Close Proximity Quotes

“He's an Elite executioner. She's the forbidden anomaly he's supposed to capture. The chase is on, and Falcen Reaves never misses.”
― Ketley Allison, Resonance: A Dark Romantasy of Forbidden Magic and a Morally Grey Enemies to Lovers Romance

“You stole a piece of me back there. When you put your hand around my throat. I can feel the gap."
"It was merely a sip."
"Really? You looked like you enjoyed it. Almost as if you didn’t want to stop.”
― Ketley Allison, Resonance: A Dark Romantasy of Forbidden Magic and a Morally Grey Enemies to Lovers Romance

“His gaze holds mine for way, way longer than common decency requires.
I am in no way prepared for this.
I’m here to meet a grouchy seventy something woman, not the Hottest Bartender in the Galaxy. I don’t even have makeup on.”
― Jaine Diamond, Thirst For Me

“No boys for the rest of the year’ seemed like a really smart decision . . . earlier today . . .” She fades off as we stare into each other’s eyes.
Her hand slides up the back of my neck, into my hair, her nails scraping against my skin.
My lips graze her jaw, and she shivers.
“No boys, huh?”
I murmur in her ear: “How about a man?”
― Jaine Diamond, Thirst For Me

“I had to remind myself that the whole purpose of standing here was to get out the emotions that were eating at me. It wasn’t to gaze in his eyes or smell his enticing cologne or take in this sexy beast of a man who had the ability to throw me on top of that bar and have me coming in mere seconds.”
― Marni Mann, The Irresistible One

“She smiles.
Forget butterflies. It feels like an entire flock of doves just lifted off from my ribcage because I made her smile.
She slides the shot glass toward me again. “Third one’s a charm?” Her eyes twinkle at me, and everything around her seems to blur out. There’s nothing but her, me, and some vague sense of an annoying world somewhere beyond.
I have to force myself to look away.”
― Jaine Diamond, Thirst For Me