Ranger (Reynolds Protective, #4)

by Rebecca Sharp

“Did you know studies show more pathogens are exchanged by shaking hands than a ten-second kiss?”

“Reading is good for the brain. It increases knowledge, expands vocabulary, strengthens cognitive skills—did you know that reading can reduce stress by up to sixty-eight percent? It works faster than listening to music or drinking a cup of hot tea.”

“There are no experts on loving, Ranger. Just people brave enough to try.”

“Having a life I can’t forget isn’t the same as having a life worth remembering. And the only life worth remembering, Sydney, is the one that has you in it.

I’d always perceived love as this amorphous emotion, something I wanted, but I was never sure how I’d be able to understand it enough to hold on to it. But it wasn’t. It was concrete. It was as strong as gravity. As swift as lightning. As warm as the sun and as enduring as time. It was an equation made of variables of touch and taste, conversation and connection, but it was one that wasn’t meant to be solved; it was meant to be lived.

“Because love isn’t something you look for,” Mom corrected, both of them halting to let the matriarch speak. “Love finds you whether you’re ready for it or not.”