Maya Banks is an American bestselling author of erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and Scottish historical romance novels.
She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner caveman came barreling out, grunting and pounding his chest and muttering unintelligible words.
And maybe that’s was her biggest crime of all. Making him fall in love with her.
Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.
No. I don’t regret it. It wasn’t the right thing to do, but I don’t regret it. - Toni
Tell me, warrior, how soon can we do this again?
Nothing good is ever easy. Or worth it.
But if I lost you, it would devastate me as nothing else has or ever could. You have so much power over me and that’s frightening.
How do you maybe hit someone?” Michael drawled. “Okay, so I decked him. At the time he deserved it.
I cannot allow another man to take what I already consider mine.
He kissed her as though he were starved for her. Like he'd been held away from her and had finally broken free. It was the kind of kiss that lived only in her fantasies. No one had ever made her feel so. . consumed.
I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.
He’d never get over her. He knew that without hesitation or doubt. He loved her. As deeply as it was possible to love another person. And God, he wanted her. Every day. In hit life. As much a part of him as he would be of her.
There were worse things than death, as she'd discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.
Love made her patient. It made her hopeful.
You’re my dream, Alaric McCabe. And I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment your horse dumped you at my cottage. I spent so much time being resentful and lamenting the circumstances of my life, but ’tis true that I wouldn’t change a single thing because then I would have never known your love.
Love happened. She would have never thought that it could happen so rapidly. Love was something you worked at, and she had no doubt their relationship would take a lot of hard work and dedication. But it had simply happened. No explanation. No cataclysmic event or earth-shattering revelation brought on by some external event. It had simply happened.
When a woman submits to a man, it's the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the world, he must respect the woman in his care. It's his sworn duty to protect, honor and cherish his submissive. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. Someone who would put his own needs above his woman's is no man.
Said to Mairin; "There's little decency to good loving" Maddie said. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun"!
I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you. " He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.
Ahh, you’re a man used to getting his own way. ” “Always,” he said in a husky growl.