She was temptation wrapped in casual elegance.

I can't help it, Kate. And I'm laughing at me. I feel like one of those sappy men who run around with a big grin on his face all the time. I feel like grinning all the time around you, and it's so idiotic.

Before Elle had come into his life, he didn't even know what tea was. Now it was a staple. Worse, he actually knew the differences in teas.

The minute I'm in a little pain ... your rough, tough, scary bad boy image totally falls apart.

Maybe you are already lost and just do not know it.

Jonas. Their rock. Shattered into so many shards. Holding himself together through the sheer force of will.

There were a thousand secrets in her eyes, a thousand wounds. A lifetime of distrust and betrayal. Isolation. How did one overcome such things?