Brittanie

“Cole said, eyes empty, "And the world likes us better falling down.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Sinner

“and I don’t know how it could—” “Don’t say it,” Hazard said. “—get any worse.” At that moment, Somers opened the door at the top of the stairs and flicked on the light. Hazard felt like the floor had opened up beneath him; his stomach dropped and just kept dropping, past his knees, past his ankles, and he doubted it would hit bottom for another mile or so. There was just one bed.”
― Gregory Ashe, Transposition

“I would remember him forever. If only for the hopeless kind of lonely he made me feel.”
― Roe Horvat, The Layover

“His build made up for that, though: broad-shouldered and very solid, with arms that looked like they were used to, or for, hard work, and powerful thighs made for riding. Luke certainly wouldn’t mind riding them, a thought he put firmly aside.”
― K.J. Charles, A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel