The whole of my life I have relied on my beauty first, brains second. It was expected, even requested. But You saw right through me from the start. You are the only man I've ever known who has looked beyond my face and wanted to know me for me. And I find myself wanting you to know the whole me.

~ Kristen Callihan

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You know, it's never wise to tempt the devilHis gaze lowered to her hand, still locked in his grip, her finger glistening with pear juice.His rich voice lowered to raw huskiness had I not this mask, I should be of a mind to suck that juice right off your fingers

~ Kristen Callihan

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There were lies, and there were lies. Was a secret a lie? If one wanted to protect another?

~ Kristen Callihan

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He couldn't remember the last time human hands had willingly touched him. Not true. Miranda had. She had touched him as if he were just a man. He had lived on those moments ever since, pulled them to the fore when loneliness threatened to suck him down and drown him

~ Kristen Callihan

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Because we know he was simply a man, with weakness and frailties. Who yearned for the same things all of us do--to love and be loved

~ Kristen Callihan

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What is beauty or ugliness but a false front that prompts man to make assumptions rather than delving deeper.

~ Kristen Callihan

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