134 Quotes & Sayings By Jill Shalvis

Sorry, ” he said. “Let me drop the belt-"“ No.” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it.” Again, he lifted her face, and he smiled. “The tool belt turns you on.” “No.” She closed her eyes and thunked her forehead to his chest. “Little bit. Jill Shalvis

Who’s there?”“ The scratcher of your itch, ” he said. She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. “Was that supposed to be romantic? Jill Shalvis

Looking at him, she saw her future and felt all the ragged tears in her heart heal themselves. "I fit, " she whispered in marvel, stepping into him. "I fit with you." He nodded and wrapped his arms around her. "Perfectly Jill Shalvis

I want you to know, chickens aren’t sexy. Not to me.” This was met with silence.“ Are you there?” She was slurring her words now, which was embarrassing, so she took a deep breath. “Cam? Can you hear me?”“ Yes, chickens aren’t sexy. Uh…I don’t think they’re meant to be. Jill Shalvis

You came here a fighter, Maddie. Maybe you'd lost a round or two, but you were on your feet. You want to stay in Lucky Harbor? Fight for it. You want a relationship with your sisters? Fight for it."" What about you? What about a relationship with you?" He pulled back to look into her face as if memorizing her features. His voice, when he spoke, was low and gravelly with emotion. "I'm already yours. Always have been. All you have to do is step into the ring. Jill Shalvis

There was a group of fans who wanted autographs, and several women who managed to write their phone numbers on Wade's hand before he pulled free. Sam sent him an arched brow, but he just shrugged. He got numbers written on him a lot; he'd never figured out how to stop that from happening. Jill Shalvis

I'm done waiting. Done doing things the easy way and letting things happen as they will." Her heart caught. "What does that mean?"" It means this is too important to let slip away again. You're too important." He leaned back against the truck with a low grunt of effort, eyes dark, jaw clenched. "I love you too, Tara. Jill Shalvis

Mallory dropped her head to the steering wheel. "Look, I'm mad at you, okay? This isn't about me. I know my painful memories are relative. My life is good. I'm lucky. This isn't about how poor little Mallory has had it so hard. I'm not falling apart or anything." He stroked a hand down her back. "Of course you're not. You're just holding the steering wheel up with your head for a minute, that's all. Jill Shalvis

I'd give up being a bitch, but I'm not a quitter. Jill Shalvis

He held up his hand, and in it was... Oh, God. The neon-pink vibrator, glowing in the dark now. It was following her, stalking her, all the way down the yellow brick road to hell. Jill Shalvis

I've heard that men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with. Jill Shalvis

Never do anything that you don’t want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel. Jill Shalvis

A conclusion is the place you get to when you’re tired of thinking. Jill Shalvis

It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. Jill Shalvis

If it’s going to be two against one, make sure you aren’t the one. Jill Shalvis

Accept that some days you’re the bug, and some days you’re going to be the windshield. Jill Shalvis

Note to self-give serious thought to becoming an alcoholic. Jill Shalvis

Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card... Jill Shalvis

Oh good Lord. She definitely hadn't put on enough deodorant for this. Jill Shalvis

God save her from annoying Alphas. Jill Shalvis

Look at you… You’re perfect."" Not… perfect."" Perfect to me… Jill Shalvis

We all have horrible track records, ” he said. “It’s what leads up to the real thing. It’s what allows you to recognize it when it shows up. Jill Shalvis

At the unexpected sight of Spence, Colbie startled hard. How was it that he was the one who needed glasses and yet she’d not seen him standing against the window? “No, I don’t kill a lot of people, ” she said cautiously because she was wearing only a towelin front of a strange man. “But I’m happy to make an exception.” He laughed, a rough rumble that was more than a little contagious but she controlled herself because, hello, she was once again dripping wet before the man who seemed to make her knees forget to hold her up.“ I didn’t mean to scare you, ” he said and pushed off the wall to come close. She froze, but he held up his hands like, I come in peace, and crouched at her feet to scoop up the clothes she hadn’t realized she’d dropped. Leggings, a long forgiving tee, and the peach silk bra-and-panty set that hadn’t gotten so much as a blink from the TSA guy. But it got one out of Spence. He also swallowed hard as she snatched them back from him.“ Hold on, ” he said and caught her arm, pulling it toward him to look at her bleeding elbow.“ Sit, ” he said and gently pushed her down to a weight bench. He vanished into the bathroom and came back out with a first aid kit. It took him less than two minutes to clean and bandage the scrape. Then, easily balanced at her side on the balls of his feet, he did the same for both her knees, which she hadn’t noticed were also scraped up.“ You must’ve hit the brick coping as you fell in the fountain, ” he said and let his thumb slide over the skin just above one bandaged knee. She shivered, and not from the cold either. “Not going to kiss it better?” she heard herself ask before biting her tongue for running away with her good sense. She’d raised her younger twin brothers. Scrappy, roughhouse wild animals, the both of them, so there’d been plenty of injuries she’d kissed over the years. But no one had ever kissed hers. Not surprising, since most of her injuries tended to be on the inside, where they didn’t show. Still, she was horrified she’d said anything at all. “I didn’t mean–” She broke off, frozen like a deer in the headlights as Spence slowly lowered his head, brushing his lips over the Band-Aid on her elbow, then her knees. When he lifted his head, he pushed his glasses higher on his nose, those whiskey eyes warm and amused behind his lenses. “Better?”Shockingly better. Since she didn’t quite trust her voice at the moment, she gave a jerky nod and took her clothes back into the bathroom. She shut the door and then leaned against it, letting out a slow, deliberate breath. Holy cow, she was out of her league. He was somehow both cute and hot, and those glasses. Jill Shalvis

