nina Crespo

Her pulse pounded in her ears. She didn't need to turn around to know he was standing behind her. Most likely with a smirk at catching her impromptu belly dance.

~ Rachel Harris

Elvis is sweet, but I prefer sleeping with you.

~ Rachel Harris

My happy place, huh? Well, yeah, I guess that's what music is for me.

~ Rachel Harris

The reason I have felt so empty, so lost at times, is because you were missing.

~ Fabiola Francisco

Turn it off,” she said, her voice cracking.“It’s still good music,” Joe told her with an almost apologetic shrug.“It’s crap,” she breathed, still totally taken aback by the music playing again.He shook his head. “No, it’s not crap!” he said patiently and started peeling out of his sweater, trying hard not to get his braced hand caught in the sleeve. He emerged, his hair a bit messy, and tossed the sweater back towards the sofa.

~ Billy Wood-Smith

Chewing on his lip, he tried to make sense of this. There was something terribly wrong with the picture of her playing this CD. The music was hard for him to take, alright. But if there was one person in this world, that he would have sworn, would have an equally hard, if not harder time listening to that stuff, it was her.So, why on earth was she doing it? Why would she put that CD on? Tonight?

~ Billy Wood-Smith

He simply smiled at her with a soft, gentle expression in his eyes that warmed her all over, then he took her jacket from her and held it so she could slide her arms into the sleeves. His knuckles brushed against her bare shoulders, trailing prickles of heat in their wake. “You look really beautiful, Cass.

~ Paula Altenburg

He set the helmet on the floor beside the door and slung his jacket over the back of one chair. He tilted his head sideways to look at her, one eyebrow raised. “I’m not going to ask why. I’m going to make assumptions.

~ Paula Altenburg

Kezia could’ve guessed from the soapy scent wafting over her shoulder. Soap and something else. The XY factor that made some men smell so good you just wanted to lick the nearest inch of available skin.

~ Tracey Alvarez

The low E is at the top, the second string is A, then it's D, G, B, and the last one is high E. A mnemonic device he once heard came to mind and, plucking the strings, he said, Eddie Ate Dynamite... Good Bye Eddie,.

~ Rachel Harris

You know, the heroes in my romance novels always say that. Scout's honor. But they all later admit to never being a Boy Scout.

~ Rachel Harris

Believe me, I knew you enjoyed it without voicing it that way. It was like your body screamed for me to take you. All too true, but I didn't like it to be told aloud. I arched an eyebrow, something I couldn't do when sober. I'm pretty sure if I put a hand on your crotch, you're sporting a boner. It works both ways.

~ Stephanie Witter

You won't believe what I'm capable of, Phoenix.

~ Melissa Cutler

Don't see me as a girl. See me as a buddy of yours or something. He cast his eyes downward and didn't look back up to my face. I looked down and groaned. Such a guy. My buddies don't have boobs, as far as I know. Because you felt them up to be sure? I chuckled, against my better judgement. Once again, his mouth dropped open.

~ Stephanie Witter

Staring into his eyes, she noticed a thin circle of gray around the green. A SILVER LINING, she thought.

~ Rachel Harris

What a good morning it was. Tyler stood before her, six-plus feet of denim-clad hotness. A woodsy scent wafted toward her, and she inhaled deeply, loving the smell of his cologne. The man was gorgeous, and he was hers for the next twenty-four hours.

~ Rachel Harris

With chemistry like theirs, this was the perfect setup for a fling...and Sherry wanted to go out on a high note.BRING ON THE ROADIE!

~ Rachel Harris

Bryan, I know you’ve interviewed a lot of caregivers—”“Too many,” Bryan shot back.She inched her chin up a notch. “I’m not your typical caregiver. I’m different.”Bryan laughed with no humor. “Yeah, I’ve heard that one before—okay, impress me, Delilah Walker. What exactly makes you different?

~ Josephine Harwood

She cleared her throat. “Bryan, I know you’ve interviewed a lot of caregivers—”“Too many,” Bryan shot back.She inched her chin up a notch. “I’m not your typical caregiver. I’m different.”Bryan laughed with no humor. “Yeah, I’ve heard that one before—okay, impress me, Delilah Walker. What exactly makes you different?

~ Josephine Harwood

Empathy was written from many male and female points of view because each character reacts differently to the emotional fallout from one binding circumstance, Annie Wright's stroke.

~ Josephine Harwood

Excerpt from Winning Streak, Las Vegas Sinners Book 3, coming later this year:Tonight’s ensemble was typical Madden. Dark and faded but expensive jeans, a fitted, black Vegas is For Lovers t-shirt and some Doc Martin boots. Okay, those were a little unusual. “We’re not going for a hike in the desert, are we?”“Not exactly.”“What is ‘not exactly’? I’m not a pee-behind-a-tree kind of girl.

~ Katie Kenyhercz

Eve was good, he conceded, adding the file he’d just finished to the growing stack on the floor at his feet. Given the proper education and training, she could be great. He stretched the kinks out of limbs stiffened from too much time spent in one position.Why didn’t she do more with her talent?He started to ask her, then realized she was sound asleep, curled up in the overstuffed chair. The sun no longer shone through the front window, and his stomach told him it was getting close to lunchtime, but she looked so adorable curled up with her hands under her cheek and her tanned knees against her chest that Matt was in no hurry to leave.

~ Paula Altenburg

I've seen how love makes people feel and I want to feel it's like fire burning or cold returning it's like a stranger talking to you or a lover loving you it's like emotional healing or with broken hearts dealing it's like you are running for absolutely nothing it's like living or dying laughing then crying it's like lover become hater destroyer then reconciliator it's like the future in your head your lover dies your future is now dead it's how love makes you feel overwhelming your senses breaking down your defences I have seen the paradox of love and I know it will be an impending tragedy for you and me

~ R.m. Romarney

When you love someone, you’re capable of more than you know.

~ Faith Sullivan

You must be very secure in your masculinity to parade around in those budgie smugglers.”“Oh, I’m very secure.” He see-sawed the towel over his back. “And I’m happy to show you the rear view of my budgie smugglers—oh wait—you already saw it when you were checking out my ass.

~ Tracey Alvarez

How? Give me permission, tell me it’s okay to strip you naked, kiss you wherever the need takes me, and f**k you until you can’t see straight.

~ Dominique Eastwick

But this woman makes me want to do things I didn't think I was capable of. Her love for me makes me feel like I have no limitations, that I can do anything I set my mind to do because she believes in me with her whole heart.

~ Faith Sullivan

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

~ Robin Bielman