We begin to die with our first breath. Death is inside us, ticking closer, closer, with every beat of our heart. It is the end no man can escape. Yet we cling to life, we worship it despite its transi...
Water lapped as she sat forward. Don’t play games with me, Roarke. Eve, it’s my fondest wish to do just that.
There’s one more reason I opted against sleeping with Julian.Okay.He’s not like Roarke, but he gives the illusion of being a lot like him when he’s in the mode. So the idea of sleeping with him felt d...
There were times during the weeks and weeks – months really – of planning, of selecting, of working out all the tiny details, I felt impatient, even annoyed with myself. There were times I doubted, ti...
The dirty red light was flashing. Over and over through the window. SEX! LIVE! SEX! LIVE! She was only eight, but her mind was quick. She wondered if people would pay to see dead sex.
That was another thing about partners, she decided. They knew what would make you laugh, often before you did.
That makes three suicides without logical explanations. Now, for people like Fitzhugh and the senator, with their kind of financial base, there’s counseling at the snap of a finger. Or in cases of ter...
That Chippendale is a coffee table, Lieutenant, not a footstool.How do you walk with that stick up your ass? She left her feet where they were, propped comfortably on the table. Does it hurt, or does...
Stop that. Mortified, she reached out to slam the door shut. Somebody could come in. Then stop squirming, he suggested, and gently peeled back the bandage. He nodded in approval. You did a decent job....
Something we’ve been working on in R and D for a while. He crossed to her, ran his fingers over the lining himself. It’s body armor.Get out. Her forehead creased as she examined it more closely. It’s...
So he found her. Most people would have said she was relaxed. But then, Roarke thought, most people didn’t really know and certainly didn’t understand Eve Dallas. He was more intimate with her, closer...
Since we're into witches, let's swing by and check out this Isis at Spirit Quest. She slid her eyes right. Well, maybe she'd rag just a little. You can probably buy a talisman or some herbs, she said...
Roarke glanced over at the monitor briefly, saw Eve on screen facing a woman who'd tried to make herself her twin. The hair, the eyes.She didn't come close, he thought, then forced himself to look awa...
Practice this first. He laid his hands on her shoulders. Have a good trip. Enjoy your vacation.You didn't say I had to speak to him. She blew out a breath at Roarke's calm stare. All right, all right,...
Pop quizzes were killers. Like ambushing assassins they elicited fear and loathing in the prey, and a certain heady power in the hunter.
Played nice while she worked things out. You’re married to a guy thirty years, you’ve got a serious investment. Gonna irritate you when he trades you in. I’ll keep that in mind. Me, I don’t hire hits....
Peabody waved her PPC triumphantly. It’s the Kirk thing, The Enterprise thing. It reminded me I’d hit this name that made me snicker when I was running the van—the Cargo. Here it is. Tony Stark.Oh, ba...
Overworked, as usual. It happens to those who are particularly good at their jobs. She handed Eve a cup of tea in one of the pretty china cups.
Organized religion baffled her, made her vaguely 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...
Or the ploy Dahmer used—that classic had proven to do the job in all the decades following. Lone woman struggling to lift something heavy into the back of a vehicle. Can