You really are a know-it-all pain in the ass,” I announced snarkily, brushing by him rudely. I stopped quickly at Ellie and Adam to say, “I’m happy for you.” And then I hurried by them down the hall to the bathroom to get away from Braden and his perceptive, growly, inflexible ass.

What must it be like to be loved by him? I imagined it a heady thing, winning the love of a man who offered it so sparingly.

Almost twelve years of marriage and she’s still unlike any woman I’ve ever known.

I would rather have an elephant with a flatulence problem sit on my face.

No man alive loves a woman as much as I love you. I never thought I would feel this way about anyone. I didn’t think it existed. Not for me.

In the end the only thing that got me through was the belief that she was too good for this place... She was too good for this place.

Sometimes a story is only an important part of a bigger story.

I will never do anything you don’t want to do. You’re safe with me, Shannon.

You know, for someone so alpha you really are a gossip queen.

I’m yours,” he breathed harshly against my lips. “I’ve never been anyone’s until now. Do you understand?