TURN UP THE HEAT

❤️ TURN UP THE HEAT

Make me squirm.

Chemistry · anticipation · flirting · tension · almost kisses · forced proximity · wicked banter · groveling · just kiss already

We’re still behaving. Mostly.

For when butterflies aren’t quite enough.

Give me the tension.

The chemistry.

The longing.

The looks that last a second too long and the moments that make behaving feel highly overrated.

Nothing even has to happen yet.

Sometimes the waiting is half the fun.

❤️ Make Me Blush

Chemistry with consequences, please.

For the books that make your cheeks warm and suddenly have you very interested in making sure no one can see over your shoulder.

Give me stolen glances.

Wicked little smiles.

Flirting that absolutely has an agenda.

A perfectly innocent sentence delivered in a way that was not remotely innocent.

And that moment when you’re reading peacefully and suddenly

Oh.

Well…

Hello.

❤️ Give Me Tension

The looks. The almosts. The just-kiss-already suffering.

You know exactly what I mean.

The lingering eye contact.

The accidental touch that was absolutely not accidental.

The almost-kiss.

The interrupted kiss.

The if you come any closer, we’re both in trouble moment.

Put them in forced proximity.

Give them one bed.

Make them insist they don’t want each other while behaving like two people who have clearly forgotten how eyesight works.

I want to spend half the book yelling:

JUST. KISS. ALREADY.

And when they finally do?

It better have been worth every agonizing page.

❤️ Make Him Work for It

Oh, you messed up? Excellent. Start groveling.

You broke her heart?

Interesting.

Now I’d like regret.

Effort.

Accountability.

Changed behavior.

Yearning.

Possibly some begging.

And no, showing up with flowers and saying I’m sorry isn’t automatically getting anyone back onto this shelf.

I want him uncomfortable.

I want him realizing exactly what he lost.

I want the terrible moment when it finally sinks in that she might actually be done with him.

And then?

Show me what he’s willing to do about it.

Because loving her means more than wanting her back.

It means earning his way back to her.

Grovel accordingly, sir.

We’re watching.

❤️ I Want Him Gone for Her

Not interested. Not intrigued. Completely done for.

I don’t want him casually attracted.

I don’t even want him merely falling.

I want the exact moment this formerly reasonable man realizes a woman has completely rearranged his internal operating system.

Her happiness matters.

Her safety matters.

Her ridiculous coffee order matters.

The story she told him seventeen chapters ago?

He remembers.

Suddenly he’s changing plans.

Showing up.

Finding reasons to stand beside her.

Looking at her like everyone else in the room has become background scenery.

And perhaps the funniest part?

He may still believe he’s behaving normally.

Sir.

You are remembering her preferred snack and glaring at anyone who makes her laugh too hard.

The situation has progressed.

He’s not flirting anymore.

He’s finished.

Give me the man who fell so hard there was absolutely no recovering from her. 🖤