" Lily collided full-on into Lord Harte.
With uncanny reflexes, he grasped her upper arms to keep them both from tumbling down the stairs.
And something incredible happened.
In one flashing fraction of a second, Lily felt the explosion of the white-hot awareness she had experienced the first time she had seen him, but this time, it was multiplied a hundredfold. Her arms where he gripped them felt inordinately hot from his touch, sparking a fierce reaction that spread throughout her limbs. The surface of her body where it pressed against him was branded with sensations she barely understood. It was as though she had been ignited in a conflagration of sudden life. Like a phoenix being birthed from flames. "

― Amy Sandas , The Untouchable Earl (Fallen Ladies, #2)