Hot Blooded Quotes

“I wanted to see more of you. I wanted to watch over you. Guard you.” “‘Guard’ me. Like a possession?” Tessa asked, anger stiffening her spine. She’d never been able to tolerate jealousy in men. It frightened her, made her feel caged. “No,” Amos said quietly. “Like a queen.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“There isn’t a thing you could ask that I wouldn’t do for you.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“After several rounds of rinsing his mouth, Amos came back. He stood next to Tessa, looking dispassionately down at Phillipe. Sighing, he bent and hefted Phillipe’s body up, slinging him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Phillipe’s emaciated arms draped limply down Amos’s back. “Congratulations,” Amos said wryly to Tessa. “You’re a mother.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“Babysitting your children is not a break! she wanted to scream at him. And don’t use your fucking kids as emotional blackmail!”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“Thank you. And… sorry. For flipping out.” “Don’t apologize. If I do something that upsets you, I want to know.” Well, that was something she’d never heard from a man before.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“She gave it a moment of thought. “No. Intimacy isn’t about gender. And I want intimacy. It’s not like there’ll be this un-fillable void in my soul if I never get to eat pussy.” Amos nearly choked on his own tongue.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“The knowledge that he alone was making her come went straight to some primitive, lizard part of his brain and lit it up like a Christmas tree. Mine, the lizard thought smugly.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“My software developer homebody vampire boyfriend is kind of a badass, Tessa thought, pressing her lips together to suppress a smug grin.”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded

“How can you be such a badass and also such a softie?”
― Heather Guerre, Hot Blooded