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Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Dane was shaking his head firmly. Don't bring it here, Ella. No babies. I gave him a dark look. What if it were a baby polar bear or a baby Galapagos penguin? I bet you'd want it then. I'd make an exception for endangered species, he allowed. This baby is endangered. It's with my mother.
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Hardy was every loose-limbed cowboy in warn denim, every pair of blue eyes, every battered pickup, every hot cloudless day. -Liberty
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You aristocratic ladies and your gold-plated twats. You always think it's such a honor for me to touch you. He surveyed her with mocking green eyes. You think you're the first high-kick wench I've ever had? I used to have blue-blooded bitches like you pay me to do this. You've gotten it for free.
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If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.
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The next time you face a room full of strangers . . . you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.
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Do you think I should stay away from him? I asked in a scratchy voice. Todd took a long time to answer. My advice is, if you're inclined in that direction, go with your eyes open. It's okay to let someone play you, Haven, as long as you know what's going on.
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I’ve told you before, I love like a madman,” he said. “Immoderate, jealous, possessive...I’m absolutely intolerable.
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Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?
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Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. Which is why man’s spirit corresponds to the stars. Perhaps that’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.
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From what I was able to hear, Dane said, Tara dumped off a surprise baby with your mother, who's planning to sell it on eBay. Social Services, I said. She hasn't thought of eBay yet.
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I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.
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I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most. ~ Hardy Cates
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He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.
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You know, I told him on our wedding night, I'm just as much me when I'm with you, as I am without you. And because Hardy understood what I meant, he pulled me into his arms, against his heart.
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Because you need me, he said, drawing in his breath as she squirmed against him. Just as I need you. He crushed his mouth to hers. I've needed you for years. Another kiss, this one deep and drugging, his tongue searching her intimately
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I loved him so much, loved his fearlessness, his strength, even the ambition that would someday take him away from me.
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The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.
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He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.
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There isn’t going to be a ‘next lover,’” Grant said automatically, outraged by the idea. “I’m the only man she’s going to have.
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