Parents, bystanders. Didn’t matter as long as she hit the number. That’s what you spawned, Mackie. I figure maybe she was born wrong. Maybe she had that twist in her right from the jump. But you nurtu...
Then I’ll tell you the simple and most complex answer is love. It’s where you start, and where, if you work hard enough, want hard enough, you end.
Then we'd better stop her. Coating the hammering fear with calming ice, Roarke worked precisely. I'm not losing my wife today. I need more shagging light here.
Then you can investigate me over dinner. He took her arm, lifting a brow as she stiffened. I'd think a woman who'd fight for a candy bar would appreciate a two-inch fillet, medium rare.Steak? She stru...
There are no dead ends, just detours.
There is no such thing in man’s nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution. —NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
[First line]The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.
There she was. Roarke stood in the office doorway, took a few enjoyable minutes to just watch her. She had such a sense of purpose, such a sense of focus on that purpose. It had appealed to him from t...
There was Ireland in his voice, dreamy wisps of it that could, unexpectedly, wind around her heart.
There was never anybody before you, she said. I just wanted to say that. And when I did what I do, and it opened a crack in me like it did last night, there was nobody there to hold on to me. I didn't...
There was the answer to why people got tangled with people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you mattered to would ask if you were okay.
There was the betting pool with life insurance. I bet so much a month that I’ll live till I die,
Bribes often worked where procedure or threats wouldn’t.
There! There it is again! What language is that?From the bed, Roarke shifted. I believe it's known as rooster.With the weapon at her side, she stared at him, slack-jawed. Are you fucking kidding me?No...
There's nobody on the job, nobody with a badge I respect more than you. - EveYou never were a rookie, he told her in a voice roughened with emotion. So I saw good, solid cop the minute I laid eyes on...
There’s always a way out. You just have to pay the price, whether it’s money, status, the emotional hit, or all of that and more. Cheating’s cheap and it’s lazy.
Himself first and last. He’d had to, in order to survive and then to succeed. One was every bit as important to him as the other. The habit was difficult to
Two library visits in one evening. Why, it could become a habit.
They are not to be scarfed, the cinnamon sticky bun, but savored.
They needed each other.Two lost souls, he thought, taking a moment to walk to the tall windows that looked out on part of the world he’d built for himself out of will, desire, sweat, and dubiously acc...
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