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“He’d never expected to have a marriage like his parents’—few people on earth ever had. But at the very least Gabriel had hoped to marry an accomplished and respectable woman who would run his household efficiently and raise well-behaved children. Instead, it seemed he was going to marry a forest sprite. With an original mind.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“It was insane to let a creature so perfectly beautiful and artlessly spirited and vulnerable as his wife venture out into a world that could crush her with casual unconcern, and he had no choice but to allow it. But he had no illusions about ever being comfortable with it. For the rest of his life, he would feel a stab of dread every time she walked out the door, leaving him there with his heart wide open.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“I ain't gotta do nothing but stay Black and die. And Michael Jackson and Jesus showed even those two are optional.”
― Naima Simone, Huntsman

“You are no one in my life,” she said in a voice fraught with tension. “You cannot tell me what to—”
“Oh, I can,” he bit out, his voice a gravelly purr that abraded her skin and sparked something inside her. His hand slid around her nape and hauled her closer. His pirate’s eyes swallowed her up and forced all the air out from her lungs in one great rush. “I will.”
She opened her mouth to protest, but his mouth covered hers. Claimed her. It was the only word for it. This was a taking. And she the taken.”
― Sophie Jordan, While the Duke Was Sleeping