Top 30 Carrie Ann Ryan Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I sound like a sulky teenager, don’t I?” “You’re more angsty than Edward Cullen on a sunny day.” Their laughter filled the car, releasing the ball of nervousness that churned in her stomach during the ride. No matter what she did, there would be a fight. Resigned, Mel took a deep breath.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

2. “I cannot lose you. Don’t you get that? You weren’t supposed to be mine. I am, and will always be, too dangerous for you, but I’m selfish and want you anyway. Now that I have you, you cannot leave me. I’m not letting you go – and.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

3. “She ran her hand over his head then gripped his hair. “More licking. Less talking.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

4. “He’s lost everything once, and now, he wasn’t sure if he had anything left to lose.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

5. “They sat down to eat after Honor set the table. He knew she wanted to help in some way, but there was no way he’d let her near the stove. “Stop grinning at me like that,” she said after she swallowed her first bite. “Yes, you’re an amazing cook, and I love eating your food, but that smile means you’re thinking about how I’m not allowed near your stove. It was one time, Jacks. One time.” “You burned the pot, Honor. Boiling water. Water, Honor.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

6. “No matter what scars you have, Sierra, you’l always be beautiful. No amount of ink or scars will make your skin anything but perfect to me.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

7. “Soon their child would start talking and expressing his thoughts. After all, their son was amazing. “You’re doing it again,” Bay accused with a laugh in her voice. “You’re doing that whole rooster thing where you thrust your chest out and show off your son, proving that your p-e-n-i-s can be wielded like the mightiest of swords.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

8. “Sounds like a plan. Pat, we’re going up to the attic. If we don’t come out in a couple hours, the boxes ate us.” Pat raised a brow and settled Micah against her shoulder as Finn quietly climbed to sit next to her. Again, that slight pain sliced through her at the sight of the now solemn little boy who used to smile with the greatest of ease. “If you’re afraid of a little dust, I have no hope for you,” Pat teased, and Bay stuck out her tongue like the tough Enforcer mate she was.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

9. “Wait, hear me out.” She quirked a grin at him as she said it. “If we both go into this knowing that, no matter what, we remain friends and we know there is no future beyond remaining as close as we are, we can do this. That way, we both get what we need and can keep things how they are. What do you say?”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

10. “Bay nodded. “I guess he’s not going to know if I don’t really say what’s on my mind.” Mel’s eyes danced with laughter. “I think that’s the thing with most men and women. They need to be told.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

11. “Tyler had bandaged her burns, and she had soothed his bruises. They hadn’t made love, though she knew they’d both wanted to. But sometimes those aches and pains were a little too much to get in the mood.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

12. “First, there will be no kidnapping. I know you’re stronger and bigger and have magic and crap, but I’m drawing the line at kidnapping.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

13. “What did I say about interrupting?” “You’re cute when you’re feisty.” “I swear to God when men say something so degrading, I just want to slap the hell out of them. You’re very, very lucky that I’m here to help you and not to kill you.” “So, you’re an elf assassin now, are you?” “Oh, peppermint balls!”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

14. “It wasn’t every day that a lion shifter next in line to the throne, dealing with a possible uproar and war in his Pride, found himself a soon-to-be father with a not-so-human potential mate after he’d left her all alone because he’d been forced to hurt her. There weren’t any manuals for this sort of thing...”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

15. “Telling a male lion not to be a lion wasn’t exactly the easiest thing in the world.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

16. “I think we’re just hitting the age where we’re too old to figure out what the hell we want but know we need to find it someway.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

17. “Jackson opened his eyes as Tyler smiled. “You know broody is in right now,” his sheriff brother said with a grin. “Just get some vampire teeth or shift into a wolf and any woman would have you.” Jackson growled, and Tyler nodded again. “Yep, Jacks, growl just like that for the ladies, and they’ll come right to you.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

18. “Amara would never let them go, even if there weren’t a bond. That was what she vowed to herself right then. She’d fight for this, fight for them. They were worth it. And with the way they looked at her, she was just starting to figure out that she was worth it, as well.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

19. “Just marry her, already. Okay? I like her a lot. She’s pretty, and she smells nice.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

20. “Must. Be. Stronger. Than. Tequila. Oh, honey, how many times have those words been said?”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

21. “Words were far more powerful than most believed.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

22. “This woman could make a saint sin.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

23. “It’s how we work,” his brother said simply. “I plan. Jake refines. Owen organizes. And you growl and grunt.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

24. “Reed couldn’t have agreed more with his wolf. Tonight the three of them would spend the night in the same house. He just hoped they were together in the same bed when they did it. Preferably naked and sweaty with lots of intimate touching.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

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25. “Tyler?” Brayden asked, and Tyler shook his head to clear thoughts that were going way too fast for him. “Sorry, yes, we’ll just deal with my issues now,” Tyler finally answered. “But, whatever it is that’s bothering you, I hope you know I’ll help if you need it.” “I don’t know if I like this new caring-brother thing you’re doing.” “Hey, I’ve always been caring, just a bit of an ass at times.” “At times?” Brayden smiled.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

26. “She really needed to stop reading romantic suspense because now horror stories from authors like Shiloh Walker were on her mind and a little too vivid for what she needed at the moment.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

27. “She wanted this man. Now. Later. More than once.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

28. “She was the last lightning-struck without a mate, and therefore, human.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

29. “What happened? Who do I need to kill?”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

30. “Bloodthirsty, thy name is Momma Wolf.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

31. “He was inked on her skin, on her soul, on her heart. He was hers. Forever.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

32. “Don’t start, Brynn. I’m not in the mood to deal with your logic.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan