Remembered another one. I'm not a big reader of romance novels, but one that has a place of affection on my book shelves is Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels. Someone sent it to me as a gift and I adored it.

The first kiss between hero and heroine is under a streetlamp in the rain and boy is it pure steam. Not to mention very witty. Just adorable.

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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

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