Striking Distance Quotes

“Javier opened her makeup kit, held it edge to edge with the dressing table, and swept everything--every vial, brush, tube, and bottle--into the kit with his forearm.
Laura gaped at him. "That stuff is worth hundreds of dollars."
He shrugged, then shut the kit. "That's how SEALs pack makeup.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“I couldn't have gotten through any of this without you. Through all of it, you've been my support, my anchor. I don't know how one man's shoulders can possibly be so strong."
...
He tilted her face up to his. "With the love I feel for you, bella, I could lift up the world.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to be your morning lollipop, but I need to eat, too.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“Tell me again why you have barbecues in the middle of winter, bro?"
Nate looked at him like he was an idiot. "We like steak.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“I wanted to ask you one day but the time never seemed right, but we started talking and...Hell, I don't even have a ring. ... I'm naked here, bella, just laying myself out for you, telling you how I feel.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“Hunter looked over at Darcangelo. "How'd you get here so fast?"
"I was setting up that solicitation sting down on Colfax when the call came in. What took you so long? Getting your nails buffed?"
"Hey, F*ck you. It's my day off."
"Your day off? What is that sh*t?”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“Cold rage had him leaning closer, the pistol now a mere inch from his throat. "I served with them for a decade in Special Forces. You can't _begin_ to know what that means. Now they're dead and I want answers."
"Try Ask.com”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“SWAT is already on its way. I'll be at your position in about ten minutes. SWAT should arrive in about fifteen to twenty."
[Javier:] "I'll have her by then.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“You might as well humor me and let the Band-Aid boys check you out.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“Yeah, he'd been trained to be good with details, but once his dick started working, his brain generally shifted to standby.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“How do you like that, Corbray? You're upstaging yourself.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“He wanted to taste nothing unless it was the sweetness of her mouth, the musk of her arousal, the salt of her tears, wanted to touch nothing unless it was the silk of her hair, her soft curves, wanted to breathe nothing unless it had come from her lungs.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“The whole world seemed to be wounded, broken, hurting.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“...his father had taught him when he was still a boy that men should always show respect for women because women carried inside them the place where life began.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“I'm marrying you, not your uterus.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“I want to undress you."

"I haven't touched a man since...since you.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“What's different about you? Why does it make you a pussy if you get help, but not the rest of the team? Oh, I get it. You're the Cobra. You get within striking distance of the enemy, and it's over. But if it all goes sideways and the wrong men die, you don't need help like the rest of us mere mortals.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“He ached to touch her, to kiss her, but she hadn't asked him to do either - yet.
He'd rather eat his own balls than ruin this for her.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“They walked to her bedroom together. Laura crawled into bed, making room for Javier, who shucked his jeans on her floor before stretching out beside her. Strong arms closed around her, drawing he close. "I'm sorry bella. I shouldn't have gotten angry with you."
...
"It was my fault. I pushed you. I'm sorry."
He kissed her hair. "Sleep."
She curled up against his bare chest and within minutes fell fast asleep.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“She thought he was about to kiss her again. Instead, he slowly sank to his knees, grasped her waist, and pressed his lips to her belly. Her stretch marks. He was kissing her stretch marks.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“For so long, my body has been a battleground. I want to get closer to you, but I don't know how.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“ Dubai was so special to me, Javi. You're special to me."

"Being close to you like this after all these years...The way you make me feel...I want to get closer to you, and that scares me.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance

“—Quería preguntártelo algún día, cuando fuera el momento adecuado, pero hemos comenzado a hablar…[…]—La miró a los ojos mientras le acariciaba la mejilla con los nudillos—. Estoy ante ti sin nada, bella, solo te entrego a mí mismo y mis sentimientos.”
― Pamela Clare, Striking Distance