Jill Shalvis Quotes

There was the amount of time you'd known someone and then there was the way you'd spent that time.

You’re only as strong as your biggest weakness.

You’re sweet to humor me."He nearly choked on a fry. There was the sweet again. He should have killed someone this week; that would have taken care of that.

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Wyatt should’ve looked ridiculous sitting on the floor, leaning into the crate makingkissykiss noises at the cat, but he didn’t. He looked … mouthwatering. “Hey, sweet thing,” he said in a low cajoling voice. “Come on out. I’ll gonna love you up, I promise. You know you want some of that.”“Oh, please,” Emily said on a laugh to cover up the fact that her bones melted at thesound of him. “That’s never going to work—“But hell if the cat didn’t shift ever so slightly closer to Wyatt and sniff at him.Wyatt flashed both Sweetie and Emily a smile. “Aw, that’s it,” he crooned to thesuspicious, wary cat. “Come on, baby girl, all the way. I’ll be good to you, I promise.”Emily laughed again, even as she felt her nipples tighten. She crossed her arms over herchest. “Honestly, Wyatt, no selfrespecting female – cat or woman – is going to—

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I don't want to dig him or his sexy self. But I keep losing my clothes when I'm with him.

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Damn. A dead body. I hate it when that happens.

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If I call him back here," Cooper whispered in her ear, "will you crawl up my body again?

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Welcome," the man said in utter contradiction to his urban street clothes. He eyed the vibrator in Cooper's hand but whatever his thoughts were on a guy wielding a vibrator, he kept to himself. "I'll get some candles.

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We could sit around and talk if you'd like.""Okay." She crossed her arms and tried to look casual. "So what's up?"t"Considering what you're wearing beneath that sheet, and what we just heard in the hallway, you might want to rephrase that particular statement.

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She wished now she'd brought that vibrator as a flashlight instead of leaving it on the couch.

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Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave your house.

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I don’t want to talk about it,” she said. Once again he was close. Too close. So damn close. “At all,” she added, hearing with some alarm that her voice had softened. Everything had softened, at just his proximity. “Ever,” she whispered, and found her gaze locked on his mouth.He had a really great mouth.“I don’t want to talk, either,” that mouth said very seriously. And then he lowered his head and kissed her.

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She had no idea how long they kissed—and kissed—but she didn’t think about stopping until she ran out of air. Breathing hard, she slowly opened her eyes and stared directly into his.They’d heated. Darkened. And something else. He wasn’t looking so relaxed now. In fact, he was looking the opposite of relaxed. He looked…feral.And she was his prey.

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I made a tactical error tonight with Wyatt." She paused "Horizontally." Sara laughed. "Again?

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You know what you are, Sam Brody?" she whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck. "A big, fat tease." They both knew there wasn't an ounce of fat on him. They also both knew exactly what she meant.

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She was carrying two coffees and a donut bag, and right then and there, he fell in love."-Animal Magnetism

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She’s drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. “Someone should stop her.

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He rocked her against him. "No idea what I'm going to do with you."tShe didn't know what he was going to do with her either, but she hoped it was good.

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Her hands slid to his shoulders, his biceps, and dug in as if to hold him here, right here. But he wasn't going anywhere. He liked her hands on him, liked her tongue in his mouth, and when she made that noise deep in her throat, the one that said she was as lost as him, he groaned, both in pleasure and with a good amount of what-the-fuckery, because he knew.He was in trouble. Down to the bone trouble, and he didn't give one single shit.

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Go away. I hate everyone right now, and I'm pretty sure that includes you.

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Experience is what you get when you didn’t know what you wanted.

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Good judgment comes from bad experience. Unfortunately, most of that comes from bad judgment.- Tara Daniels -

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Look,” she said, “apparently you bring out my inner slut. I’m not going to thank you for that.”Wyatt smiled that sexy smile of his. “I could make you.”She pointed a finger at his nose. And then lowered it so it was pointed at another part of his anatomy entirely. “Don’t even think about it.”“Oh, I won’t,” he said silkily. “But you will.”And she knew he was right.

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Are we going to be stupid?” she whispered.“Define stupid.”“Anything that involves either one of us exposing our favorite body parts.” Or their hearts…“I want to hear about your favorite body part,” he said. “In great detail.

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I've got this.

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That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He never second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted.

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She sucked in a breath. "You're..."tWhen 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.t"Handy," she finished softly.t"And you're..."tShe smiled. "Stubborn? Annoying?"t"Set to go," he said.

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

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I'm ready," she promised. She kissed his jaw and then rubbed her cheek against it, letting out a low hum of arousal at the feel of his stubble on her skin. He had a scent that every single one of her senses responded to. The texture of his skin, the taste of his tongue, the latent strength in his hands - everything about him did it for her. "I want this," she said. "I want you.

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This had already been the best sex she'd ever had and all he'd done was touch her.

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I know I'm the one who put limits on this... this thing," she said, and bit her lower lip, suddenly nervous. "But I'm pretty sure we're not quite done with each other."tHe looked at her for what felt like a long time. "You want another night."tStill unable to take her eyes off his mouth, she didn't muzzle herself. "I want as long as it takes."tHe cupped her jaw, lifting her head up so that she was looking into his eyes again. "Don't make promises you can't keep."t"What makes you think I can't keep it?"t"Because you seem to like things one night at a time," he said in that low, sexy voice. "But no way is one more night going to be enough.

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Cupping a cheek in each hand, he lifted her back up to his desk and pressed his hips hard into hers.tHer eyes were worried. "But people keep coming---"t"The next person to come is going to be you," he said.

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I've got a hot shower and an even hotter bed only ten minutes from here."t"Hotter bed?"t"It's got a heater in it."tShe narrowed her eyes. "It does not."t"Hand to heaven," he said.tShe narrowed her eyes. "Does this 'heater' run on electricity?"t"Nope.

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A few moments ago, he'd had her up against a wall, skirt shoved up to her belly button, hands in her panties, his fingers driving her straight to oblivion, and now... now he was this intense, cool, calm, and collected man.tWith a gun.t"Breanne. Are you ok?"tShe stared at him. He had his shirt loose and draped over the bulge of his gun. He looked rough-and-tumble. Baddass.tDamn it, she had a serious weakness for badass.

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He was just drifting off when he heard her soft whisper. "Cooper?"t"Still here." Maybe she'd changed her mind about the sheet. The thought made his body twitch. Yeah, she was going to toss that damn thing aside and roll toward him. She'd wrap that hot little bod tight to his, and he'd ---t"Thank you." Breanne said very quietly.tHe blinked. "Thank you? He slid his hand down to cup himself. Still hard. Nope, he hadn't missed anything...

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.t”Don’t go,” she whispered softly.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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You promise not to fall for me," she said seriously. "No matter how lovable I am?"tHe 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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The special please," she said, waving a coupon from the week's paper. "The young rejuvenating facial. I want to look thirty."t"Mom," Jonathan said. "It's a facial, not a magic wand."tShe 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?"t"How about gorgeous?" Jonathan asked his mom. "Does gorgeous work for you?

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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.

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