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“Liv,” he said, his voice rough with tenderness, “you don’t have to be afraid.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’ll slay monsters for you.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“Maybe this was meant to happen, this discovery of cracks where now a different, new light can shine through.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“Since the day we met, I haven’t wanted anyone but you, never looked at another woman, never thought about one. It’s always been you Olivia.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“Right now I want you naked against me," Dean says. "I want to wake up cold because you’ve hogged all the blankets. I want to feel your leg between mine, your hair in my face, your arm flung across my chest. I want to find myself on the edge of the bed in the morning because you’ve sprawled all over the mattress. I want to sleep with you.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Don’t you want to touch me? I whispered.
More than I want to breathe.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“The allure, huh?”
“I’ve learned a few things about castle architecture over the years.” Liv wraps one arm around my waist. “The allure is a passage behind the parapet of a castle wall. Great for defense when the enemy is approaching. You know you’re safe on the allure.” She tucks her head beneath my chin, twining her hand with mine. “Like we’re safe with each other.”
“No doubt about it, beauty.” I press my face against her sweet-smelling hair. “You’ll always be my allure.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“You’re so damn strong, Liv, and you don’t even realize it. I’m the one who’s always had to show people I’m successful, an achiever, the best at everything I did. I’m the one who’s always been a goddamn egotist. A groveler. And you…you’re the first person who’s ever…Christ, Liv, sometimes the way you look at me makes me feel like I can hang the fucking moon.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“You and me, professor.”
“You and me, beauty.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“One day I’m going to touch you in a thousand different ways and show you how to touch me,” he said.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“I’ve given you all I have, all I am. You know that. Why didn’t you do the same for me?”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“So what are we, then?” I asked. “When someone asks who I am, what am I supposed to say?”
“You say, ‘Hi, I’m Liv, Dean’s very hot and sexy lady.’” I couldn’t smother a giggle. “Seriously.”
“Paramour?”
“No.”
“Cuddle bunny?”
“God, no.”
“Valentine? Sweetheart? Girlfriend?”
“Girlfriend.” I rested my forehead against his chest. “I guess.” “Not the best word, but it’ll do in public.” He kissed my
temple. “In private, you can just be my beauty.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Silence falls, pulsing with the truth of what I’ve learned and what Dean has yet to acknowledge. Our relationship, our love, cannot and will never be perfect. It will, however, always belong only to us in all its flawed, intense beauty. Perfect in its very imperfection.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Love the one who proves to you that happily ever after is only the beginning.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“Loved. I hadn't even realized how desperetly I'd wanted love.How much we both needed to know that in a world of dark corners and sharp needles, there really is a place where kisses taste like apple pie and where stars spill like suger across the sky. A place where unknown roads no longer scare you because you have another hand to hold. A place where butterflies always flutter whenever you see each other, and a single touch tells you that you are not alone. A place where every kiss still feels like the first. In that place of us, Liv and Dean, love has its own poetry and language. Allure, quartrefoil, fleur-de-lis...Professor. Beauty.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“My husband doesn’t just love me. He knows how to love me. He knows what I need and when I need it, sometimes even better than I do.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“We’re going to have to read a lot of books,” I say.
“My life’s work involves reading books.”
“We’ll probably have to take some classes.”
“I’m at my best in a classroom.”
“And I hear we’ll need to buy a ton of stuff.”
“We can afford stuff.”
I look up into his chocolate-brown eyes.
“I just wish I knew where to start,” I whisper.
“Right here, beauty.” And he presses his lips to mine.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I’ll always be here. She could rip me open, tear me apart, and I’d still crawl back to her.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“I moved closer to Dean, breathing in the scent of his skin, the heat of his body. "Remember when you told me everyone has a key to unlocking their secrets?" I whispered. " And you wanted to know what mine is?" He nodded. "And you told me you didn't have a key." "I think I do." "What is it?" "You.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I love him to my bones, but suddenly I’m wondering what I might have been without him.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“Do you want a baby?” I finally ask.
“No.”
My heart almost stops. “No?”
“I don’t want a baby.” Dean puts his hand on my belly, spreading his fingers out. “But I do want this baby. I want our baby.”
I smile, relief filling me like light. “Good, because that’s all I’ve got.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“There are so many important lessons I’ve learned in my journey to now. Trust your instincts, follow your bliss, make plans, work hard, learn to let things go. Don’t be late. Remember that fortune favors the brave. Live. If you need to run, try and run toward something. Study for tests. Laugh at silly cartoons. Be organized. If you fall seven times, get up eight. Always carry an extra pen. Believe you can do everything. Find your key. And the most valuable lesson I’ve learned will forever live in my heart, right beside my husband. Love the one who proves to you that happily ever after is only the beginning.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“He is imprinted in my bones, my soul. He has marked me in ways more permanent than time.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“It’s not running away if you’re running toward something.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“Beauty, you make me want to stop time so I can look at you forever.”
― Nina Lane, Awaken

“He didn't touch me. He could have—he had the perfect reason to—but he didn't.
Instead he bent to collect my papers before the breeze could whisk them away. Instead he picked up my satchel from the sidewalk and asked if I was okay. Instead he stood between me and the busy street while I brushed the dirt from my palms and tried to
swallow the knot of frustration stuck in my throat. Instead he just waited. I had the strange thought that he would wait forever.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“Why are you waiting for me?” I asked.

“Because you’re worth it.”

“You don’t know that.”

“Yes, I do.”

“How?”

“I’ve been around. I know when something’s good."

My throat tightened a little. “What if you’re wrong?”

“I’m not wrong.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“I knew I could be everything for him that he was for me. I could heal his wounds, be his anchor, treasure him. Together we could create our own world, one of warmth and affection, protected from the slings and arrows of the world.
For despite our differences, our struggles, our childhoods at opposite ends of the spectrum... Dean and I were the same.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Helen’s gaze flickers to Liv. “I’m Helen Morgan. Dean and I were once married.”
“I’m Olivia West,” Liv replies. “Dean and I are married.” The possessive tone in her voice does me some good.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I put my hands flat on the table. Lean in to look her in the eye. “So she was a student when we met. She was also schlepping coffee. Best damn coffee I’ve ever had. One look at her and I was a goner. Done. Since that day, I’ve never had it so good. So don’t try and put her down because you can’t. She’s everything you never were. Everything you’ll never be.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Since the day we met, I haven’t wanted anyone but you,”

“Never looked at another woman,” he continues, “Never thought about one. It’s always been you, Olivia.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse