Romantic Suspense Novels Quotes

Nothing in life ever prepared me for a situation where I accidentally share a genuine kiss with a woman who's supposed to be a small step up from 'hostage'. ~ Alexis Abbott

They wanted so desperately to love each other more, to remove their clothes and submit their naked bodies to each other, but it was almost as if they were cursed since the first day that they met, and it was pure torture knowing that they could only get so close, but was unable to go the height that the both of them wanted so intimately to climb. ~ Keira D. Skye

Darlin', you are all female but not in the least little bit weak. ~ Avery Flynn

She warned herself to let it go. But that meant letting the painting go. She couldn't do that, she thought with a curse. And Laramie Cardwell was practically daring her to come steal it. ~ B. J. Daniels

You were the one girl I wanted who wanted nothing to do with me. ~ Sara Humphreys

It's all interrelated, these destructive things I do. I latch on to people, like I'm collecting them. I'm always looking for a hero, you know? ~ Jenna Brooks

It's a small closet."...
"It's a walk-in the size of Rhode Island," he teased...
"Isn't that just like a man to exaggerate the size of something? ~ Avery Flynn

Next time, we go slowly. I want to explore every delicious inch of you. ~ Alexa Grace

His gaze strayed to her mouth as her tongue darted out to swipe cream off her bottom lip. He had to actually bite back a groan at the sight. He'd been with women who knew how to seduce, how to do everything right - because it was all choreographed and fake. With Dominique, he knew there was not artifice.
Even if she was driving him crazy. ~ Katie Reus

Make your introductions and you're welcome to wander off with any of the women watching you like you're the last piece of chocolate on the first day of their period. ~ Avery Flynn

You have the most incredible eyes. I feel as if I can look into your soul."
Sid shivered. "Don't look too closely. ~ B. J. Daniels

I play to win and if it looks like I've lost, its only because its not over yet. ~ Kiera Dellacroix

We have unfinished personal business I do believe." He smiled. "And I do love to make you blush."
"It clashes with my hair. ~ Susannah Sandlin

Your booty call embargo will remain intact. ~ Cristin Harber

Kiss me," she softly demanded, her eyes flaring with heat and hunger. For him. ~ Katie Reus

He did that slow perusal thing with his eyes that guys did when they wanted a girl to know they liked what they saw. A slow smile curved his lips. "Yep."

She recognized that look. She may have been out of the dating game for far too long, but she still understood the process. What she didn't know was how to respond. ~ Tami Lund

She watched as his lips parted. He drew a breath in and knew she wasn't the only one feeling that something special that seemed to be humming in the air around them. ~ Dorothy Ewels

I can remember the times when I started including humor in novels that were suspenseful. I was told you can't do that because you can't keep the audience in suspense if they're laughing. My attitude was, if the character has a sense of humor, then that makes the character more real because that's how we deal with the vicissitudes of life, we deal with it through humor. ~ Dean Koontz

I was thinking... that this isn't casual for me. ~ Katie Reus

Ah, and then her beautiful face ... actually, the level and angle that she was holding the umbrella, the whole time as she passed within Suresh's view, only allowed him to see the bottom of her chin at most. Still, with a body as beautiful as hers, Suresh was quite certain that her face would be nothing less than positively stunning! ~ Andrew James Pritchard

Love makes people do crazy things. And not feeling loved can bring people to the edge of madness. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

If Shane had avoided her for years because of a kiss, he might leave the country over a blow and hand job. ~ Naima Simone

It's normal to love a dangerous woman. They know how to wield their power, an they're not afraid of yours. They make you work for everything you get and it's all the sweeter once you get it. Makes you feel 'coraggioso' to be able to hold her. ~ Alexi Lawless

