Still, these images are painted with an unexpected physical tenderness.

With unexpected tenderness, he pulled her shirt together, trying to fix it properly but finding buttons missing, the result of their struggle.

He had made little effort after the early days of their marriage to please and delight her with unexpected tenderness.

Arms link or encircle bodies in brief moments of unexpected tenderness.

She was gazing at him so earnestly that he felt an unexpected tenderness.

"And, girls," she said, the familiar authority of her voice tempered with a unexpected tenderness.

Kris was nearly unbalanced by the unexpected tenderness in his warm yellow eyes.

These moments embody the "unexpected tenderness" of the title.

Terence placed his hand on her head with unexpected tenderness.

A little unexpected tenderness, a soft breeze, and she heard bells.