You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find

He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit.

Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do... not who you are, not who you want to be.

After running for my life from hunters, a girl with too much lip gloss doesn't register on my fear radar.

I was immediately swept up in Ariane's story. Equal parts thrill-ride and love story, The Rules is intense and emotional. This book stays with you long after you finish.

You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find

It's unclear who moves first. We're in each other's arms, lips locked, melded, hotly fused. Our hands drag over each other, reacquainting, remembering, almost as if we're both verifying the other one is real flesh and blood.