100 Quotes About Small Town Romance

Life is about many things, but above all else, it’s about love. This collection of small-town romance quotes will help you understand the importance of building a strong relationship with yourself, your friends, and your loved ones. These inspirational words are perfect for anyone who is at a crossroads in life, looking to make changes or start over.

There. Let the gods of friendship and common sense strike...
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There. Let the gods of friendship and common sense strike him dead. Kelly Moran
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She had platonic all but tattooed on her forehead. Kelly Moran
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She moaned in playful disappointment. "You shouldn't have canceled. It would be fund to take a picture. You'll be laughing at this years from now. Stacey ONeale
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Dude, we both know it's only going to get worse. You're like a ticking sex bomb. Stacey ONeale
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After he left the planet with his brothers, he'd imagined he'd live out his life alone. That was until he met Annabelle. His memory lingered back to the day he stepped into her bakery. His brothers were still unpacking when he decided to take a walk into town. The first time he saw her, she was placing muffins into a customer's bag. Even with her messy hair bun and stained pink apron, she was pure perfection. His entire body warmed when he got a backside peek at her pink tank top and itty bitty jean shorts. Before he knew what was happening, he'd gone inside and sat down in the same booth he sat in now. And when she came to the table to take his order, she'd bit down on her bottom lip. He'd known then those lips would complicate his life, but he had no idea just how much. Stacey ONeale
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Since the moment I saw you, all I can think about is ways to get you out of that dress." Squeezing her perfectly rounded ass, he softly growled. "So yeah, I like it. Stacey ONeale
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There are things I need to say first. Things you need to hear before we go any further." She tensed. "Oh, God, are you married?" He chuckled. "No, nothing like that." " Good, " she replied, letting out a relieved breath. " I want you to know you've made this very difficult for me. I had a speech prepared. Then I see you like this." His finger continued to trail down her stomach, tracing the rim of her panties. "And I can't even remember my damn name. . Stacey ONeale
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I don't want to move out of bed." " I don't want to move out of bed either. Let's live here. Michelle M. Pillow
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For ya, love, I will be anything ya want... even a potato. Michelle M. Pillow
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Would it make you feel better if I had a panic attack?" Jane sat on the couch and suppressed a small yawn. "I mean, it's almost four in the morning and a little early for a panic attack, but I can try to muster up the energy to fake one. Michelle M. Pillow
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He took her hand from her head and held it in his. "Your beauty could make a rose blush." " Are you... drunk? Michelle M. Pillow
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So, the MacGregors." "Yeah." Jane nodded with a long sigh. "The MacGregors." "I don't get what the big deal is with them, " Charlotte said. " If you saw under their kilts, you would get what the big deal---" Annabelle tried to break in. Michelle M. Pillow
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You and I have been friends long enough to know how to treat each other .. . I'm leaving for college. I think I've outgrown the rules. Sally Henson
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Her fingertips dug into his shoulders as she pressed closer. Then her lips parted to his, and there was no mistaking the passion in her response. Wild and sweet… His eyes were closed, but in his mind’s eye he saw the lights of the giant tree, and he knew he’d found a Christmas memory worth keeping. Sierra Donovan
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He felt lightheaded, almost dizzy, as he deepened the kiss, his fingers curling lightly around the tendrils of her hair. His other arm encircled her waist, pressing her closer, and for a moment he went for broke, kissing her with everything he had. And now that he knew he wasn’t going to get his face slapped, he slowed down to take his time and do it right. The outside world simply ceased to exist. There was only Chloe, warm in his embrace, as her lips responded to his. . Sierra Donovan
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It’s ok, ” he murmured. “I’ve got you. Sierra Donovan
