Lisa Carlisle > Quotes

“Can I see it yet?”
Gina shook her head with wide eyes. “Not until it’s done. I hate letting anyone see my work until it’s finished.
“Why?” A curious glint twinkled from his eyes.
“Uh, uh. I don’t know,” she stammered. “It’s not ready to be seen. Naked, I guess. Unfinished.”
“I let you hear a few chords of my music. Unfinished.” His voice dropped to a dangerously sexy tone. “Naked.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Does this make me your muse?” His voice was a low, luscious tone that rippled through her…
“In a way, I guess it does.” She took a step back, she needed air. Being around him, so close, made it too difficult to breathe.
“Maybe you’ll be mine.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“I bought new lingerie today I wanted to show you, but I didn’t get a chance with all that happened.”
“You’ll have to return tomorrow night then…. Maybe we’ll order an entire catalog.” His smile and the glint of mischievousness in his eyes reflected lascivious thoughts. “You can model all the outfits you’d like for me.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Velvet

“I’m into you, Gina.” He studied her face, her parted lips, and then pulled his gaze away. “But we can never be together.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“You must hate witches now.”
He pulled his gaze from her and stared back at the constellations. “I thought I did.”
He leaned toward her and took a lock of her hair, watching it as he ran it through his fingers. “Until I met you.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Stone Cursed: Zodiac Shifters: Taurus

“When you live among piranhas, you find truth and goodness an asset.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“That’s what you asked him?”
“Yeah, why?” Gina scrunched her face with confusion.
“I thought you were going to say something juicy.”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know, like if he would be your sex slave or something like that.”
“Kelly! Why would I ask him that?”
“He’s a hot guy, you’re a hot girl. We’re in a super romantic castle on the coast.” Kelly waved her hand around the room for emphasis. “Why the hell not generate some heat in between these cold stone walls?”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“I’d be careful about watching me too closely.”
“Why?” She smiled to match the sassy tone in her voice.
The smirk that had lingered on his face dropped away, replaced by a serious expression. “You might not like what you see.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Walk away. Leave her be.
And let this opportunity pass?
Relinquish the chance to be alone with her while she admired his art?
The temptation was too much to resist.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising

“The more you miss something, the greater the appeal.”
― Lisa Carlisle, When Darkness Whispers

“You don’t have to pose,” she said. “I want to capture you as you were. Forget I’m even here.”
He gave her a lopsided grin. “It’s impossible not to notice you.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Four gargoyle brothers came and went with their mates, which included a wolf shifter, a Pegasus shifter, a gargoyle, and Kayla (a tree witch). Only one remained unattached, the middle brother, Gavin. He swore it would always remain that way.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Stone Cursed: Zodiac Shifters: Taurus

“She ceased to breathe. When he leaned forward and his lips fluttered against hers, her footing became unsteady and she stumbled. He placed a hand on her lower back to steady her and pulled her close. Her breasts met his hard torso and she became aware at how frantically her heart beat. She wrapped her arms around his neck and lost herself in the kiss as their lips met. They explored each other with a sort of fascination, mouth and tongues claiming each other in their hunger. Delicately at first, as if not sure this was real or just a fantasy, and then strong and unyielding. Demanding this moment to never end.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Velvet

“An older witch once told me about this French saying – vous tombez bien.”
“What does that mean?” Alec asked.
“You’ve fallen well.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Stone Cursed: Zodiac Shifters: Taurus

“It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising

“A cross between two species. Doomed with the thirst of the undead for human blood, yet tormented by the gargoyle drive to protect them.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Velvet

“Nothing would keep him from loving her. She was everything he wanted. She was his.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Pursuit

“I like solitude.”
“Doesn’t seem to fit with the personality of a rock guitarist.”
“Let me tell you a secret.” He leaned forward. “My stage persona is not who I am at all.”
Gina realized she had completely stopped painting while listening, enraptured with what he had to say. “What are you then?”
He gave her a mischievous grin that reached his eyes. “Right now, I’m just a guy standing in front of a pretty girl who makes his pulse race.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Look at me, Regina.”
She glanced up at him, appearing tiny. He stood almost a foot taller than her in his boots while she wore flats, which looked like ballet shoes. His palms heated and his heartbeat raced. Her scent that had teased him from afar now tormented him up close. God, he wanted to wrap himself in that scent, bury himself deep inside her.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Since she had arrived for her stay at the artists’ colony called Les Beaux Arts at the Chateau DeRoche, she’d noticed something different about the owner, Antoine Chevalier. And not just the way his eyes bore into hers, shooting shivers through her and making it difficult to breathe. His quiet nature, his preference for seclusion for days at a time, and his still, composed temperament belied an intensity within. Noir eyes that rarely blinked spoke of haunted depth and smoldering passion.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Velvet

“You could inspire any man to do a number of things.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Why are you walking through the wood alone?”
― Lisa Carlisle, Knights of Stone: Mason

“I think you should be punished for tormenting me for so long.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Velvet

“What treasures he would give for one night with her. To watch her strip off one of her vintage dresses, revealing her satin skin inch by inch just for him.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising

“He lowered his head until his lips hovered centimeters above hers. This was the moment he craved. This heated moment – each of them lingering, waiting, wanting. He loved the excitement of the build-up almost as much as the conquest itself. As he’d told her many times, the greater the anticipation, the sweeter the reward.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Pursuit

“Their art was a natural pairing – Savannah’s poems were intensely romantic and sensual, and Antoine’s sculptures were erotically charged – and it only fueled the talk speculating if they were together.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Dark Muse

“Her eyelids lowered, and her irises darkened a shade, flickering with unmistakable desire. “All I want is you.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Knights of Stone: Seth

“My heart has found a new place to call home. Wherever you are.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Stone Cursed: Zodiac Shifters: Taurus

“Alec moved his mouth over her neck and the top edge of her breasts. “You must really want me to heat you up.” A hint of humor sparkled through the deep velvet tone.
“To volcanic levels,” she replied.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Stone Cursed: Zodiac Shifters: Taurus

“They’d stolen his life.
And rebirthed him as a monster.”
― Lisa Carlisle, Darkness Rising