Jade

“And there were other, more personal things he couldn’t reveal … like the beautiful skin of her throat and chest, the weight of her hair in his hands, the way strength and vulnerability were pleated inside her like two pieces of fabric folded together.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight

“Yes,” he murmured, a glowing sensation spreading in his chest. “Show me what feels good for you.”
― Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit

“She’s pulled the cloth wrapping off the lower half of her face. Beyond her gray-and-kohl eye makeup, which not even the end of the world will stop her from wearing,”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“I told one of the footmen I wanted a look underneath the table, as one of the leaves wasn’t quite level.” Her brows lifted. “You lied for my sake?” “No, I noticed at dinner that the liquids in the wine and water glasses were slightly tilted. The leaf wasn’t set in properly, so I adjusted it while I was down there.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra