{"quotes":[{"text":"Michelle, since the first day I met you I knew you were the one for me. I knew that I would make you my wife. I love waking up to your beautiful face every morning and seeing you before I close my eyes each night. I love you with everything in me, and I promise to be the man that you need for the rest of our lifetime together. Would you do me the honor of being my wife?","author":"Blaque Diamond","tags":["betrayal","books","contemporary","deceit","deception","happy","lies","love","marriage","novel","over-joy","proposal","reading","secrets"],"id":150,"author_id":"Blaque+Diamond"},{"text":"The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to know that she has something that Stella never did: a place to fall. 'And if he hurts you or if anyone hurts you...You have me.'  It feels unnatural, but I hug my sister. Her arms are limp at her sides, but she doesn't push me away.  'Remember, you have me,' I repeat.","author":"Katie McGarry","tags":["contemporary","family-relationships","novella","pushing-the-limits","sibiling-bonding","young-adult"],"id":551,"author_id":"Katie+McGarry"},{"text":"There wasn't a shed of doubt in her mind that he'd fulfill her every sexual fantasy and them some.But was a brief, hot affair worth losing his friendship?","author":"Francis Ray","tags":["contemporary","fiction","multicultural","romance"],"id":569,"author_id":"Francis+Ray"},{"text":"When you kissed me…I felt special.I never really felt like I deserved it.That isn’t your fault. That was me.When I looked down the aisle on our wedding day and you weren’t there, my first thought, as awful as this sounds, wasn’t, “Where is he?” it was, “Oh, it figures.","author":"Virginia Nelson","tags":["contemporary","light-contemporary","romance","runaway-groom","watkin-s-pond-series"],"id":2031,"author_id":"Virginia+Nelson"},{"text":"He now realized that right and wrong were intertwined notions. His arms could not differentiate between just and unjust causes. They only knew that they were empty.","author":"Roy L. Pickering Jr.","tags":["african-american","contemporary","fiction","new-adult","novel","patches-of-grey","roy-pickering"],"id":2329,"author_id":"Roy+L.+Pickering+Jr."},{"text":"Just give me more, better memories to replace the bad ones. I’ll be back to normal before we know it.","author":"A.R. Von","tags":["ar-von","contemporary","contemporary-romance","dreams","jailhouse-rock","love","love-story","romance"],"id":2638,"author_id":"A.R.+Von"},{"text":"It’s like your whole life you’ve been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catchesyou. And you realize that somehow you’ve caught her at the same time. And together, instead offalling, you might be able to fly.” The ghost went to the discarded clipping and stared down at thephoto, riveted. “She’s a beaut, isn’t she?”“Sure,” Alex said automatically, although there was nothing of Zoë’s sparkling allure in thephoto, only a hint of resemblance.","author":"Lisa Kleypas","tags":["coastline","contemporary","favorites","harbor","romance","small-town-romance"],"id":3119,"author_id":"Lisa+Kleypas"},{"text":"At this very moment with my girl in my arms, I feel like there’s nothing I can’t do for her, for us. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","college-romance","contemporary","contemporary-romance","duke-ashdown","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":3703,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"I am yours,' he whispered. 'I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you.","author":"Lora Leigh","tags":["contemporary","lora-leigh","romance"],"id":4128,"author_id":"Lora+Leigh"},{"text":"It’s not a bad thing, if you’re responsible about it. Just don’t start having boyfriends. Wait until you’ve found your husband.” “And how am I supposed to find a husband if I can’t have a boyfriend until then?” I asked ironically.","author":"Zack Love","tags":["christianity","contemporary","faith","family","life","life-lessons","love","marriage","mother-daughter-bond","syrian-civil-war","tradition","wisdom","women"],"id":5855,"author_id":"Zack+Love"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":469,"pages":47,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}