She’d offered him her friendship. Her body. And he’d taken both. He wanted to keep them both. And he also wanted more, so much more. He wanted her heart, like she had his. Jill Shalvis

You only live once, right?"" Not true, " Quinn said, "you live every day. You only die once. Jill Shalvis

His expression was strained. "I'm trying like hell to be the good guy here. I need you to go inside and lock the door behind you to keep out of trouble."" I thought Wildstone was safe."" It is. The trouble isn't going to come from the unknown. It's going to come from me. Go, Quinn. Now. And lock your door." She stared up at him, mesmerized by the thought of him being trouble, images going through her head of him proving it to her, all of them involving little to no clothing and a bed. Jill Shalvis

Everyone knew that bugs traveled in packs. Only the stupid ones got caught. The smart ones lay in wait for her to go to sleep so they could attack. Jill Shalvis

Some people aren't meant to stay in your life. But, that doesn't mean you can't carry a piece of them in your heart. Jill Shalvis

Mom used to tell me not to worry when people didn't get me. People throw rocks at things that shine - from the mixed up files of Tilly Adam's journal Jill Shalvis

There's a big difference between want and need, " she muttered to herself, picking her pad and pen back up. "I mean I want a bikini body, but I need chicken nuggets. Jill Shalvis

He made it hard for a girl to not fall head over heels. Jill Shalvis

Truthfully, she was the best thing in his life and he was a complete idiot if he let her walk away from him. Jill Shalvis

I just don’t want you to…"" What?"" Be reminded of the girl that I used to be… Jill Shalvis

Fine. It’s your life, but–” “But you’re still going to tell me what to do?” he asked, a small smile on his lips. She went into defense mode at his amused tone. “Well, I’m sure as hell not going to be quiet about it.” “Duly noted, ” he said dryly. “And for the record? I never want you to be quiet, Elle. Jill Shalvis

He already couldn’t remember what it’d been like before her. He’d thought everything was great in his life but then he’d been thrown a curve ball in the form of this gorgeous, passionate woman who he suddenly couldn’t get enough of. Which made it official. He was hers, completely. Jill Shalvis

You probably had more adventures today than I’ll have in a lifetime. Walking must seem tame to you.”“ Elle, you’re more of an adventure than anything that’s ever happened to me. Jill Shalvis

Her heart just about stopped. “Us?” she asked in shock. “There is no us. There’s a you. And there’s a me. And okay, so sometimes we get crazy and become a very momentary us but it’s not real.” “It could be, ” he said. She gaped at him, completely gobsmacked. Jill Shalvis

I deserve more. I mean I understand I do. Once you’ve protected someone the way you protected me, you get… well, protective. But I’m no longer that sixteen-year-old girl, Archer. I’m a grown woman. Jill Shalvis

What is it with us? Jill Shalvis

Whatever you need… Always. Jill Shalvis

I want you, Elle, " he said, voice low and rough. "It's a goddamn ache, I want you so much. Jill Shalvis

Oh for God’s sake, ” came Morgan’s sleepy voice, disembodied in the dark. “Go after the hot guy, would you?” “The peanut gallery needs to shut up, ” Elle muttered into the cushion. “Just sayin’, ” Morgan said. “I’d leave you alone out here in a hot minute to go have sex if I had the chance.” “I’m not going to go have sex while you’re out here knowing I’m having sex! ” “Your loss, ” Morgan said. “Oh my God, ” Elle said. “Stop talking! . Jill Shalvis

I’m putting a temporary hold on the ‘stay away from me’ thing, ’” she said. “just for a minute while I yell at you, and then we’re definitely going right back to it. Jill Shalvis

