Teresa Medeiros

Before you came into my life, I believed that God had abandoned me. Now I know that He has blessed me beyond measure. ~Sir Bannor

Women are delicate creatures. Fragile. Gentle. Made by God to be sheltered from the harshness of this world..Morgan MacDonnell

Stand and yield," she called out, her voice far steadier than her hands. "For I cannot allow you to pass." Bannor's crooked grin was somehow more intimidating than a snarl. 'Twould have been far easier to despise him if he'd been cursed with horns and a tail instead of twinkling blue eyes and a dimple in his jaw. "What would you have me yield, my lady? My sword or my heart?"-willow&bannor-

As he shook off his servant__ grip and staggered heavily to his feet, the sunlight streaming through the outside door struck him full in the face.Samantha gasped.A fresh scar, still red and angry, bisected the corner of his left eye and descended down his cheek in a jagged lightning bolt, drawing the skin around it taut. It had once been an angel__ face with the sort of masculine beauty reserved only for princes and seraphim.

Me mum always told me the rich was blessed, but I thought she was talkin' about gold." She leaned over to cackle in his ear, then actually patted him on the head as if he was some slavering lapdog. "You might have escaped the gallows, lad, but you was already well hung.

It's true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write 'And they lived happily ever after' before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper.

Elizabeth Taylor was an incurable romantic at heart. She never gave up on the notion that a love strong enough to last a lifetime was waiting for her around the next corner.

Stay with me always, my sweet, my love . . . my Claire.

He caught her bythe shoulders and gave her a hard little shake. "Do you think you're so charming in that silly little nightdress that I can't resist tumbling you? Do you think I have no pride when it comes to you?""B-b-but I_""Well, you're right," he shouted. "I don't!"With that, his lips came down on hers

I see a man," she said softly. "A man with the roar of cannons still ringing in his ears. A man bloodied by life, but not beaten. A man with a scar that draws his mouth into a frown when he might actually long to smile.

Arian's ebony hair was spread in a shimmering fan around her shoulders, reminding Tristan absurdly of Snow White in her glass coffin. Even in death, hadn't the deceptive blush of life stained Snow White's pallid cheeks? Hadn't her rosebud lips parted as if to welcome a kiss from a prince who might never come? Hadn't the creamy swell of her breasts tantalized every hopelessly naive kid in the theater into daring to believe her chest would rise just one more time?

How could Mark be halfway across the world when she would have sworn he'd been in this room with her only seconds ago?

Max: "You'll never be good enough to deserve her, you know."Ash: "God doesn't always give you what you deserve," Ash said quietly. "Sometimes he gives you what you can't live without.

He buried his hands in the rich velvet of her hair. __ thought I__ die for wanting you.

Of course not! I knew you would protect me. You swore that you were strong enough to protect Vivienne, didn__ you? How can you promise to protect my sister, but not trust yourself to keep me safe?_ The music swelled to a crescendo. Although Adrian kept her imprisoned against the muscular length of his body, he gave up all pretense of dancing. __ecause I don__ lose my wits every time Vivienne walks into a room. I don__ toss and turn in my bed every night dreaming of making love to her. She doesn__ drive me to distraction with her endless questions, her incessant snooping, her harebrained schemes._ His voice rose. __ can trust myself to protect your sister because I__ not in love with her!

I don__ want to marry you. I don__ want to want you,_ he added fiercely, taking one measured step toward her, then another. __nd I sure as hell don__ want to love you. But, God help me, I just can__ stop myself._ Closing the rest of the distance between them in a single stride, he snatched her up by the shoulders, his burning gaze searching her face as if to sear her features into his memory. __ don__ want to marry you because I love you too much to ask you to spend the rest of your life hiding in the shadows.