Fayrene Preston

“He didn't operate like anyone she had ever known. If he had rules, she had
yet to discover any. When she told him to leave, he ignored her, just as he did
when she told him she wanted to leave. And when he made love to her, he could
make the whole world go away, until there were only the two of them and redhot fire....”
― Fayrene Preston, The Colors of Joy

“I don't feel very smart at the moment. I don't think I could just go away and
not come back. I mean, all you have to do is look at me and—"

"And what?"

She peered upward through her lashes at him. "And I practically go to pieces,
all right?"

"No," he murmured roughly, closing the distance between them. "If you're
going to go to pieces, I want it to be in my arms." He slipped his hands inside the
robe to her waistline and pulled her against him so mat her naked breasts were
crushed against his broad, muscled chest. "And I want to be kissing you." He
caught her mouth in a hot, hard kiss that fired her insides and rekindled her
desire.

-Joy & Caleb”
― Fayrene Preston