Just remember, there’s not a lot of softness in his life, or room for weakness–of which you’re definitely one. He has absolutely no idea what to do with you, and as an action guy, that’s confusing to him. So maybe think about taking it easy on him. Even just a little bit. Jill Shalvis

I want in your life, Elle. All the way in. Jill Shalvis

Willa came around to Finn's side of the bar. She was tiny, barely came up to his shoulder, but she was like a mother cat when riled. He knew better than to go toe to toe with her, especially when she was giving him The Look. But he wasn't in the mood. "No, " he said." You don't even know what I'm going to say."" You're going to say I'm being a stupid guy, " Finn said. "But newsflash, I am a guy and sometimes we're stupid. Deal with it."" I wasn't going to say that." She paused when he slid her a look and she sighed." Okay, fine, I was. But you are being stupid. Jill Shalvis

Wow, " she whispered. "Gorgeous.""Yeah, " he said, looking at her. She laughed. "That's cheesy." He grinned. "You liked it."" No, I didn't." He peered at her over his dark sunglasses, letting his gaze slip past her face. She followed his line of sight and realized that her nipples were pressing eagerly against the thin white cotton of her shirt. "That's because I'm cold, " she said and crossed her arms over her chest. He laughed. "It's seventy five degrees."" Downright chilly, " she said, nose in the air. Grinning, he reeled her in, and with Thor (the dog) protesting between them, he kissed the living daylights out of her. . Jill Shalvis

With her hands still fisted in his shirt, she gave a gentle tug until he bent enough that she could kiss him softly. And then not so softly.“ What was that for?” he asked when she pulled free, his voice sexy low and gruff now.“ For being the kind of guy who can admit he has emotions.” He cupped her face. “We don’t have to tell anyone, right?” She smiled. “It’ll be our secret.” But then her smile faded because she wasn’t good at secrets. Or maybe she was too good at them . “I’m not helpless, ” she said. “I want you to know that.”“ I do know it.” He paused, looking a little irritated again. “Mostly.”“Good, ” she said. “Now that’s settled, you should know, the caveman thing you just pulled . . it turned me on a little bit.” He slid her a look. “Yeah?”“Yeah.”Looking a little less like he was spoiling for a fight, his hands went to her hips and he pulled her in tighter. What the hell was she doing? Clearly, she wasn’t equipped to stay strong, and who could? The guy was just too damn potent. Too visceral. Testosterone and pheromones leaked off of him. She dropped her head to his chest. “Ugh. You’re being . . you.”“ Was that in English?”“This is all your fault.”“ Nope. Definitely not English.”“You’re being all hot and sexy, dammit, ” she said. She banged her head on his chest a few times. “And I can’t seem to . not notice said hotness and sexiness.” He smiled. “You want me again.” Again. Still . . She tossed up her hands. “You wear your stupid sexiness on your sleeve and you don’t even know it. . Jill Shalvis

Feel free to kiss it better. Jill Shalvis

Apparently it'd been too long since her last social orgasm... Jill Shalvis

Finn was different. And he was different because she wanted him in her left in a way she hadn't wanted anyone for a very long time. Maybe ever. Jill Shalvis

I can't think in your presence." " Why not?" " Because looking at you is like..." She tossed up her hands. "It's like walking down the chips and cookie aisle at the grocery store. I can't resist you, and then I'll forget why you're bad for me. Jill Shalvis

I might have to rescind my no-love rule, " she said, a cookie in each hand. "Cookies are my sweet spot.' He smiled. "They're not your only sweet spot. Jill Shalvis

He slid his fingers over her jaw and tilted her face up to his. "You're smarter than hell, sexier than hell, and I like you way more than I should, " he said. Jill Shalvis

Her heart did a slow roll in her chest. "I'm yours, " she whispered. "For the duration." " Yes, but more than that, I'm yours, " he said, quiet steel. Jill Shalvis

He stepped closer. "Lily---" "No. Stay back, " she said, pointing a finger at him. He went still. "Why?" "Because when you come close I do stupid things." " Like?" " Like let you kiss me." " Let me?" He laughed ruefully. "Lily, you just about crawled up my body to get at these lips." She narrowed her eyes. "Like I said. Stupid. Jill Shalvis

Are you okay?" " Fan-fricking-tastic. Only way today could get better is if I were scheduled for an appendectomy. Without drugs. In a third-world country. Jill Shalvis

