Quotes From "The Thing About Love" By Julie James

What about you? Girlfriend? Wife? Kids? Perhaps a gaggle of towheaded, extra large boys who already excel at sports and know how to make fire with the ass end of a lightning bug? Julie James

You look like you should be on a Wheaties box with this haircut. Julie James

Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to look at me this way?” She assumed he was teasing her. “What are you talking about? You didn’t even like me for most of the time we’ve known each other.” He bent his head before turning to go, his voice low and confident in her ear. “Or maybe I’m just that good of an undercover agent. Julie James

When do you leave?” she asked. His fingers paused. “Labor Day weekend.” So soon. Only two and a half weeks away. She nodded, going for a joke. “Good. That’s about when I was planning on getting sick of you, anyway.” “ Pfft. I’m already counting down the minutes until I can make my escape from this room.” “ It’s your room. Julie James

He growled low in his throat. “I don’t think I can do this the nice way, Jessica. Julie James

So you’re saying the ball’s in my court.” He bent his head, stopping just before his mouth touched hers. “The ball has always been in your court, Jessica, ” he said huskily. “From the first moment I walked up to you at the Academy.” She looked at him for a moment. Then she stood up on her tiptoes and leaned into him. The instant her lips touched his, John slid one hand to her waist and threaded the other in her hair. About damn time. . Julie James

I have a slight oral fixation. Julie James

We’ll try to be more sympathetic to your hot nemesis problem. Is she a nightmare to work with?” An image popped into John’s head, of him kissing Jessica against the hotel room wall in Jacksonville. He could still feel the softness of her skin and hear her breathy moan as he slid his hand underneath her dress. Hardly the stuff of nightmares. “ It’s been… interesting. Julie James

Since you’re obviously in need of something to do, instead of shouting at me through this whole drill, isn’t there some tree you could fell with your bare hands, or a boulder somewhere that needs tossing? Julie James

For the record, you are knocking it out of the park with this speech. Julie James

Your room or mine? Julie James

Her eyes widened. “Ooh… was it hate sex? I’ve always wanted to have hate sex. Julie James

John turned to her, with streaks of dried blood along his face. “Thank goodness we got the easy job. Julie James