Oh, come on. People see ghosts all the time. That’s because people, by and large, are whacked.
Oh shit, oh shit, stupid shower present! Now she did pull her hair as she made the dash to her office. Roarke sat in her visitor’s chair, comfortably involved with his PPC. He glanced up, let loose a...
Not in the mood for pasta? He narrowed those bold blue eyes to give her a critical study. You must’ve hit your head harder than we thought. I was going to do it—get dinner, I mean. One of the fancy th...
Normally, I admire your kick-in-the-face style, Lieutenant. But try that with this, and the two of us will be making love in heaven tonight. Heaven wouldn't have either of us
No problem, Eve said as he crossed to her. I was just ... Hey -- She jerked her chin as his hand cupped it, but his fingers held firm, turning her left cheek to the light. Your face is bruised. His vo...
Music on, he ordered, and the swelling sounds of the aria from Carmen he’d already programmed into the entertainment system filled the room. Gorgeous, he thought,
Murder could happen, she thought as she drove to Cop Central, to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Mavis.’ He paled a bit. ‘Eve, tell me you’re not going shopping with Mavis.’His reaction brightened her mood a little. ‘She has this friend. He’s a designer.’‘Dear Christ.’‘She says he’s mag. Just nee...
Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more than you did before.
Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.
Just as only one week ago, the respected and dedicated defender of justice, Cicely Towers had her life brought to an end.
I’ve got to get out of this place, he said as he eased back. That’s God’s shining truth. I can only breathe in cop for so long without choking.Hey.He tapped his finger on her chin. Excepting one.
I’m not strong. You’re wrong, Eve said as she rose. You came here, you asked to help someone who needs help. You’re no weak sister, Mrs. Patrick, and he can’t make you one.
In any case, what would be the point of having all that, and you, darling Eve, if I can’t have time with you, away from your work and mine? I could probably take a week. I was thinking four. Four? Fou...
In a few weeks she wouldn’t just be Eve Dallas, lieutenant, homicide. She’d be Roarke’s wife. How she would manage to be both was more of a mystery to her than any case that had ever come across her d...
If we don’t make it, I love you and blah, blah, blah. He laughed, and shifted so his arm wrapped around her shoulders. I’ll say the same. It’s been a hell of a ride so far.
If children don’t push the edges now and again, what’s the point of being a child?
I've got data incoming. Do you want me to transfer it to my portable unit?No, you stay here, finish the runs. I shouldn't be more than a couple of hours. When you're done with this, I want you to go f...
I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.
I want a riot laser, Eve snapped at Peabody. Full body armor. She yanked a six-inch combat knife from its leather sheath and watched with glee, as its wicked serrated edge caught the sunlight through...