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Your….your bat cave?” Emily responded.“ Yes, I’m quite proud of it. I put those visiting Boy Scouts to good use building bat houses, and now I’ve got dozens of them lining the walls of my tool shed.” She ran a hand down her long, witchy hair. “Bat houses, I mean. Not Boy Scouts. I don’t have any Boy Scouts in my shed.” She looked around, and Ryan couldn’t help but wonder if anyone might indeed be missing a Boy Scout. Tracy Brogan
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Private fireworks are far superior to public fireworks. Tracy Brogan
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We don’t have to tell secrets. We don’t have to talk at all. We could just, you know, kiss .. . and stuff. Tracy Brogan
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Damn, I really want to kiss you. Tracy Brogan
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He turned his head to look at her, trying to think of ways to plead his case. Some way to dazzle and beguile her and make her glad that it was him she was here with. Something witty and persuasive, but she turned at precisely the same moment he did, with invitation in her eyes, and all he could come up with was, “Damn, I really want to kiss you.” Her hesitation was a mere fraction of a second. “Me too, ” she whispered. It was all he needed to hear, and in an instant she was in his arms. He kissed her, hard, with no prelude, no artful negotiations or seductive machinations. Just hungry kisses that sent his mind spinning and his body following. She kissed him back with equal enthusiasm, with one hand on his chest and the other wrapped tightly around the back of his neck, pulling him closer. Her mouth was sweet, as sweet as he’d imagined, with lips so soft he could have fallen over the edge of that lighthouse and thought the sensation was just from her touch. Tracy Brogan
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That place is turning into the Hotel California.You know, you can check in, but you can never leave. Tracy Brogan
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Maybe you should get a very large life insurance policy on the next husband, ” Lily suggested slurping her coffee loudly. “You know, before he makes an ash of himself.”“ Very funny, but don’t think I haven’t thought of it. It’s an unpredictable way to score more rental properties, but I do seem to be good at burying men. Tracy Brogan
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It’s hard raising parents. Tracy Brogan
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There are no bears on the island.”“ Really, are you sure because I was hiking with my Dad and I’m sure I saw one? Either that or it was a humongous man-eating badger, with fangs. It might have been frothing at the mouth.”“ Man-eating, huh? No problem then. I’m a girl. Tracy Brogan
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Life had a way of shifting under her feet like quicksand and she had learned to just make the best of it. Like Gigi always said, ‘when God closes a door, he shoves you out the window. Tracy Brogan
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Too bad he was officially the enemy. Tracy Brogan
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Just one more?” he said, holding up his thumb and index finger to indicate tiny. Oh so small. “Just one more little one? I don’t think that was my best work, and what if this is the only time we ever kiss? Then you’ll go on for the rest of your life thinking that’s the best I can do. I don’t think my ego can take that.” He sure as hell hoped this wouldn’t be the only time they ever kissed. In fact, he was going to make damn sure of it, and then some. But for the moment, this angle was going to work for him. He could see her indecision. He leaned closer, his lips nearly touching hers. Her eyes fluttered shut as he whispered against her mouth, “Just one more. Tracy Brogan
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Her life was more like a series of tattered Post-it notes with hastily scribbled goals written in dull pencil. Some of them stuck. Lots of them didn’t. Tracy Brogan
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I’ve had pedicures before, and I’ve had milk shakes. Just never at the same time. And it’s glorious. Samantha Chase
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I think if we ignore that night, that kiss, then we’re both denying a part of who we are. Samantha Chase
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Jeez, you two, ” Savannah muttered. “ Shush. It’s like free porn, ” Riley teased. Samantha Chase
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Matt?” “Hmm?” “Kiss me.” He leaned in and rested his forehead against hers. “Sweetheart, I thought you’d never ask. Samantha Chase
