{"quotes":[{"text":"What is that?” Addison inspects the food with a look of sheer revulsion on her face. You’d swear I just handed her a plate full of arsenic. “The Works Burger with fries and extra onions and cheese, exactly as you ordered.” I keep my voice level.She sends me a scathing look. “Do I look like I’d ever consume that amount of saturated fat?","author":"Siobhan Davis","tags":["angsty-love","bad-boys","contemporary-romance","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-relationships","humor","teen-drama","teen-romance","young-adult-romance"],"id":42646,"author_id":"Siobhan+Davis"},{"text":"He smiled at me shyly and took a step closer. I froze, heart pounding, as he put one hand on my cheek and leaned toward me. I swallowed, gazing up at him with what I hoped was an expectant (and not alarmed) expression. He bent his head toward mine and...","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["angsty-love","anna","cute","dark-lightning","davin","dl","hero","heroes","love","quotes","romantic","superhero","suspense","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":54675,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"On angel's wings, love flew in.","author":"Renee Dyer","tags":["adri","angsty-love","healing","letting-love-in","starting-over","tucker-stavros"],"id":71366,"author_id":"Renee+Dyer"},{"text":"I am happy with you.' It was only a half-lie. In truth, being with him made me happier than anything. But it was a bittersweet happiness because from this moment on, it would be overshadowed with the wait and wonder of when and how our relationship would dissolve.","author":"Alicia Kobishop","tags":["angst","angsty-love","bittersweet","love","relationship","romance"],"id":110580,"author_id":"Alicia+Kobishop"},{"text":"In the light, he looked like a fallen angel asked to return to Hell.","author":"Caroline Cairn","tags":["angsty-love","paranormal-romance"],"id":120330,"author_id":"Caroline+Cairn"},{"text":"I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do,' I breathed, trying hard to pretend I wasn't fazed by what just happened. 'You weren't listening to me.'He stared at me with intensity for several seconds. 'That's an interesting way to get my attention.","author":"Alicia Kobishop","tags":["angst","angsty-love","love","mature-ya","new-adult","romance"],"id":124928,"author_id":"Alicia+Kobishop"},{"text":"It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a dizzying second I wasn’t thinking about sleep or storms but about pressing my lips to his. I gave my head a slight shake and tried to slow my pulse.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["amazing-writing","angst","angsty-love","best-","chilvery","favorite-books","great","heartwarming","hot-scene","j-m-richards","romance","romantic","smolder-moment-alert","sweet","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":125150,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"You know that's not true. We have something, Helena. In another life, it would have been a beautiful something.'That hurts. God, does it. I've seen that life. He doesn't even know what he's talking about. In his mind, I'm just some possibility that could have been, but in my mind, he's the only possibility. I step close to him, close enough to see the stubble on his cheeks. I reach up to touch it, and it scrapes against the tender side of my hand. Kit closes his eyes. 'There's a house uptown on Washington ; we live there together in that life,' I say softly. 'Everything is green, green, green in our backyard. We have two children, a boy and a girl. She looks like you,' I say. 'But she acts like me.' I carees his cheek because I know it's the last time I'm going to get to do it. Kit's eyes are open and storming. I run my teeth across my bottom lip before I continue. 'In the summer, we make love outside, against the big wooden table that still holds our dinner dishes. And we talk about all the places we want to make love.' I lick the tears from my lip where they are pooling. Running in a straight line down my cheeks, a leaky faucet. 'And we're so happy, Kit. It's like a dream every day.' I reach up on my tiptoes and kiss him softly on the lips, letting him taste my tears. He's staring at me so hard I want to crack. 'But, it's just a dream, isn't it?","author":"Tarryn Fisher","tags":["angsty-love","dreams"],"id":158740,"author_id":"Tarryn+Fisher"},{"text":"He started to draw. He drew from memory. He had a good memory, something which, all things considered, was far from a blessing.The pencils moved quickly across the paper, scratching back and forth in deepening shades of grey. He leaned low over the paper, concentrating all his energy on his work. The candles flickered and dripped wax, having nothing better to do.Eventually he lifted his head and looked at his creation. The face of a young woman stared back at him from the paper, a slight smile playing on her lips. She looked as if she was about to say something, and that once she had you would laugh. She looked happy.Seven stared at the picture, his strange eyes unreadable – eyes that, now he made no effort to mask them, were from edge to edge only the deep blue of the dead ocean. He swallowed hard, as if he was trying to imbibe something foul tasting but necessary, like a child sipping medicine, and pulled another sheet of paper from his desk.","author":"F.D. Lee","tags":["angst","angsty-love","misery","obsession"],"id":190050,"author_id":"F.D.+Lee"},{"text":"How this woman had managed to get under his skin and claw her way inside was a mystery. He couldn’t leave her there though. His entire being was screaming at him to get her out.","author":"Caroline Cairn","tags":["angsty-love","paranormal-romance"],"id":217300,"author_id":"Caroline+Cairn"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}