“Smart and hot. Dammit.”

“Perceptive. She’s as smart as she is beautiful. And probably doesn’t think she’s either one.”

“Cash winks at me from in front of the stove and pure lust twitches in my lower belly. There’s no denying this man is hot. Effing hot. Probably hotter than the stove he’s cooking on.”

“I mean, it's not like he's Damon Salvatore hot”

“Looking at him makes my stomach feel like it's full of hot, melted butter.”

“You'd better close those lips before I'm tempted to kiss them and really give you something to be all hot and bothered about.”

“When I lift my head, my eyes meet hers and in them, whether she would ever admit it or not, is desire. Lots of hot, sweaty, pin-me-up-against-the-wall desire.”