He stands like a guardian in front of some evil, malevolent gate and holds monsters at bay so the rest of us can go about our lives and never know we were even threatened.Father Hummer’s breath caught...
He settled on the balcony outside her second-story window and became still, a part of the night, blending for a moment into the very fabric of the building. Her bedchamber was one of the rooms with a...
Go take a shower. Use cold water, it will help.It took him a moment to control the urgent demands of his body. As he stepped away from her, the pad of his finger slipped down her throat and trailed ov...
Dimitri Tirunul was her unexpected miracle. A man beyond any she’d ever dreamt of. She was human. He was Carpathian— nearly immortal. She was nineteen years old. He was an ancient, centuries old. She...
Come on, Jacques--Raven made the length of the room again, turned to face him--don’t you find this even a little bit nerve-racking? He leaned lazily back in his chair, flashing a cocky grin.Being cage...
Carpathian men are vain, dear brother-in-law, she proclaimed, but not too bright.Jacques glared up at her with mock ferocity. You have a mean streak in you, woman. Whatever happened to a soft, sweet,...
Before anything else, I need your trust. Your absolute trust in me--and yourself. You have to know you are the only woman I will ever want or need. You have to know that it is in you to meet my every...
Am I right in thinking you’re deliberately keeping me here?Mikhail shrugged his broad shoulders. Yes and no. I do not want to force you against your will, but as to my wanting you to stay, I believe u...
She hadn’t pulled away. If anything, her arms had tightened around his neck. He shared every single breath she took, feeling the slight movement of her rib cage and breasts against him, the warm air t...
He was glad he was in the form of a creature, so he couldn’t smile. She didn’t know what muscle was.
He found himself smiling at her teasing. He never smiled. Not for six hundred years or more. He waited for her laughter again, needing it with the same craving an addict felt for a drug.When it came,...
She forced laughter into her thoughts--From the other side of a grove of trees, out of her sight, Jacob suddenly screamed in terror, the sound fading to a thin wail. The roar of an enraged bear mingle...
Little one. He put a wealth of love in his summons. Relief. It was draining to make the contact, to cover the distance, but he needed it desperately for both their sakes., she instructed softly.She ac...
Mikhail demanded, even though he understood Gregori completely and felt him justified.Gregori did not look at him but stared out into the storm. There was an unmistakable warning note, an actual thre...
He murmured the words against her temple, his lips brushing her forehead in gentleness, brushing her mind with tenderness.He could feel the curious fragmentation in her mind, as if she had been using...
Your scars? Would you tell me if I asked? What I know. The bullet that nearly severed my spine. He waited until she found it, until the pads of her fingers stroked over the spot like a caress. Amsterd...
Raven could see his plan clearly, knew Mikhail felt the initial rush of agony overwhelming her. She could barely breathe. Wanting to spare him, she tried to close herself off from him. But Mikhail was...
He also thinks there’s something in the Carpathian woman’s chemistry that makes it impossible for the female chromosome to beat out the male.Wouldn’t you know he’d think it was the woman, Shea sniffed...
Francesca shook her head over the vehemence of that command, but she felt very precious to him. She tried to sound indignant, but he was making her laugh with his nonsense. He sounded very arrogant a...
Desari reached up to trace his lips. You have a perfect mouth, Julian. An amazingly perfect mouth.He arched an eyebrow at her. Just my mouth is amazing?You are such a man. Her eyes laughed at him. You...