I have a name, I grumped, my stomach pinching me harder. Yes, but it has no pizzazz. Ra-a-a-a-chel. Rach-e-e-e-eel, he said, trying it out in different ways. No one will tremble in terror at that. Oh...
Have any of your clients died? Ford asked. Someone you were trying to help? Brett, Jenks said. Peter? I blurted out. But the amulet went a negative gray. Nick, Jenks said nastily, and the color on the...
A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel’s End. It was early, and the sun had yet to set when the door swung shut behind Jenks, sealing us in the wa...
Day sleeper. solicitors will be eaten.
Tislan, tislan. Ta na shay cooreen na da.
This was weird, civilized.
The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.
See, this was why I liked coffee. You couldn’t screw up making coffee. Even the bad stuff was good.
Nick as in my former boyfriend Nick. Ex-rat, ex-boyfriend, ex-alive if I ever got hold of him Nick.
My name is Rachel Morgan, Al said, mimicking my voice perfectly. I like black panties, action movies, and being on top.
Jenks made a face. He turned my son into a thief and broke my partner’s heart. Why should I give him a draft of consideration?
I’m your worst nightmare come to walk this side of the lines. I’m an elf, Trent something you’re forgotten how to be. You’re scared of black magic. I can see fear shimmering under your aura like sweat...
I’m not afraid of love being difficult. If it was easy, then everyone would find it.
I told you, computers are like women. If you shout at them or ask them to do too many things at once, they shut down and you won’t even get a sniff.
Hey! I exclaimed, seeing the total. They're charging me retail. Glenn! I complained. They can't do that. I shook it at him. I shouldn't have to pay retail! What did you expect? You can keep that. It's...
Her tiny hand gripped mine with a surprising warmth, and in a shocking wash of emotion, I felt everything I knew shift. The scent of cinnamon and baby powder hit me, and as my eyes widened, my heart m...
He looked at me, eyebrows high and the sun glinting on his disguise-black hair. You do the damnedest things in order to rile yourself up. Most people settle for doing it in an elevator, but not you. N...
He froze as the scent of her hair met him. It was touching his cheek,tickling him.I cant afford this, he thought, but he didnt move, watching her finger trace the new line. He cracked my mirror,she sa...
But they’re dying. The church, I mean, she added as I met her eyes. No new members. It’s sad, really. The
Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s a...