Have you had much luck tonight?" she asked.
His gaze slipped to the neat stacks of coins in front of her. "No' as much as ye, my lady."
She let her own stare trail across her piles of winnings. Shame sizzled against her cheeks.,,,
"Perhaps I'm lucky tonight myself," he said.
The silky undertone in his voice crept up her back like the skilled swipe of a musician's fingers strumming a harp.
"What do you mean?" Of course she knew what he meant, but the glint of flirtation in his eye begged her to prompt him for the compliment.
A golden dollop of honey dribbled to lure the bee.
And she buzzed ever closer.
He pulled his freshly dealt cards toward him. "Perhaps I'm lucky tonight because I've met ye. ~ Madeline Martin

The instant Isabella Cortez left the safety of the FBI building, goose bumps skittered across her skin and her senses went on high alert. ~ Elizabeth Heiter

Luz leaned her head against the window. The bus was already on the outskirts of Mexico City and the endless urban landscape had never seemed so gray and or so harsh. Most of the city was nothing like the old money enclave of Lomas Virreyes where the Vegas lived or Polanco where the city's most expensive restaurants and clubs catered to the wealthy.
The bus passed block after block of sooty concrete cut into houses and shops and shanties and parking garages and mercados and schools and more shanties where people lived surrounded by hulks of old cars and plastic things no one bothered to throw away. Sometimes there wasn't concrete for homes, just sheets of corrugated metal and big pieces of cardboard that would last until the next rainy season. It was the detritus of millions upon millions of people who had nowhere to go and nothing to do and were angry about it.
The Reforma newspaper had reported a few weeks ago that the city's population was in excess of 28 million--more than 25 percent of the country's entire population--and Luz believed it. All of those people were clawing at each other in a huge fishbowl suspended 7500 feet above sea level, where there was never enough oxygen and the air was thin and dirty.
The city was hemmed in by mountains on all sides; mountains like Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl that sometimes spewed smoke and ash and prevented the contaminatión from cars and factories and sewers from escaping. Luz privately thought of it as la sopa-- ~ Carmen Amato

Getting romantically involved with a woman he was depending on to help clear his name? No. ~ Katie Reus

What's your version of the perfect guy?"
"I guess I'd like someone who proves he cares by his actions instead of just saying it all the time."
"That's reasonable."
"And I'd like someone who has his own life, too. You know I work a lot of hours at the hospital, and I like what I do. I imagine I'd come to resent a guy who expects me to work a nine-to-five schedule just because it fits his needs."
"Anything else?"
"But he still has to be - " she cut herself off.
"Good in bed? ~ Tami Lund

As asinine as it was, he'd gone and done the one thing he swore to himself he would never do, especially not with her. He'd fallen for the girl he could never have. ~ Avery Flynn

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.
And buried. ~ Simona Panova

If you think Thanksgiving has been fun, just wait until Christmas."...
The doors slammed shut with a muffled thud, and all he could think about was the revenge she could be planning. He'd never looked forward to anything more in his life. "Game on. ~ Sara Humphreys

She nodded and somehow found her voice. You're going too slow," she whispered.
A wicked smile spread across his face that she felt all the way to her toes. It softened his normally harsh expression, making him look years younger. That look should be illegal. ~ Katie Reus

Off-limits or not, she was beautiful. The type of beautiful he could fall for. ~ Dawn Altieri

What?" she said, suddenly feeling uncomfortable under his scrutiny. She knew it was silly. He'd seen her at her absolute worst.
"You just look so... cute," he said. "Clearly breaking the law excites you. ~ B. J. Daniels

You've stopped crying. I'm glad. I don't want you to cry anymore. ~ Tara Janzen

No touching? Screw that. She was going to touch tall, dark and sexy all over. This was her dream. ~ Katie Reus

I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him.
"Don't hurt yourself trying. ~ Dana Marton

In the span of one night, Jenny had gone from being someone he refused to touch to the woman he refused to stay away from. ~ Cristin Harber

He growled low in his throat. "I don't think I can do this the nice way, Jessica. ~ Julie James

She was seriously hooked on this man ~ Katie Reus

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There are plenty of designers around who could advise you on artwork. I'm not the person you want."
"Oh, I suspect you are exactly the person I'm looking for. ~ B. J. Daniels

Oh, a grenade. But where is the bamboo bazooka? ~ Cristin Harber