Lisa Kramer

“You wound me, " he said, and pressed his palm over his heart. "Won't you ride with me?"
"I appreciate the offer, I do, but I might want to leave the dinner early."
His eyes brightened. "With me?"
"No. It's been a long day and I'm exhausted."
Scott released a long, exaggerated sigh. "If you must."
"I must," she insisted.
The two walked side by side toward the parking lot. Abby wasn't fooled. Scott was a flirt and way too glib for her to take him seriously. Nevertheless, she couldn't remember an evening she'd enjoyed more...and the festivities were just getting started.”
― Debbie Macomber

“Shawn looks up at me and directly into my eyes. "Let me be very clear about something, my darling girl. I could never get sick of you.”
― Stacey Ballis, How to Change a Life

“When both lovers yearn to become entirely one being, to free each other and to develop each other to the greatest perfection, this is the highest form of love possible between a man and a woman....To experience such love is to feel oneself doubled. Such feeling liberates and deepens the personality, inspires us to noble deeds and works of genius.”
― Nancy Horan, Loving Frank

“She gazed up at his face, ran her fingers along his unshaven cheeks. "I missed you."
He pulled her into his arms. She relaxed into him and let him hold her. She could feel the rhythm of his heart and pressed her lips against the soft cotton T-shirt that covered his chest.
"I missed you," she whispered again.
He stepped back for a moment, holding her at arm's length. "I missed you, too.”
― Beth Kendrick, Cure for the Common Breakup