Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypasis a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
ambition someday fearlessness
I loved him so much, loved his fearlessness, his strength, even the ambition that would someday take him away from me.
letting-go long absence
I had to let go of him. But I knew that as long as I lived, I would feel the phantompain of his absence.
haunting ghost let-him-go
Bitterly I wondered if Hardy was going to overshadow every relationship for the rest of my life, haunting me like a ghost. I didn't know how to let him go. I'd never even had him.
choices accepting consequence
Make your choice and accept the consequences.
running running-away
I'm not running away from my fears," I told Dane. "I'm running away from my relatives.
heart pieces want
Be happy, honey. No one deserves it more. But don't forget... I'm keeping one little piece of your heart for myself. And if you ever want it back.. .you know where to find it.
childhood understanding rooms
He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.
axes years long
As we talked, I had the sense of uncovering something precious and long-buried, fully formed. Our conversation was a process of removing layers, some of them easily dusted away. Other layers, requiring chisels or axes, were left alone for now. We revealed as much as we dared about what had happened during the years that separated us. But it wasn't what I had expected, being with Hardy again. There was something in me that remained stubbornly locked away, as if I were afraid to let out the emotion I had harbored for so long.
mistake trying scared
I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.
way compromise knows
But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right?" "Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.
disappointment heart happens
It would only lead to disappointment, even heartbreak, and her heart was too precious for me to let that happen.
kissing voice chocolate
You won't kiss me for diamonds," he said, his voice slightly raspy, "but you will for chocolates?" Poppy nodded.
heart things-in-life causes
Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.
second-chance interesting bonus
You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.