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01Undated

You're what I've been looking for my whole life, and if you let me, I'll love you for the rest of yours.

Robin Bielman / quote

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02Undated

Regret isn't real. It's something invented to punish ourselves

Robin Bielman / quote

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03Undated

I don't have any tan lines because I sunbathe in the nude.

Robin Bielman / quote

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04Undated

Even if she'd wanted to, she couldn't look away as he approached. His eyes held hers with commanding authority and she never backed down from a challenge. Forget that their azure color was crystal clear and they held a sort of animal magnetism. If Tess didn't know better, she'd say he wanted to devour her. Holy shit.

Robin Bielman / quote

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05Undated

I’m the only one who gets to kiss that sexy mouth of yours....The only one who gets to taste between your legs. And I’m the only one who gets to bury himself inside you...and make you come.

Robin Bielman / quote

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06Undated

The feel of him made her forget all of her troubles, all the decisions weighing on her. She wanted to trade every sky dive, every bungee jump, every outdoor risk, for the thrill of being with him. A willingness to risk it all overwhelmed her.

Robin Bielman / quote

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07Undated

The clandestine operation tucked several floors below ground level inside a Los Angeles high-rise had never before made her queasy. Today the copper walls, marble flooring, refrigerated temperature and minimal furnishings took discomfort to a new level. She'd swear Alien was about to burst from her belly.

Robin Bielman / quote

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08Undated

He kissed her more thoroughly, more deeply, more deliciously than she'd thought possible. Everything vanished for her. Nothing existed anywhere else. It was only the two of them. Lost in a time and place where no one could see them or touch them or harm them. The world as she knew it didn't matter. Nothing was as real as the two of them in each other's arms, Hugh kissing her like he might die without her.

Robin Bielman / quote

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09Undated

She'd jumped out of plenty of planes. Albeit with a parachute in place, but she pushed that worry aside.

Robin Bielman / quote

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10Undated

As nice an offer as that was, I'm afraid I'm not interested.""I see the job as your only chance for survival.

Robin Bielman / quote

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11Undated

Do you come here often?"..."Often enough, but I've never sat across from such a beautiful woman before.

Robin Bielman / quote

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12Undated

Ready to hit the sack?"She choked on the last slide of her ice cream and cleared her throat, "With you?"... "You offering?""No! I'm not offering." She pushed to her feet and then with a softer tone added, "Are you asking?

Robin Bielman / quote

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13Undated

Oh my god! Oh no, no, no, no. The condoms. Hugh had seen the condoms. She wanted to bury her head under the covers and never come out.

Robin Bielman / quote

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14Undated

He's definitely not one for negotiation, no matter how hard I've tried.""You try asking him naked?"Tess choked on her Irish coffee. "I beg your pardon?""Men can't think straight when a woman's naked. Something about their brain cells getting jumbled. And then their favorite word become 'yes

Robin Bielman / quote

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15Undated

Something potent, something that fused them together, that made her beginning entwine with his end, passed between them. He'd marked her his.And she didn't want to fight it.

Robin Bielman / quote

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16Undated

Zane," she moaned. "Please touch me.""I will. I'm going to touch every inch of you until I know what makes you sigh and what makes you giggle and what makes you beg me to never stop. I'm going to make you shudder and scream so that long after tonight you'll remember the feel of my hands and exactly where they were on your body.""I'm going to die if you don't get on with it.

Robin Bielman / quote

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17Undated

I’m here for your pants and shoes.

Robin Bielman / quote

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18Undated

I’m not most women…""...I’m getting that.

Robin Bielman / quote

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19Undated

I can’t make a first impression like the one I made on you. That would be horrible.” “Slow down there, princess. How do you know what kind of first impression you gave me?” Rowan made her ‘are you for real?’ face. “I think it’s safe to say getting tangled in dog leashes and then having one of the dogs urinate on you ranks up there with worst first impressions ever.” “I’d classify it as most memorable…. I knew right then my life would never be the same.

Robin Bielman / quote

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20Undated

What if pretending is interfering with the person you’re meant to be?” he said.

Robin Bielman / quote

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21Undated

I’m in awe of you, Rowan Palotay,” he said softly. “And plan to make love to you for the rest of the night, but right now, I want you to be a good cowgirl and ride me.” His finger hooked around the string of her panties, and he tugged them down and off. “The boots stay on.

Robin Bielman / quote

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22Undated

He tasted like chocolate and hazelnut liqueur and she wanted to feast on him for the rest of the night. His kiss… his kiss took her to another place where fireworks blazed.

Robin Bielman / quote

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23Undated

Fair warning, though,” he added quietly. “When I hold you against me, I don’t plan on letting you go….” She gently ran the pads of her fingers down his cheek and around his clean-shaven jaw. His face really was a work of art. “Perfect. Then I’ll be right where I want to be.

Robin Bielman / quote

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24Undated

Phew. I thought I was going to have to slay a few dragons for you while I was here.” “I’m no damsel in distress, Your Highness. I can take care of myself.

Robin Bielman / quote

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