Handy Quotes

“You shone a bright light on my life, Ledge, and you filled it with colors I thought I’d lost years ago,” I murmur roughly against his lips. “I never thought I’d fall in love again, but you made it impossible not to. Falling for you was like coming home, safe and easy and right on this bone-deep level that I can’t ignore.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“I think this might be better than the quiet, even if it is harder. I think it might be worth risking heartbreak and hurt to have the chance to spend mornings in bed with Ledger instead of all alone forever. I think maybe I want him to be my secret admirer.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“An electric feeling sears through me and the softness of his mouth grounds me just a little more. I gasp and kiss him deeper, desperate to find a way to devour him, to lose myself completely in him and leave everything else behind. The past doesn’t have to be anything but a bad dream and the future isn’t real yet, but this moment is. Right here, in my truck, with Ledger’s quiet, muffled sighs filling my mouth. This is real.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“I don’t know who Riley was or how long it’s been since he lost him, but is it fair of me to hope he left a little piece of Griff’s heart for me? I promise to be careful with it if he did.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“Until Ledger. I feel like he flipped a switch in me, like he reconnected the electricity in a long-abandoned building and suddenly everything is humming and alive again.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“Okay if I take these off too?” I ask, running my index finger along his skin just above the waistband of his boxer briefs. They’re plain white, the kind that come in a six pack at any big box store. Is this what you like, Griff, or are you waiting for someone else to help you inject a little color into your life?”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“I wore my practically see-through tank top, blatantly flirted, and hit him with tons of excellent bird facts. If Griff isn’t seduced yet then I really don’t know what else to do. Maybe a few more bird facts just to be safe?”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“The ability to make dildos when life gives you cucumbers really comes in handy. It’s all about finding the good in any situation, and there is some serious good in this disaster.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“I don’t need family, and I don’t need friends. I don’t need cute young neighbors with bulging biceps and toothy white smiles trying to make small talk either. All I need is peace and quiet.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“Lord help me, I am seriously standing here rambling like a moron in my underwear. Are they respectable, solid-colored boxers or briefs? Of course not. Nope, they’re the pair my bestie got me for Christmas with a woodpecker right over my dick bulge and the words “nice pecker” in big, bold letters.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy

“If having a teeny, tiny, mildly obsessive crush on my neighbor means I need therapy, well then bust out the straitjacket because my ass must be unhinged.”
― K.M. Neuhold, Handy