“Really?" she drawled. "You'd rather take your chances with her?"
"At least I know when she's manipulating me."
"News flash: I have never manipulated you. And I hope I never have to. But you aren't the only one with responsibilities and an entire country of people who are relying on you. So I'm sorry, your majesty, but you are coming with me, and you're just going to have to figure out whether or not you can trust me when we're not so pressed for time."
Then she raised her hand and shot him.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“And worse, far worse – he wasn't just kissing me. He was making me like it! And he was somehow, by some nefarious chauvinistic manly trick managing to make me kiss him back!”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“I'm not sure I've turned your Commander inside out, but I can assure you if that iron skillet was empty, I would bring him down a peg or two.”
― Julia Mills, Her Dragon To Slay

“She grabbed her clutch bag and circled her arms around his neck. "Caulder McCutchen, I'm really not sure what you are."

He lifted his head and looked down at her, squinted. "I'm a man. Enough said?"

Velia smiled and looped her arm through his. "Yes, sir. Shall we go?”
― Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, Howdy, Ma'am

“While he gave Ella enormous credit for summing the situation so succinctly, part of him was still waiting for her to crumple on the floor in a heap. “Yes it does. But please, don’t be frightened–”

“Oh pack it in,” she snapped, re-lacing the top of her bodice. “You’re not marrying a wilting sunflower you know.”
― Michelle Smart, Once Upon A Twist

“Be silent!" shrieked the beldame.

"I won't!" said Cap. "Because you see, if we are in for the horrible, I can beat you hollow at that!”
― E.D.E.N. Southworth, Capitola's Peril

“Leave me alone, or I will shoot,” a woman’s husky voice rang out through the broken window. “I'm not too afraid to blow your ass right back to whatever hell you come from.”
― Rose Wynters, My Wolf King

“Just remember. You're a lost and lonely, little Lamian, not a feisty, stubborn, little pixet that will poison you the first opportunity she gets.”
― Tianna Holley, Unexpected Metamorphosis

“Mary didn't know much about Mexican law, but she felt quite certain she could hold out in the crumbling village jail for a long, long time. She knew how strong she was. And she knew the difference between right and wrong. Above all, she knew how to defy the man she hated for making love to her until she let down all her defenses. Deceitful, dishonest, devastatingly seductive Max would never get her to give in again!”
― Carol Storm, Santiago's Secret

“I glared as I stood over him. "We all have skeletons, Henry Davenport." I flipped my wrist to reveal the symbol of the Wited Rose. "Some more than others.”
― Freedom Matthews, Inherited

“A whisper brushed my ears. "How's my favorite cooking star?"
I turned around abruptly to find Nicolas wearing a sheepish smile and another expensive designer suit with a crisp white shirt. He shook hands with O'Shea. "Did she give you an answer?"
"Not yet," I said, my temper rising. "And please don't talk about me in the third person when I'm standing right in front of you."
Nicolas's eyes widened. "She's a feisty one. That's why I like her," he said.
"That she is," said O'Shea.
I slammed my hand on the prep table. "I'm right here.”
― Samantha Verant, Sophie Valroux's Paris Stars

“I belong to the Brookes and there's not a single fucking thing they won't do to show it.

Lock me up and throw away the key.”
― L. Tomkinson, Vixen to Villain: A Dark Mafia Reverse Harem Romance

“Oh yes. I remember you threatening to spank me. Also, please remember that I said 'don't threaten me with a good time," I retort, flipping my hair over my shoulder and shrugging.

Why am I fighting him on this? Am I that mentally deranged?”
― L. Tomkinson, Vixen to Villain: A Dark Mafia Reverse Harem Romance