Excerpt #1

1.  If this guy is over thirty then I’m a monkey’s uncle

2. “Business is all about people, Miss Steele, and I’m very good at judging people, The bottom line is, it’s always down to good people, It really is all about having the right people on your team and directing their energies accordingly.

3. ‘the growth and develop-ment of people is the highest calling of leadership.’”

4. The way he strokes his index finger against his lower lip? I wish he’d stop doing that

5. “There. Now can you join me for coffee?” Grey smiles as if it’s a done deal.

Grey takes my hand, clasping it with his long cool fingers
 I want to feel his mouth on me.

6. Never trust a man who can dance.

7. “Well, we could go to Seattle this evening or next Saturday for dinner at my place, and I’ll acquaint you with the facts then. The choice is yours.”
“Why can’t you tell me now?” I sound petulant.
“Because I’m enjoying my breakfast and your company. Once you’re enlightened, you probably won’t want to see me again.”

8. “Relationships like this are built on honesty and trust,” he continues. “If you don’t trust me – trust me to know how I’m affecting you, how far I can go with you, how far I can take you – if you can’t be honest with me, then we really can’t do this.”

9. I don’t need an aphrodisiac near you. I think you know that, and I think you react the same way near me

Excerpt #1

1. there are rules you follow here not because you want to, but because you have to

2. we accept the love we think we deserve