“I haven’t loved Franklin for a long time, Brett, but he’s Blair’s father, and I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him. Blair would be hurt.”

Marsha West

Sometimes a first love is so powerful it eclipses all thought and reason. But it’s when you love for the second time that you realize all the light from the first wasn’t fireworks, it was immolation.

Sharon Wray

I loved shopping and even better, pro-shopping. But in order to be an expert pro-shopper, cash had been deemed major, indispensable equipment, along with good quality shoes, a big shopping tote, and heaps and heaps of stamina.

Vicki Batman

“How about a friendly wager, Agnes?” He loved how her chin came up every time he used that silly nickname on her.

Jacquie Biggar

The first test of a marriage is to see if they survive the wedding plans.

Sam Bradley w/a McKenna Sinclair

“I’m going to show you,” he breathed into her ear, “what making love should be like.

Claire Gem

I enjoyed flirting with him and loved sitting at his table, but I didn’t envy his wife, Susan.

Joanne Guidoccio

But then her gaze locked on his with such obvious affection his heart stilled. “I love seeing you happy – it’s like I’m getting to glimpse parts of you for the first time.”

Jeannie Hall

But when their eyes met, there was nothing playful left, only a love years old and always wonderfully new.

Kathryn Jane

“The answers lie in the rage; this kind of violence suggests a scorned lover or wanna-be lover to me.”

Marian Lanouette

Knowing how important it was to find Joe Sterling’s killer was one thing, seeing the effect of his death from the victim’s lifelong love was a whole different thing.

S.A.Taylor
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