Doesn't everyone deserve their own version of a happily-ever-after? Jill Shalvis

I'm good at a lot of things, " he murmured. Jill Shalvis

The special please, " she said, waving a coupon from the week's paper. "The young rejuvenating facial. I want to look thirty." " Mom, " Jonathan said. "It's a facial, not a magic wand." She rolled up the paper and swatted him with it. "Fine, I'll take forty." She gave Lily a hug. "And you! How lovely to see you again! " She turned to Jonathan. "So.. you can make me look forty, right?" " How about gorgeous?" Jonathan asked his mom. "Does gorgeous work for you? . Jill Shalvis

You promise not to fall for me, " she said seriously. "No matter how lovable I am?" He wanted to smile at that but didn't want her to think he was making fun. She wanted his word, and he could give it easily enough, confident that as adorably sexy as she was, he could refrain from falling for her, since his heart felt dead in his chest. "I promise. Jill Shalvis

Their gazes locked and held for a long beat, like maybe he was taking her pulse from across the room, absorbing the fact that she was drenched and breathless. The corners of his mouth twitched. She’d amused him again. Jill Shalvis

Ugh. You’re being .. . you.”“ Was that in English?”“This is all your fault.”“ Nope. Definitely not English.”“You’re being all hot and sexy, dammit, ” she said. She banged her head on his chest a few times. “And I can’t seem to .. . not notice said hotness and sexiness. Jill Shalvis

I’m not a lot of trouble, ” she said. His gaze slid to her mouth. “You sure about that?”“ Completely.” And then she flashed him an indeed trouble-filled smile. And that’s when he knew. He was the one in trouble. Deep trouble. Jill Shalvis

Trying to cool his jets, trying to let her stay in charge, he attempted to hold back, but she let out this breathy little whimper like he was the best thing she’d ever tasted. Jill Shalvis

Finn smiled and blew half her brain cells. “You going to teach me how to have fun, Pru?” he asked in that low, husky voice. Jill Shalvis

Pru had gotten under his skin, and like her, he wanted more. So much more. He wanted to know her secrets, the ones that sometimes put those shadows in her eyes. He wanted to know what made her tick. And more than anything, he wanted to taste her again. Every inch of her. Jill Shalvis

He regretted nothing. Not the way she’d felt in his arms and not the way he’d felt in hers. Jill Shalvis

Yes. This. It was just what she needed, because here, held by him like this, her guilt, her regret, her fears .. . all of it gave way to this heady, languid sensation of being desired and she didn’t want it to stop. Any of it. Jill Shalvis

I wasn’t finished with you, Pru, ” he said softly. “I had plans.” Oh boy. “Maybe I had plans, too.”“ Yeah?” Closing the gap between them, one of his hands went to her hip, the other slid up her back to anchor her to him. “Tell me. Tell me slowly and in great detail. Jill Shalvis

Okay, time to play doctor.” Her entire body quivered, sending “yes please” vibes to her brain. Luckily her mouth intercepted them. “Sure, if I can be the doctor.” His mouth curved. “I’m willing to take turns, but me first. Jill Shalvis

If she’d thought the oncoming storm outside was crazy, it was nothing compared to what happened between her and Finn every time they so much as looked at each other. Jill Shalvis

He stared at her. “How is it that you’re cute, sexy as hell, and smarter than anyone I know?” She gave him a small smile. “It’s a gift. Jill Shalvis

Finn?”“Yeah?”“Remember how you said the ball was in my court?” He pressed his forehead to hers for a beat, like he was working on control. She knew she should be as well but she didn’t want him to leave, didn’t want to be alone in this. ” Don’t go, ” she whispered softly. Jill Shalvis

Finn was different. And he was different because she wanted him in her life in a way she hadn’t wanted anyone for a very long time. Maybe ever. Jill Shalvis

She was thinking of his mouth on hers. Which seemed only fair since he’d given a lot of thought to the same thing.“’ Night, ” she whispered.“ Night, ” he whispered back. And yet neither of them moved. Jill Shalvis

What drew her into O’Riley’s like a bee to honey was the six-foot, broad-shouldered, dark eyes, dark smile of Finn O’Riley himself. Jill Shalvis

She stared at him and nodded. "Yes, you're right." He cocked his head as if he couldn't hear her. "What was that?" " You're right." She gave him a little push and he had to laugh. " I heard you the first time, " he admitted. "I just like the way that sentence sounds on your tongue. Jill Shalvis

Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real. Jill Shalvis

She sucked in a breath. "You're..." When she didn't finish the sentence, he turned his head and watched her gaze drop to his mouth, which was only a few inches from hers. " Handy, " she finished softly. " And you're..." She smiled. "Stubborn? Annoying?" "Set to go, " he said. Jill Shalvis

She slid on the helmet. "Thanks, Prince Charming." "Huh?" "You know, Cinderella, " she said. "The prince had her slipper and you had my helmet... Jill Shalvis