Sophie raised her head. Light filtering through the trees dappled her face. Hawk.Charlotte looked up as well. A bird of prey soared above the treetops, circling around them.It’s dead, Sophie said. Geo...
Kate smirked.What?Your horse looks pink.So?If you paste some stars on her butt you'll be riding My Little Pony.Bugger off. I patted the mare's neck. Don't listen to her, Sugar. You are the cutest hors...
The trick here was indifference, I decided as I took my sweet time coming down the stairs. Act cool. Detached.Something potent and violent boiled inside me and I strained every nerve in my body to kee...
PARTY STARTER.
You've been here before? Derek asked, his gaze firmly fixed on Rowena's ass shifting under the shimmering green silk a few steps above us. Wiggles, I told him. He blinked, then realized I wasn't refer...
You're not going to die?Not right this minute. And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for a stray meteorite falling through the roof to crush my...
I wasn't even that lovable to begin with. I was a selfish ass, but somehow something I did made this man love me, deeply and without reservations. He knew things about me that I would die to keep secr...
The phone rang. I picked it up. Are you sitting down? Curran's voice asked. Yes. Good. I listened to the disconnect signal. If he wanted me to sit, then I'd stand. I got up. The chair got up with me a...
That had to be the craziest thing he'd heard. At some point they must've looked around and said, Hey, what do we have a shitload of? Mud! It's cold and wet. I know, let's burn it! Well, it ain't good...
You should do the dramatic door-opening thing, I told Curran. Would you like to see me do the dramatic door-opening thing? Yes, I would. Very much. A quick smile bent his lips. We
What is he doing here? Curran growled.He's Roland's Warlord. He's here for me. He was here for the woman who had broken his master's blade.Tough luck. You're mine.
You mean he doesn’t instantly hero-worship you? Perish the thought. He scowled at me. I think I’ll make mouthing off to the Beast Lord a punishable offense. Punishable by what? Oh, I’ll think of somet...
What’s Julie’s number? Curran glanced at me. Julie’s fluctuating between thirty-two and thirty-four units. Her shift coefficient is six point five and she’s been at it for sixteen hours. Dear God, I’d...
If there is anything I can do, I'll help. Don't get excited. It's not because of you. For the child. If it wasn't for her and the flare, I'd throw your dumb ass out of this window.What does the flare...
The magic flooded us again. This time Derek was ready—his face showed no change. Ghastek, on the other hand, halted in midrise halfway off the ground.I unsheathed Slayer. Derek backed away, giving him...
In her rare moments of desperation, she wanted a man to look at her like she meant the world to him, and failing that, she would settle for someone who thought she was beautiful and told her
In the crime novels, a PI is either an ex-cop or has some cop buddies who owed him a favor and who happily provided him with the department's files, while carrying on about how it could cost them thei...
In the event of a Law Enforcement Breach, a computer would the first thing the LEOs --law enforcement officers --would confiscate. I had a laptop upstairs in plain view, partially for that exact purpo...
Is there anything in the legends about a topaz called the Wolf Diamond? A large yellow gem maybe? I asked. Dali wrinkled her forehead. Topaz is associated with Brihaspati—Jupiter. The Roman god? Jim f...
It fires .50 cal at twice the speed of sound. It will hit him before he ever hears the shot. My mother crossed her arms. I’d like to see him bounce that off his chest.
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