“If this was what caring about someone was like, what the hell was he supposed to do? Because he couldn’t handle it, couldn’t live like this.”
— Kelly Moran
“She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn’t for a photo on the mantle.”
— Kelly Moran
“Delicately, she parted her lips, swept them against his, and kissed first his top, then the bottom. Letting her lead, he pinched his brows together and held still. She didn’t come at him with fire. She told him a story. And he’d be damned if it didn’t start with once upon a time like she were proving he was some kind of hero. Specifically, hers.”
— Kelly Moran
“Love is a gift. One that doesn’t need to be returned, just accepted.”
— Kelly Moran
“Her sudden grin depleted some of his brain cells. She was evil like that.”
— Kelly Moran
“That dress was designed to be a kill switch for rational thought.”
— Kelly Moran
“She may resemble a mythical angel, but she moved like an x-rated wet dream”
— Kelly Moran
“She broke my heart over and over, day after day, but I love her.”
— Kelly Moran
“Common sense got drunk and giddy when Olivia was on the premises. Maybe he should just raise a glass, too, and dub reason a lost cause.”
— Kelly Moran
“She was thinking of doing a little Cuervo therapy.”
— Kelly Moran
“I give you my love & my luck. Don’t throw either away.”
— Kelly Moran
“For a guy who wore layers upon layers of armor, his give-a-shit was showing.”
— Kelly Moran
“He was a drool-worthy, panty-drenching, yummy work of masculine art.”
— Kelly Moran
“Redemption was asking too much, but he could hope. Something told him he’d still be seeking absolution when he took his last breath on some distant day.”
— Kelly Moran
“Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was going out with a rifle in his hand.”
— Kelly Moran
“He slid the photo out and raised it. The sun washed out any distinguishable characteristics. All except her eyes. He didn’t need a picture to remember those. As turquoise as the waters near Cozumel, and just as warm.”
— Kelly Moran
“He was going to need God Almighty to come down from On High to explain this one.”
— Kelly Moran
“He’d never need a camera to remember this, and damn if he ever wanted anyone but him to see her like she was at this moment.”
— Kelly Moran
“God. He was an eye-gasm if she ever saw one.”
— Kelly Moran
“How southern belle of her.”
— Kelly Moran
“Her mother and memory lapses were BFFs.”
— Kelly Moran
“Hazard of the job. That’s Ode de Anal Gland you smell.”
— Kelly Moran
“Just about every available female–and some unavailable–seemed to think the way to his heart was through his blood sugar levels.”
— Kelly Moran
“I’ll never get to hear her say, ‘I love you, Mommy,’ like other parents take for granted.”
— Kelly Moran
“She was supposed to be my salvation, and though she wouldn’t be my ruin, the loss was going to thrust my life right back to what started my downward spiral in the first place.”
— Kelly Moran
“Organization takes the fun out of everything.”
— Kelly Moran
“Lord, but did he grow up nice.”
— Kelly Moran
“He could be doing quantum physics in his head or undressing her in his mind—she’d never know the difference.”
— Kelly Moran
“He didn’t know what was hotter, her Star Wars reference or the breathiness with which she spoke it.”
— Kelly Moran
“I’d tell you not to swoon, but he’d catch you, so never mind.”
— Kelly Moran