Quotes from Lora Leigh

He is not coming back. And it hurt.It hurt until she was a mass of pain,worse than it had been when she thought he was dead. More all consuming. Ravaging her insides.

You know how to be a good boy? Anna widened her eyes in surprise. Why, Archer, I'm certain I never recognized that quality in you.

I don't need you to make allowances for anything. Damn her pride. If you can stand to pay for it, then I can wear it. His brow arched. Don't let your mouth write checks your body can't cash, sweetheart. Because trust me, I know exactly how to dress a woman for prime impact.

Oh yeah? Nathan arched his brows. What's better the SEALs, Uncle? Hell? Been there, still take trips." Noah to Jordan

First blood has been shed.

It was my baby, too." His voice was husky, filled with regret, with pain. "But even more than that, Sherra, you're my soul. You're every breath I take. I would give my life to have saved you. I would give it now if it would mean I could go back and spare you this pain." The dampness from his eyes soaked the swarthy complexion, lined with pain and regret. "I would do anything, everything, baby, to ease this pain for you.

He couldn't even find the will to yell at her now. A real man didn't yell at those who weren't exactly sane themselves, he told himself.

Yes, he would be gone, but she knew now what it meant to love. She might not know what it meant to be loved, but loving was almost as good.

Do you speak Gaelic Noah? she suddenly asked. His heart clenched. It actually hurt, as though spikes of steel had been dug into it. should I? Maybe not...

When it came to a man's soul, Noah (Wild Card) thought that maybe his uncle (Jordan, Elite Ops commander) was finally realizing that once a man lost his soul to a woman, it was gone forever. And life wasn't much worth living without her.

Tease? he groaned. Ah, baby, I'm not teasing you. I'm giving to you. Giving you every ounce of pleasure I know how to give you. -Jordan(Live Wire) to Tehya (Enigma)

If there had been any doubt in her mind that John hadn't placed some emotional claim on her, then it was gone in that second. Pure male possession marked his kiss.

Bella. You were always my soul.

He could hope for many things, though he had stopped doing so long ago. If one didn't hope, then disappointment didn't visit. Hoping meant you had somehting to live for, and living for something or someone else was asking for pain. -Nik

This isn't a game we're playing between ourselves, he continued. Don't pretend that it is. Isn't it? A challenge flared in her eyes, like fire inside the purest emerald. Don't lie to me, John. Don't pretend it's any more than it really is. It's a job. One we're both determined to complete, nothing more. Like hell.

I waited for you. All these years I watched and waited, knowing, somehow, that what we would have would be different. That it would be worth the lonely nights and the fears that I had missed you somewhere.

Oh, he was insane all right. There was no doubt in her mind now that he was bat-shit crazy.

She said we can't save everyone, but we can damned sure as hell fight to save those we love. ... She taught me that we can only do our best. You've done your best. ...not beat yourself up because you missed something or someone. It makes you weak.

I love you, Anya," he said. "You are my soul.

His lips covered hers swiftly, his tongue taking advantage of her gasp and sweeping in commandingly. He had asked for the caress earlier that morning, now he demanded. He conquered, he licked and stroked her tongue and gloried in her instant, if hesitant, response. She was shy. Wary. She wouldn't give in to the heat pulsing between them easily. But she was curious enough about it to allow the kiss.

The letter came at a time in his life when the battle inside his soul could have tipped either way.

You amaze me, he said then, reaching out to lay the toy on her pillow. That wasn't where he had gotten it from. You bring a toy to do a man's job, knowing the man is more than willing to provide the service. Where does that make sense, Chay?

And there, tucked in his soul, was the love he felt for Sabella since the moment he had seen her.

Once a man saw heaven in one woman's arms, then nothing else would do. And that scared the shit out of him, the thought that no other woman but Lilly would do. - Travis/Black Jack about Lilly Belle/Night Hawk (Lady Hawk to him)