Whether it’s about vampires, Alchemists, half-humans, or people rooted in ancient mythology, Richelle Mead knows how to write sparks – nay, raging fires – of love that get our hearts pounding. Read on for 6 of our favorite romantic moments from all of Richelle Mead’s books!

The cabin scene from Shadow Kiss

“The electricity that had crackled between us when I’d fought and held him down earlier returned, wrapping around us now.”

 When Sydney tells Adrian “the center will hold” in The Fiery Heart

“‘Everything’s going to be okay. The center will hold.’”

“‘How do you know?’”

“‘Because we are the center.’”

Dimitri & Rose’s hotel scene in Last Sacrifice

“Being with him after so long, after everything we’d endured…it was like coming home. Like finally being where–with whom–I belonged.”

When Dimitri gives Rose her favorite lip gloss in Vampire Academy

“What’s this for? For my first day?”

“‘No,’ he said simply. ‘Because I thought it would make you happy.’”

When Adrian tells Sydney what he would’ve said if he were Brayden in The Golden Lily

“If I were him, I would have said, ‘You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth.’”

When Adrian asks Sydney to dance in front of the Alchemists at Sonya’s wedding in The Indigo Spell

“Even with appropriate spacing between us, our hands were still clasped, our stances still intimate. I was hyperaware of every single place his fingers rested on my body. His touch was light and delicate but seemed to carry an extraordinary heat and intensity.”

Soon we’ll have to update this list because Richelle’s newest book, The Glittering Court, is coming out 4/5! And trust us…your heart will NOT be disappointed.