Would you risk your life for love?

Would you risk your life for love?

I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage.

Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.

I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy."