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“Oh? So you would like to be the count Blackwater, would you?” “It might have been nice,” Hadrian said, sitting up straighter in his saddle. “And you could be the infamous marquis Melborn.” “Why infamous?” “Would you prefer notorious? Nefarious, perhaps?” “What’s wrong with beloved?” Neither could hold a straight face at the thought.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Theft of Swords

“I'll take her and hide her away, and I won't return with her until she is full of my child and we are truly mated. Then we will return to the clan and be part of it once more. Until then? She is mine and mine alone.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Alien

“Then we’ll either take a bath or hang in bed, where Mollie often pulls out her laptop and works while I try not to hump her leg like the horny dog she’s turned me into.”
― Jessica Peterson, Cash

“Colton raises a finger, then slowly leans forward and bangs his forehead on the table, rattling their glasses.”
― Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act: A Novel