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Charmed by the Past (Spirits Through Time, #1) Charmed by the Past by Aimee Robinson
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“If I may be frank, there is nothing on this Earth that has yet to calm me more completely than your touch.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“I love you. Then, now, and for as many tomorrows as we have.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“I had no hope, no future prospects, until you stumbled along and lit a long-dead fire inside me.” Wow. She was capable of lighting a man’s fire. Cool.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“There is not a thing in this world that would make me happier than living out my remaining days with you on this Earth.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Hiding your fears and insecurities only makes you weaker, not stronger.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“I love you, too. And no amount of fighting with you or meddling in people’s lives will change that. Nor do I want it to. What I mean is, well, I guess I’m claiming you. Grumpiness and all.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“God, he really had begun to hate unexpected knocking on doors. Yup, that and hospitals. Both of those things could go right to hell.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Sarah released the tension she had been holding in every muscle. Oh, man. There was a reason she never cared much for dramatic suspense novels, too taxing on the body.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“You, my dear,” Jacob gritted out through clenched teeth as he tried to discreetly reposition his wooden soldier, “are an absolutely abysmal liar and I feel it is my duty to inform you lest you proceed through life thinking it a great skill of yours. Two Helens? Really? What was that nonsense about anyway?”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“His release came like an enemy fighter jet dropping its large-weight bomb.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“I can’t manage a simple car door, Jacob! I can’t manage being attacked! I can’t manage a fake pregnancy, and I sure as shit can’t manage what’s happening to my body!” She sought out his eyes in the dim moonlight. “I’m all out of strong, independent woman!” she half yelled, half cried into his face. “I just want to go home!”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“My every breath of late has been consumed with you. Where you’re from, when you’re from, clothing you, feeding you, helping you. This list goes on, and I say this not to imply you’re a weight to carry. I say this because, in my world, focusing on you is saving me from myself. You have become this great precious thing to me.” Jacob slowly guided Sarah’s hands northward and clasped them around the back of his neck. “You are healing me. Let me heal you.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“The low chuckle that escaped his throat rumbled over her skin and slowly lit her up from the inside. The bastard was a walking stick of sexy dynamite just waiting for her to throw a spark. And he friggin’ knew it.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Was Jacob’s pain like that rock? Did he think it was better hidden under a fragile shell where no one was the wiser? Gosh, what were the current treatments for mental trauma in 1919? Maybe he didn’t know he was allowed to talk about it.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Jacob stared down at his boots, looking more interested in a rock on the ground than acknowledging her words. But she knew he needed space, time to process. Sometimes, mental wounds were so much harder to heal than physical ones.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“No, I’m not from around here. I actually permanently reside in New Jersey. Yes, not too far away distance-wise, but the time warp jet lag will kill you!”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“From every Hollywood time travel fantasy she had ever seen, it was a giant no-no to reveal the truth about where the time traveler came from. The truth meant you were something different. The truth meant you were something dangerous. The truth meant you were deadly, and, yeah...kill the witch and all that.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“If that’s how the new nurses here are dressing, then you deserve to be in this damn bed more than I do,” a gruff, gravelly voice barked out from several feet behind her.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“The pain and nausea started to ebb, which was good. Those things needed to get out of the friggin’ way so her rising anxiety could take over and settle in.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Argh!” she screamed, throwing her hand to her lower back. “Why is nothing easy?”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Now you listen to me, chica,” Tracy said with an Oreo leveraged at Sarah’s face. “You’re a damn good writer. Nikki wouldn’t know grammar if it crawled inside her and got her off.” “Tracy!”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“First off, the Oreo on its own is a perfect damn cookie. No need to be throwing your hard-earned money after more fake cream. The entire cookie-to-filling ratio is so far gone on those. Oh, I’ll eat them!” she said as Sarah made a grab for the pack in Tracy’s hand. “But I won’t be happy about it.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past
“Sarah was a natural-born introvert, so networking had the same amount of appeal to her as colonoscopy prep.”
Aimee Robinson, Charmed by the Past