Gideon was a man who’d lived an entirely solitary life, and yet he’d accepted me into it so completely that he could envision a future I was afraid to imagine. I was so scared I’d only be setting myself up for a heartbreak I couldn’t survive.

I thought we’d turned a corner. Maybe we did, but we hit a brick wall anyway.

Your kisses are mine.

If you don't open up, we're going to lose each other down the road

I can't bail out on Cary," I said apologetically, turning to face him. "Chicks before dicks and all that.

My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant.

Gideon woke up ready to conquer the world, and he liked to start that domination with me. How lucky was I?