Consolation Prize Quotes

“Colton David Gamble.” She tsked and shook her head with reproach. “How in God’s name could you ever think I could ever focus on anyone else whenever you’re in the room.”
“I don’t know.” I shrugged. “I’m used to coming in second place.”
“Not with me you don’t,” she said seriously.
“God, I love you,” I admitted just before my mouth sank against hers.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“Whenever I was around Colton, everything seemed to live in this amazing technicolor moment. It was all so vivacious and alive.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“Hey, some days you had to get out the broom, hat, and big black cat and remind everyone who they were dealing with.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“I chicken danced. I’m not proud. But it happened. And we’ll never speak of it again.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“On a scale of the Saraha Desert to Niagara Falls … How we are you right now?”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“I’m already further along than he got. Boo-yah!”
“Oh my God, really?” Of course he’d gotten further than Brandt. The moment my lips had touched his ... he’d been further along than Brandt had ever gotten. Setting my hands on my hips, I glared. “This is not a fucking competition between brothers.”
“Oh, I know,” he said seriously enough, right before he broke out in another grin and winked. “It’s still nice to know I’m in the lead, though.”
“Oh my God, you are so annoying.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“We need to have sex. I’m talking no-holds-barred, hanging from the ceiling, tearing each other’s clothes off, animal-fucking sex.”
His delicious descriptions swept through me like a hurricane. My hormones stirred to life and licked their lips, ready to climb him right there.
But…
“I don’t know. Doesn’t that sounds…wrong to you?” my stupid conscience prompted me to say as I pressed my hand to my forehead.
Colton grinned one of his panty-dropping grins. “Oh, baby doll. Wrong’s just the way I like it.”
“See…” I pointed at him, frowning. “You say shit like that, and I know I should get annoyed and offended by it and want to smack your arrogant face, but no…no. Stupid me, I just want to climb you like a freaking stripper pole, shedding clothes as I go.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“Then Colton had come along, and he’d been wrong…all wrong except for the little fact that he’d ignited things inside me his brother hadn’t even been able to touch.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize

“What else you got?”
“What do you mean, what else do I got?”…
“My forbidden status.” He snapped his fingers, encouraging me back on track. “You said first of all with the age thing, leading me to believe there was more than one aspect making me so illicit and exciting. So what else you got, baby doll? Lay it on me, thick and heavy, or you know, just lay yourself on me.”
― Linda Kage, Consolation Prize