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...
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CountryUnited States of America
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dad wish said
Dad," I said hesitantly, "I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.
train-wrecks fronts happenings
It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.
dad hands trying
Want to try it?" Dad offered, patting the arm of the chair. "Fifteen different kinds of massage. It analyzes your back muscles and makes recommendations. It also grabs and stretches the thigh and calf muscles." "No, thanks. I prefer my furniture to keep its hands to itself.
world difficult persons
I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.
taken breathing nurse
Hardy Cates," I said, coming into the room, "you behave, or I'll step on your tube." The nurse seemed taken aback by my unsympathetic bedside manner. But Hardy's gaze met mine in a moment of bright, hot voltage, and he relaxed, reassured in a way that cooing sympathy could never have done. "That only works if it's a breathing tube," he told me.
miserable reason smarter
The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.
couple fighting reason-why
Most of the time when couples argue, it’s not really about the thing they’re fighting about; there’s a deeper reason why they’re arguing.
lasts love-someone
You can't love someone new without getting over the last one.
looks way helping
One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots.
facts comfort degrees
Well, I find a strange comfort in the fact that he wouldn't feel this degree of animosity now, had he not loved me so much before.
things-in-life knowing excess
Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do anything to have it - even knowing that it was bad for you?" "Of course," Adam replied. "All truly enjoyable things in life are invariably bad for you - and they are even better when done to excess.
waiting invisible chains
...she could only wait for someone, something, to free her from the invisible chains that bound her.
crucial good matter people profession scare time
No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.
amazing career choice college dreams education encouraged few follow gone graduated historical people romance students women
I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged to follow our dreams. However, after I graduated and had a historical romance published, more than a few people indicated that, in some way, my career choice was a 'waste' of so much education.