Uncomfortable. Each had followers who were so sure they were right, that their way was the only way. And throughout history they’d fought wars and shed oceans of blood to prove it.
A cop did better cynical and suspicious.
A man can be pulled in by beauty and not see beneath it.
A nice-looking boy pays attention, says the right things, looks at you just a certain way. You’re not smart anymore.
All these women. And Trina. Trina, she repeated, with considerable passion as she gripped his shirt. And gooey dessert and body things and chick-vids. All night. Slumber party. Do you know what that m...
Anyone who deliberately makes someone else feel less, feel helpless? That person is a coward. They’re the weak ones, the shameful ones. What
As always when she saw the kind and dreamy eyes of Dennis Mira, her heart gave a little tug. Just something about him, she thought, with his cardigans and mussed hair, bemused smile.
Bart’s
Brodie said. I’ve done a little work on a few of your places.
But old habits die hard.
But sitting in her own home, with a real meal, and a man who not only listened but got it? She’d won life’s trifecta.
By the way, Dallas?What, Peabody?That's a lovely tattoo. New?Eve clamped her teeth together, strode toward the door with as much dignity as she could manage. See? She jabbed a finger into Roarke's che...
Cheating’s cheap and it’s lazy.
Clearing her throat, Peabody turned the cube on record. I owe Dallas, Lieutenant Meaniepants Eve, twenty dollars to be paid out of my hard-earned, under-appreciated detective's salary next payday. Pea...
EVE WASN’T SURE WHAT IT SAID ABOUT HER that she was more comfortable in the morgue than in a baby boutique.
Easy enough. I was thinking in the neighborhood of five million. She swallowed—hard—the spaghetti she’d wound around her fork. I don’t have that big a bucket, or spend much time in that neighborhood....
Eve leaned in again. I am a ranking officer. If you call me a bitch, you’d better damn well put Lieutenant in front of it.
Eve. He waited a beat. I once stood in a field in Ireland, alone, a little lost, and wishing for you more than I wished for my next breath. And you came, though I never asked you, you came because you...
Following Peabody's distracted gaze, Eve had her first view of Jess Barrow. He was beautiful. A painting in motion with a long, shining mane of hair the color of polished oak. His eyes were nearly sil...
For once, he slept first. She lay in the dark, listening to him breathe, stealing a little of his warmth as her own body cooled. Since he was asleep, she stroked his hair.I love you, she murmured. I l...
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