Forced Proximity Quotes

“I want to tell her that she's luminous, she's so bright in my mind, sometimes I can't focus.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“She walks in like a force of nature wrapped in a tight-fitting pencil skirt, and just like that... my morning unravels.”
― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

“You’ve got nothing to worry about.” He cradles my cheeks, leaning in to press his forehead against mine. “I told you already. It’ll always be you.”
― K.A. Tucker, North Country

“She turns to leave, but I grab her arm and spin her around. Her eyes are puffy and red from crying, her beautiful face is screaming her hatred for me, and I fucking hate it. “Let—” I silence her with my mouth. She tries to push me away, but I don’t let her. I need to feel that she doesn’t fucking hate me the way she claims.”
― Noyar Cecil, Cursed by Denial : A Dark Second-Chance Forced Marriage Romance

“He’s a monster. But somehow, impossibly, he’s mine.”
― Rebecca Dale, The Fall of Summer

“The more we date, the further I fall. The further I fall, the more I want this to work.
The risks are terrifying, but sometimes the greatest things in life come from the risks we take. And this is a risk that could potentially give me everything I’ve ever wanted.”
― Lisa Suzanne, Snap Decision

“I swallowed the repulsion of having her so close, my fingers eager for the ax lying just out of reach.”
― Ashley Earley, Forbidden Captive

“I needed to hear her, to know she was here. But I couldn’t reach her—couldn’t open my eyes to search for her. The aching pang had me trapped in the fog of my mind, keeping me from reaching her through the haze.”
― Ashley Earley, Forbidden Captive

“It had taken me a while to realize she was beautiful. But once I got up close to her, once I spent so much time around her, finding those sharp, green eyes watching me with a threat or the spark of something else—there was no going back. I had broken through her barriers and my own prejudices, and there was no undoing it.”
― Ashley Earley, Forbidden Captive

“They were best friends.
Then a kiss ruined everything.
Now they’re stepbrothers—
and one dare away from burning it all down again.”
― Raquel Riley, Double Dared

“I wear the memories in stitches, in pain that takes its time. The body remembers everything.”
― Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“My fingers memorize the way her limbs flow. How soft and careful she is. How sure she is in her quiet.”
― Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

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― Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“Are you okay?
Jae. Her voice hovers in the silence as I drop the broken birds into the trash can. A glass splinter digs into my hand and leaves a small, swelling red mark when I pull it out.
Are you okay?
I look up at the ticking clock on the kitchen wall. I can’t be late for my two-hour shift at the diner.
Are you okay?
I rip off my jersey and jump into the shower and try not to think about her black eyes shining like glass. I try not to think about the dimples that appear like magic when she talks. I wonder if I could ever make her smile and how deep her dimples would get. I wonder what would happen if I touched her, or if I ever should.
Maybe she’d break like everything else.”
― Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“I decide that Derek Patel, however beautiful he might be under all that dust, is a hope a heart should not have, a flashing yellow light, a reflective caution sign in the dark. Detour. Dead end.”
― Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“What am I thinking? I can’t do dinner with Cameron. At an intimate table for two. Sharing a bottle of wine. Making small talk all while trying not to drool because he’ll probably be wearing a button down that showcases some of the tattoos on his chest.”
― Carly Robyn, Fire and Ice

“I like you.” I pout at him.
“Oh, please. You can’t possibly know that yet.” He winks at me.
“I can, and I do.”
― Kay Cove, Paper Hearts

“We flirted because it was fun, but it was clear we both knew we wouldn’t be more than friends. And then…we kissed, and everything changed.”
― Kat Singleton, More than Friends

“I wish he would kiss me until I forget how much I hate him.”
― Cleo White, Revelation

“But as I walk to my car, I can’t shake the feeling that nothing about this arrangement is going to be fair—or simple—at all.”
― Carly Robyn, Fire and Ice

“I just don’t want you to see me as an escort. I mean, that’s why you keep coming onto me, right? Because you think I’m some sort of sex Yoda that’s going to get between your thighs and awaken you to a whole new world of magic and creativity?”
― Kay Cove, Paper Hearts

“I’m falling hard and fast for Jude Kensington—my best friend—and I don’t think there’s anything I can do to stop it. All I can do is hide it and try my best to pretend it isn’t the truth.”
― Kat Singleton, More than Friends

“Oh yeah, tough guy? Come on. I’ll give you the first swing. But you better kill me. Because when I swing, you die.”
― Kay Cove, Paper Hearts

“The Ice Queen's hijacked my f***ing brain. What if I can't concentrate on the ice? Right now all I'm thinking about is that kiss.”
― Kara Kendrick, Bad Boy Breakaway

“I’m a servant, and he’s a prince. Cinderella to Prince Charming. Only there’s no glass slipper or happily ever after for us. We’re what happens when midnight never ends.”
― J. Saman, Midnight Prince

“What look? The one that says I want to be inside you so badly I can barely think straight?”
― Carly Robyn, Fire and Ice

“When I straighten from my pose, he’s standing too close behind me, and he’s definitely hard.
Partner yoga is doing it for him. Or maybe he just really likes sunrises.”
― Lisa Suzanne, Left Field

“Em!” I call out, my voice husky. “I never stopped thinking about you. Never.” No matter how much I tried.
She stalls and, after a lengthy delay, peers over her shoulder at me. Her eyes are glossy in the bath of light from the garage’s spotlight. “I guess it’s time you forgot about me and moved on.” With that, she vanishes into the darkness, nothing but a faint glow of her flashlight to mark her trail.”
― K.A. Tucker, North Country

“I want you like this all the time. Mine to feast on whenever I want. Naked on my desk. Pleading.”
― Brandy Hynes, Roulette Rising

“I will do anything for you, Zar. Anything. Name it, and it’s yours. But don't ask me to let you go.”
― Brandy Hynes, Roulette Rising