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Speaking of cupcakes, Will wants two dozen off your special menu to take on the road after the wedding.” “ The, erm, peach kind?” “ The peach kind, ” Lindsey said. “ I like the peach kind, ” Josh said. Mikey had named them Sex on a Peach. And they were Kimmie’s second biggest seller, after the Hairy Dicks, which were coconut cake balls strategically placed with Dahlia’s chocolate-covered, ice cream-filled bananas. And Josh’s frown had disappeared, and now he was grinning as if he knew it. All of it. Jamie Farrell
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He liked the way her smile infected him and infused a bit of heat into his cold bones–a warmth missing until he'd opened the door to her flower shop. Lyz Kelley
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Her eyes slid closed, her secret places pulsed in anticipation, and his lips settled onto the skin beneath her ear. That was magic. She held perfectly still. He pressed a kiss to her neck. Then another, lower. A third, even lower. She squirmed. He dropped his hands. “Sorry. I---“ “Don’t stop, ” Kimmie whispered. Jamie Farrell
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Your mother can’t hear you here.” “Distance is no match for my mother’s eavesdropping and mind-reading skills.” “ I had steel anti-mind-reading plates installed this week. Specially designed to be Marilyn-proof. Also sounds an alarm if she gets within two hundred yards of the building, and I sent the guards downstairs to ninja training. You’re safe. Jamie Farrell
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Josh squeezed her arm. “I’ll behave, ” he murmured. “For now.” She’s going to pickle your cucumbers.” “ He has more than one?” Natalie whispered. “ That’s between me and Kimmie, ” Josh replied. Jamie Farrell
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When he grasped her hand, he felt the calluses on her palm. He was thinking about how tough she was, and then she smiled. It was tentative and brief but it touched his heart, and then she was gone. He watched while she disappeared over the hill and then took the box into the kitchen, refilled his coffee and opened the lid. 36% Sharon Sala
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Hey there, ” she said, her blue eyes shimmering. Collin swallowed hard, and took her in his arms, cradling her head against his chest. “Hey, yourself, ” he murmured into her hair, and kissed her head. He held her there for as long as he could without it becoming awkward, then gripped her shoulders and stepped back. Tracy March
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More. Give me more. I don't know if you're ready for this. He's shirtless. You're killing me. Is he built? Like a Greek god. Nooooo.....so unfair. I don't have any hot neighbors, just acres and acres of corn fields. Sue Barr
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I have a fabulous idea. Oh, I don't like this. Last time you had a fabulous idea I wore a cast for six weeks. I still can't straighten my arm completely. That was years ago. This one will work. Do you have any exceptionally handsome men friends, willing to be my fiancé? Sue Barr
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Heaven’s Bakery help them all. Jamie Farrell
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He was the most handsome nightmare she had ever met. Jamie Farrell
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He was sort of Kimmie’s boss. And he wasn’t just a thorn in General Mom’s side — he was a whole stinking rosebush. If the rosebush were six feet of hunky, cake-blaspheming, rich playboy. Jamie Farrell
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If my mom sees you here, she’ll ---“ “Paper the walls with my innards while the innocents watch? Jamie Farrell
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But he knew how to kiss a woman until she needed his kisses more than she needed to breathe. Until her bones melted. Until she gave him exactly what he wanted. Jamie Farrell
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Is he nice?” one whispered over her gum paste roses for this weekend’s wedding cakes. “ Um, obviously, ” Kimmie said. “ You’re why he’s always coming around? I know he’s hot stuff in Chicago, but he always seems so stiff when he comes here, ” another added from the sink. “ Honey, you want them stiff, ” a third said… Jamie Farrell
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Right on time, sugar.” Josh draped his arm around her shoulders and steered her through the lobby. “Traffic okay?” “ Yeah, except when that alien spaceship landed on I-90 and then all those crickets jumped out to perform Beethoven’s Fifth on kazoos. Otherwise, clear sailing. Jamie Farrell
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Are those the Edible Undies cupcakes?” one of the women in the kitchen asked. “ They’re the Nipple Lickers, ” Kimmie answered. “Without the nipples.” “ I heard you perfected the Sex on a Peach cupcakes, ” another feminine voice said. “ Can you squeeze me in for a double order of Spank Me Strawberries the weekend before Knot Fest? Jamie Farrell
