Melissa Cutler Quotes

“Turns out I'm not so easily broken.”

— Melissa Cutler

Hot damn, Diego Santero looked fine soaking wet. Everything about him radiated potent masculinity, from the slick, dark hair that drew emphasis to the angles of his cheeks and jaw, to the water beading off his forearms and the soaked black shirt and cargo pants that clung to every curve of muscle and flesh below.

— Melissa Cutler

“You make velocity look good.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Calm down. If I wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't need this knife to do it.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Am I in trouble? He chortled, well, a bunch of not-so-friendly thugs were waiting to ambush you and blow up your apartment. If that doesn't qualify as trouble, I don't know what does.”

— Melissa Cutler

“The ferocity of her passion was what he'd been waiting for night after torturous night. He wanted her to hunger the way he hungered. To need like he needed.”

— Melissa Cutler

“My mouth only does one thing well, and talking's not it.”

— Melissa Cutler

“We're going balls to the wall, guys. Our sneak-and-peak just turned into a hostage rescue.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Her gaze slid up the thick muscles of his arm, imagining her hand doing the same, imagining what it would feel like to explore a body of such raw, masculine energy. No doubt about it, he was man built for battle. Yet she could seein his sharp, dark eyes, and in the glimpses of humor and caring he'd let slip, that there was so much more to him than the fight.”

— Melissa Cutler

“She wanted his strong, capable hands on her blody and those soft lips locked with hers. She wanted to be held tight and kissed until she could forget-if only for a few precious minutes-that her life as she knew it had evaporated in a cloud of smoke and flame and violence.”

— Melissa Cutler

“She dribbled water over his neck and back. The towel didn't quite soak up all of it, and drops raced down his back, trailing the curve of his spine. She loved that curve, framed on either side by ripple after ripple of muscle, and she especially loved the way it dipped in at his waist before flaring onto his perfect, rounded backside.”

— Melissa Cutler

“He liked the sound of her voice, husky and low in a way that got him thinking about pinning her to the rock and setting his mouth to work on the hollow of her throat, proving to her which of them was in control. Then again, feelings didn't get much more out of control that his were at the moment.”

— Melissa Cutler

How much the pain grew inside him after Ossie died until the only way to deal with it was to throw himself into the fray. And the whole time, Vanessa's body was wrapped around him like she was the only one being strong as a shield while he stripped his life bare.

— Melissa Cutler

“She touched him everywhere she could reach. The rounded hardness of his biceps and chest, the ripped contours of his back, his thick, damp hair, until touching with his hands wasn't enough.”

— Melissa Cutler

“And if we don't keep moving, we won't make it to a computer in time to stop the submarine sale because we'll have to spend a second night in the jungle, surrounded by friggin' pit vipers. In the rain. And I am sick and tired of the rain. I want to get a roof over our heads and dry clothes for you because I can see right through your damn shirt and it's driving me crazy.”

— Melissa Cutler

They were opposite in so many ways, but it was the kind of difference that was balancing-her softness with his steel, his instinct and her logic. He was teaching her by example to have courage in the face of fear, and she badly wanted to help him give voice to his grief and understand it was all right to feel pain.

— Melissa Cutler

“Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you.”

— Melissa Cutler

She had a hand on his belt, ready to show him exactly what she had in mind for the night, when he lowered to his knees between her legs, his hands spanning her ribs. Nervousness had vanished from his expression, replaced by eyes that gimmered with tenderness and perhaps even a hint of joy.

— Melissa Cutler

“I'll carry you. But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Faces close, they breathed into each other, their bodies slick with water and sweat.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Tonight, after we're done with the bank, we're going to finish this. Somewhere it's just the two of us. But if I keep kissing you right now, I'm not going to have enough blodd left in my brain to keep you safe at the bank.”

— Melissa Cutler

“It's you and me, and all you have to do is breathe. I'm going to take care of everything else.”

— Melissa Cutler

“She downed the last of her beer, knowing that her wayward thoughts were Drunk Allison coming out to play. She wasn't even drunk proper yet, just tipsy, but Drunk Allison was flexible like that.”

— Melissa Cutler

“I'm sorry he won't talk to you. And I'm sorry that he keeps hurting you. I really am. I don't know how to fix things between you two, but I think a place to start would be for you to stop pointing out how flawed he is and start looking for the good in him.”

— Melissa Cutler

One more salt to try," Kellan said, reaching into the box. He brought a jar of black, flaky crystals up to the light. "Black diamond finishing salt. Extremely rare and too bold for those with meek palates. But, for a true connoisseur, the flavor is incomparable." He lowered her head and torso to the ground and pushed her sweater up to expose her stomach and ribs. "I want to sample it on your skin.

— Melissa Cutler

“You won't believe what I'm capable of, Phoenix.”

— Melissa Cutler

“She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie.”

— Melissa Cutler

“Is it just me or do they put the MORON in OXYMORON?”

— Melissa Cutler

“Upon a time. Gripping her shirt at the”

— Melissa Cutler

“Finished our conversation yet." "We haven't?" Ben asked, lowering to the bench”

— Melissa Cutler

There are times I wish things hadn't changed between us. Sometimes I wish I didn't know ... " - Harper. "Know what? That's we're perfect for each other?" - Brandon

— Melissa Cutler

“I was a fool for ever thinking I could live with letting you be the one who got away.”

— Melissa Cutler

“We're going balls to the walls, guys. Our sneak and peak just turned inti a hostage rescue.”

— Melissa Cutler