In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1) QUOTES

2 " I’m a man,” he returned with harsher resolve. “Once we get past the title, the frill of my extensive travel and education, the calling on my life that I can’t control, and my family’s socioeconomic status, we can appreciate that I am a hot-blooded man who fights with rigor not to kiss you the way that I want, who struggles against beating his meat every day when I think about your glorious and sinful body while I’m alone, and the man who wants a woman in his bed to defile in each and every way as he chooses. Pastoral image aside, I am a man with carnal need, just one who wants to follow the rules and wait until I’m married to release what I’ve been holding since the day I laid eyes on you. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

4 " You can either walk out of here on your own volition with dignity or you will be carried out,” thundered directly into my left ear. “You have 4.5 seconds before the decision will be made for you. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

6 " Haven’t you ever lent your mind to the possibility of stepping out of the world as you know it and into something new…unusual that can elevate your mind to a place where you can experience a deeper meaning? Your pleasure is clearer, your perception of joy is sharper, and those things that confuse you—hurt you—become void, almost nonexistent. You can step out of who you know Alexis to be, along with all of her stressors and tap into a new advent of yourself.  Don’t think about what should be or could be; create your own path to contentment. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

8 " You would be wise to stop with your self-loathing right there. Your high risk behavior already has my wrist twitching. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

10 " From Abraham to Peter, and so on and so forth, God has shown the flaws of man, biblically. You’re no different. God has never used a perfect man, except Jesus Christ, to edify His Kingdom. So tighten up your conduct. Things will work out. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

12 " why I’d been so adamant about finding a wife—waiting on God to send her to me. Unlike Paul, I wasn’t meant to minister as a single man. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

14 " That was it: no formal goodbye to me or paternal inquisition for my new husband no one knew. "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)

16 " That’s “In”…William McDowell, "

― Love Belvin , In Covenant with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #1)