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On my honor, I ain’t ever tasting another woman’s sexualfavors. Even if the bakery offers ’em up in a cupcake wrapper andcalls ’em whipped dreams. Jamie Farrell
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The Milked Duck was empty, save for Dahlia’s two part-timehelpers, but they were all rushing around, anticipating the firstguests for her Risqué Flavor Tasting event any moment now. The up front freezers were stocked with Chocolate Orgasm, Peachy Passion, Sexual Favors, Mikey’s favorite Cherry Popperand more. She had a case of Sin on a Stick treats ready to go and atemporary menu up on the board behind her. Jamie Farrell
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This Chocolate Orgasm is the best chocolate ice cream I’veever had.”“ Mikey helped with that one, ” Dahlia heard herself say. Mari Belle laughed, a light, pretty sound. “I sense hisinfluence in the Hazel’s Nuts. Jamie Farrell
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One side of his lips quirked up in a sexy smirk. “Got a cure forthat frustration you got going on, ” he said.“ Got a cure for your ego? Jamie Farrell
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What, was there something special in your ice cream?” he said like an ass.“ Estrogen, ” she said. “You might notice some swelling in your boobs and shrinkage in your package for a few days. Jamie Farrell
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I am so not kissing you tonight, ” she informed him. He chuckled softly. And if she thought his smile wasdangerous, his chuckle should’ve been classified as a biologicalweapon. Sin in a sound wave.“ But now you’re thinking about what it would be like, ain’tyou?” he said.“ Only my stupid parts. Jamie Farrell
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He looked up from the paper he was scribbling on and offeredher a lopsided grin. “Hey, sweet pea. You bring me anythingspecial?” The lopsided bit wasn’t odd, but there was something forcedabout it. “Got a fresh bag of cat food outside.” Cat food that she’dbought with the twenty he’d left to pay for his ice cream. He pushed his makeshift drum set aside and rose with astretch. “Words every man dreams of hearing. Make my night ifyou say you got catnip too.” She tried not to giggle. She tried hard. But she couldn’t help herself. “Extra strength, ” she said. This time, his grin came out bigger, less forced. “Woman ofmy dreams.”“ In your dreams, ” she said. Jamie Farrell
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Two years ago, she had inherited The Milked Duck Ice Cream Shoppe in downtown Bliss from Great Aunt Agnes. After gettingher degree in sociology and then bouncing around the country, waffling from job to job and one relative’s couch to another, she’d finally found where she fit: creating and serving happiness to the locals and the destination wedding tourists in Bliss. Jamie Farrell
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Those gray eyes slid back to her. “Your shower big enough for two?”“ Yes, but the cats don’t like to get wet. Neither does theguinea pig. But you might have some success with the lizard.” Bad, bad move. Because both corners of his mouth weregetting in on the smile action. He moved them one at a time, first the right corner, then a slow follow from the left corner. And then he showed his dimple. . Jamie Farrell
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I can’t make a first impression like the one I made on you. That would be horrible.” “ Slow down there, princess. How do you know what kind of first impression you gave me?” Rowan made her ‘are you for real?’ face. “I think it’s safe to say getting tangled in dog leashes and then having one of the dogs urinate on you ranks up there with worst first impressions ever.” “ I’d classify it as most memorable…. I knew right then my life would never be the same. Robin Bielman
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What if pretending is interfering with the person you’re meant to be?” he said. Robin Bielman
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I’m in awe of you, Rowan Palotay, ” he said softly. “And plan to make love to you for the rest of the night, but right now, I want you to be a good cowgirl and ride me.” His finger hooked around the string of her panties, and he tugged them down and off. “The boots stay on. Robin Bielman
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He tasted like chocolate and hazelnut liqueur and she wanted to feast on him for the rest of the night. His kiss… his kiss took her to another place where fireworks blazed. Robin Bielman
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Fair warning, though, ” he added quietly. “When I hold you against me, I don’t plan on letting you go….” She gently ran the pads of her fingers down his cheek and around his clean-shaven jaw. His face really was a work of art. “Perfect. Then I’ll be right where I want to be. Robin Bielman
