Suspense Quotes

One day, you’ll fall for somebody. At first, you’ll fight it, because you won’t understand. But when you do, Tess, you’ll know that he’s the one--the one you would die for.

~ Jalpa Williby

Elsa's mother no longer spoke to her of men and love, but of duty and fate and accepting one’s burden. As far as Elsa could tell, if love really was the inherited female domain, then women were saddled with the biggest burden of all. It was pressing down upon them, the way the sea pressed down upon the creatures of the deep.

~ Kathy-Diane Leveille

This was no regular dream, this was a waking dream. Who was I? It had to have happened in my lifetime. I could feel it in my soul.

~ B. Truly

If I find out that you went within even fifty feet of her, ever again, your ass is mine. Do I make myself clear?

~ Jalpa Williby

Now remember, they say if two people go together to visit the Taj Mahal, that means they will always be together. Are you ready for that?Guess I'm stuck with you then.

~ Jalpa Williby

She would keep playing the role of the winner as long as the audience believed her.

~ Mary Papas

Let me make it clear. There will be no repeat of that night. Absolutely not! Not ever, do you understand?” Who are you trying to convince, Tessnia? Me or you?

~ Jalpa Williby

There will always be ups and downs, twists and turns in our lives. But we have to find the strength to keep moving forward. The past is done, it’s over, and you can’t change it. You can hold on to your memories and learn from them. Look at what’s in front of you, focus on your vision, and run toward it! Because when it’s all said and done, only you are in charge of your strength, your peace, and your happiness.

~ Jalpa Williby

He's been injecting the anti-aging hormone into his wife.

~ Dianne Harman

Whatever the unknown in Europe, it had to be better than the known in a small town, where truth was hidden behind smiles, pleasantries, and an abundance of stretch lace at weddings. Whatever, the yet-to-be-written truth about her own life, it seemed certain to be waiting elsewhere on a blank page, somewhere people made no attempt to predict the future based upon a person's past. Quote from: A Summer Abroad, Mrs. Duchesney's First Real Mysteryc. 2013 Peggy Kopman-Owens

~ Peggy Kopman-Owens

He could still remember how the first sip of wine made him feel.

~ Dianne Harman

Please don't look for me. You won't find me.

~ Jalpa Williby

Do you really want me to show you how you're pushing me, Tessnia? What you do to me?

~ Jalpa Williby

I would rather die than hide like a coward.

~ Jalpa Williby

You know, nice guys finish last, don't you?I guess I'll finish last.

~ Jalpa Williby

She's alone, Inserted so deep in her blankets; I'm going to need a map to find her.

~ Tanya Watt

Be careful, if I didn't know better, I would think you're sounding jealous.Good thing you know better.

~ Jalpa Williby

Support Imagination. Read a book.

~ Robbi Sommers Bryant

Hot damn, Diego Santero looked fine soaking wet. Everything about him radiated potent masculinity, from the slick, dark hair that drew emphasis to the angles of his cheeks and jaw, to the water beading off his forearms and the soaked black shirt and cargo pants that clung to every curve of muscle and flesh below.

~ Melissa Cutler

Calm down. If I wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't need this knife to do it.

~ Melissa Cutler

Am I in trouble? He chortled, well, a bunch of not-so-friendly thugs were waiting to ambush you and blow up your apartment. If that doesn't qualify as trouble, I don't know what does.

~ Melissa Cutler

The greatest compliments I’ve ever received were complaints from readers that I made them stay up all night reading.

~ H.e. Fairbanks

Faces close, they breathed into each other, their bodies slick with water and sweat.

~ Melissa Cutler

Tonight, after we're done with the bank, we're going to finish this. Somewhere it's just the two of us. But if I keep kissing you right now, I'm not going to have enough blodd left in my brain to keep you safe at the bank.

~ Melissa Cutler

I'll carry you. But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him.

~ Melissa Cutler

She had a hand on his belt, ready to show him exactly what she had in mind for the night, when he lowered to his knees between her legs, his hands spanning her ribs. Nervousness had vanished from his expression, replaced by eyes that gimmered with tenderness and perhaps even a hint of joy.

~ Melissa Cutler

Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you.

~ Melissa Cutler

They were opposite in so many ways, but it was the kind of difference that was balancing-her softness with his steel, his instinct and her logic. He was teaching her by example to have courage in the face of fear, and she badly wanted to help him give voice to his grief and understand it was all right to feel pain.

~ Melissa Cutler

And if we don't keep moving, we won't make it to a computer in time to stop the submarine sale because we'll have to spend a second night in the jungle, surrounded by friggin' pit vipers. In the rain. And I am sick and tired of the rain. I want to get a roof over our heads and dry clothes for you because I can see right through your damn shirt and it's driving me crazy.

~ Melissa Cutler

She touched him everywhere she could reach. The rounded hardness of his biceps and chest, the ripped contours of his back, his thick, damp hair, until touching with his hands wasn't enough.

~ Melissa Cutler

How much the pain grew inside him after Ossie died until the only way to deal with it was to throw himself into the fray. And the whole time, Vanessa's body was wrapped around him like she was the only one being strong as a shield while he stripped his life bare.

~ Melissa Cutler

He liked the sound of her voice, husky and low in a way that got him thinking about pinning her to the rock and setting his mouth to work on the hollow of her throat, proving to her which of them was in control. Then again, feelings didn't get much more out of control that his were at the moment.

~ Melissa Cutler

She dribbled water over his neck and back. The towel didn't quite soak up all of it, and drops raced down his back, trailing the curve of his spine. She loved that curve, framed on either side by ripple after ripple of muscle, and she especially loved the way it dipped in at his waist before flaring onto his perfect, rounded backside.

~ Melissa Cutler

She wanted his strong, capable hands on her blody and those soft lips locked with hers. She wanted to be held tight and kissed until she could forget-if only for a few precious minutes-that her life as she knew it had evaporated in a cloud of smoke and flame and violence.

~ Melissa Cutler

Her gaze slid up the thick muscles of his arm, imagining her hand doing the same, imagining what it would feel like to explore a body of such raw, masculine energy. No doubt about it, he was man built for battle. Yet she could seein his sharp, dark eyes, and in the glimpses of humor and caring he'd let slip, that there was so much more to him than the fight.

~ Melissa Cutler

we're going balls to the wall, guys. Our sneak-and-peak just turned into a hostage rescue.

~ Melissa Cutler

Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there was something waiting for her on the other side of this crowd.

~ V.s. Kemanis

There was a bright flash of brilliant white light, like the midday summer sun reflecting off of a freshly cleaned mirror.And then it was gone.

~ Raymond Rice

She hit the button again, holding her breath this time until she heard it.Soft, sibilant, as insubstantial as the breaths that came before: Shannon. The voice whispered Shannon. The blood rushed out of her head. Her heart knocked hard in her chest. Her knees buckled and she grabbed the counter to keep from falling. She was starting to hyperventilate, had to calm it down before she was taken by a full-blown panic attack. Paper bag. Think. Think! Drawer below the silverware, next to the sink. Over the nose and mouth. Breathe slowly, slowly.Holding the bag against her face, Shane slid to the floor with her back against the cabinets, legs splayed, lungs heaving. It couldn’t be him. It couldn’t be Jordan. Jordan was dead.

~ Jane Taylor Starwood

We're going balls to the wall, guys. Our sneak-and-peak just turned into a hostage rescue

~ Melissa Cutler