{"quotes":[{"text":"One thing I've always wondered—why did you enter that bikini contest when you were a teenager?” Her face flushed with a mixture of anger and embarrassment. “How far back did you trace me?” “Far enough.” A pause. “You didn't answer my question.” “And you didn't turn into a puff of smoke and disappear. The world is full of disappointments.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["mercy","riley"],"id":1520,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"Riley knelt down, clasping the fur at the back of her neck. “You’re fucking bruised all down your back. Why the hell didn’t you tell me it hur.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["mercy","riley"],"id":9043,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"Be gentle with him, Mercy. He's got a heart as big as Texas— he'll die for you without blinking. But he doesn't expect anyone to do the same for him.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["andrew","heart","mercy","riley"],"id":42874,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"Ember was watching me, green bright eyes in the shadows of the room. She crouched against the wall with her wings pressed close and her tail curled around herself. Even with her fangs slightly bared and her sides heaving with fear, she was still beautiful, elegant, fiery, everything my dragon wanted.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragon-romance","dragons","julie-kagawa","riley","young-adult"],"id":120238,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"It was, she had to admit, some kind of wonderful to be kissed so deliciously by the only mand who had dared play with her cat with the intention of winning.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["mercy","riley"],"id":140193,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"There was no way I was going to let him die. He was my other half; without him, I felt incomplete. I wasn't sure if this was my dragon talking or me,but I couldn't imagine a world without Riley.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragon-shifters","ember","riley","soulmates"],"id":143960,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"--she walked into her bathroom, stripped, and entered the shower.The door opened a minute later to expose Riley standing there, beer in hand.Scraping damp strands of red off her face, she glared at him. 'I don't remember giving you an invitation.'You said to amuse myself while you shower.' A slow, slow, deliciously slow. ","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["mercy","riley","shower"],"id":179451,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"I have something for you.”“Yeah? What? Is it shiny?”They both waited until Indigo had jogged away before resuming their conversation. “So,” Riley asked, “what have you got for me?” Taking his hand, she placed it palm-down over her heart. It would hurt like a bitch, she thought, but he was hers to protect as much as she was his. “Me.” And she opened up her soul, laid herself bare.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["love","mercy","riley","trust"],"id":198797,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"A hand in her hair, wrenching back her head. 'What's my name?'She scratched trails down his back. He didn't even wince. 'My name, kitty. Say my name.'Mr. Mud Stick, Muddie for short,' she said, even as she rubbed herself against the hard thrust of his denim-covered erection, the roughness of the fabric an exquisite sensation. She would've liked naked skin even more, but he wasn't budging.'Say it, or no cock for you today.'Her mouth fell open. 'Fuck you.'You'll be doing that shortly.","author":"Nalini Singh","tags":["mercy","riley"],"id":216688,"author_id":"Nalini+Singh"},{"text":"He had never thought in his wildest imagination of marriage as an opti.","author":"Nia Forrester","tags":["alpha-male","angsty-love","commitment","marriage","proposal","riley","shawn"],"id":223159,"author_id":"Nia+Forrester"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}