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Phew. I thought I was going to have to slay a few dragons for you while I was here.” “ I’m no damsel in distress, Your Highness. I can take care of myself. Robin Bielman
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They hadn’t been good months. About as ugly as a wet warthog and as messed up as a bumblebee in a snowstorm. Jamie Farrell
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And this is Kimmie Elias.”Kimmie inhaled a loud breath. “I had a dream you were thelove child of Bugs Bunny and the abominable snowman, but in my dream that was a good thing, and you lived in a mushroom that hadsecret passages into outer space, ” she said. And here he thought he’d already heard it all. Jamie Farrell
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Did you call someone and tell them you’re safe?”“ Called and told ’em I’m not dead. Not so sure about safeyet. Jamie Farrell
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Lindsey had a nearly uncontrollable desire to run herfingers through his hair, to see if it was as soft today as it had been the last time she’d known him. And that thick stubble on his cheeks and chin was long enough to be soft too. The good soft. Especially against her softer parts. Intrigue and desire warmed the smileys on her panties. Jamie Farrell
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Heard a rumor you can’t cook, ” he said. She didn’t look away from her reading. “You know rumors. They’re always true.” She had him there. According to some of the tabloids, he had fourteen love children, two with aliens and one with the sister of Bigfoot. Jamie Farrell
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She didn’t need a man. She wanted one. Robin Bielman
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Wow. You really know how to make a woman happy..."" I have a night-eight percent success rate with always knowing what will make a woman happy, " he said. Lindsey chuckled softly. "And how do you quantify that?"" Would you like to know, " he said. Nat wanted to know. Jamie Farrell
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CJ stepped toward her. His hand found her cheek. Natalie's eyes drifted shut. He was going to kiss her. "Good thing we practiced five years ago, " he whispered. Natalie whimpered out a pathetic laugh, but then his lips were on hers, his hand tangled in her hair, his other hand holding her against him. And he kissed her. Jamie Farrell
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She hoped he kissed her. Only her. And that when he kissed her, he was thinking about her. Only her. If he kissed her, she would kiss him back. She would kiss him back with everything she had. Every last person in the stadium would watch her kiss him, and every last one of them would know she wouldn't have minded kissing him forever. Jamie Farrell
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Get back to work."" Fine way to talk to your wife."" If you were my wife, I would've slapped your ass too." She stared at him a beat too long. She did love the feel of his hands on her ass. Jamie Farrell
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My clue is that you're supposed to keep going once you've found me." His eyes narrowed. Thoughtfully, as though he were looking for the words she wanted to say instead. "Keep going in the maze?" he said slowly. "Or keep going somewhere else?" The man had an evil streak. "The maze, " she said firmly. Helpfully. Like a dutiful daughter of Bliss."Because there are a few places I'd like to go with you. . Jamie Farrell
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She gulped her whiskey sour. The bar was hot tonight. C J circled back to check on them. "You ladies doing okay?"" Define okay." Natalie's whiskey seemed to be talking. Because the whiskey was the only thing that could've put that husky, suggestive tone in her voice. Yep, that was all the whiskey. He propped his elbows on the bar, which put his face level with hers, and fixed his undivided attention on her. There went her lady bits fanning themselves. With a few added whimpers. They remembered what his hands and body and lips felt like too." Content." His voice was low and raw, his gaze penetrating and unwavering. "Happy. Completely, one hundred percent satisfied." Her mouth went dry while the rest of her went up in needy flames that made her want to scratch the all-but-gone rash he'd tended so well on Monday."Nope, " Natalie squeaked. "Not okay then. . Jamie Farrell
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He held a beautiful bouquet of mixed wildflowers and offered them to her. "They missed you." He brushed a kiss on her lips. "Just like me. Tracy March
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Hopefully we'll be doing this forever, but we'll only have one first time. Tracy March
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You busy?" she asked. He gave her a crooked grin, "Right now I'd say I'm completely engaged." She smiled demurely. "But I want to take you to my secret place." Bryce loosened his grip on her, giving her a full view of the quizzical, playful look on his face. "Is that a come-on? Because I'm way past ready to go to your secret place. Tracy March
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Leaning in, he brushed his lips on Holly's cheek, and whispered in her ear, "You okay?" She gave him a sidelong glance. "You might not promise adventure, but you sure do deliver. Tracy March
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I am debating about you, totally stumped between boxers and briefs." She winked. He shot her his sexiest look. "Let me know when you're ready for the big reveal. Tracy March
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He lay between her legs, propped himself on his elbows, and gazed at the sunset in her eyes. "I want to remember this moment, " he said huskily. Tracy March
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I'm fine, " she said. "I'm just hiding from the Queen General and her latest poster boy."" The Queen General?" Which one of his sisters fit that description? More like which one didn't." Queen General Marilyn, " his visitor said. "Supreme ruler of Bliss and chairperson of Knot Festival."The words 'Knot Festival' twisted CJ's stomach, and the room seemed to climb ten degrees hotter. He tugged at his bow tie. The woman kept talking.. Marilyn rewrote the Golden Husband Games rules so her Exalted Widower is eligible to be named Husband of the Half Century. And you know what? He's the reason my husband left me. . Jamie Farrell
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They don't like my kind in here, " Arthur said to CJ...I own a shop on The Aisle. Huck there" - Arthur nodded at the barkeep - "isn't a fan of the wedding industry."" Why not?"" Guy's been divorced three times and has a bar called Suckers in the most married-est town on earth. He caters to the underground wedding haters and single groomsmen. Jamie Farrell
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You stay married thirty-four years, you don't have to prove who's got the bigger balls. Just take it for granted she does. Jamie Farrell
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One day, son, you're gonna find yourself your everything. When you do, you tell her. And then you make sure you live it. Live it every day. Jamie Farrell
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There's something you need to know, " he said. Her own breath came out loud and uneven. He was entirely in her personal space, but she'd given him enough power as it was. She wouldn't back away, wouldn't let him see her agitation. He tucked her hair behind her ear. Tension took hold of her body. She shuddered, looked up to tell him to stop, but he bent forward, his lips parted, a single freckle on his cheek drawing her attention while his lips got closer and closer and closer until ---"For future reference, " he said, "I never kiss horribly." And before she could blink or breathe or think, his lips closed over hers. His grip tightened in her hair, and when she should've protested or pulled away or kicked him in the shins, her body melted into his. Kissing him was wrong.. So wrong. She was so good at so wrong. Jamie Farrell
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She was fixated on replaying the image of a tall, broad, Highland warrior marching into battle against the evil waterfalls of doom to rescue a stuffed dinosaur. He'd saved Cindy.For Noah.CJ Blue was making it very difficult for Natalie to continue to dislike him. Jamie Farrell
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You're right. What Drew and I had was genuine. He loved me. That doesn't mean he didn't change his mind. Mary J. Williams
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She wanted him to leave town with a smile on his face. She wanted to be memorable. Mary J. Williams
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I'm going to find ways to make you blush, just so I can enjoy the journey. Mary J. Williams
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I made the first move. Now it's up to him." " Telling him you should hit the sack and get it out of your system is not making the first move. Mary J. Williams
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Well, she was through. If he wanted her, he'd have to do something about it. Mary J. Williams
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I want you to stay here ...with me." " All night?" " All night." Drew cupped her face with his hands giving her a gentle kiss. "In my arms. Mary J. Williams
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I'm good at a lot of things, " he murmured. Jill Shalvis