Who's with her? Roarke asked, though he already knew. It was just like her.With her? Oh, ah, hmmm. Webster.Silence fell, a clatter of broken bricks. Peabody folded her hands in her pockets and prepare...
Might have to go to London, she murmured. Huh. Wouldn't it be a kick in the head if I really did have to be out of the country hunting a criminal mastermind when Mavis goes into labor? I, my ass. That...
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...
Eve, we're going to be married in a few days.The jittering started again, big time. Yeah.If he keeps looking at you like that, I'm going to have to hurt him.
Can you imagine what I wouldn't risk for you? You can't, because there's nothing. There's bloody nothing - Roarke
You had no right. No right to stand in front of me. He turned back now, his eyes vividly blue with temper that had gone from frigid to blaze. No fucking right to risk yourself on my behalfOh really. I...
You’re Eve Dallas. You’re the love of my life. My heart and soul. You’re a cop, mind and bone. You’re a woman of strength and resilience. Stubborn, hardheaded, occasionally mean as a badger, and more...
You're a fascinating woman, Eve. Here we are, wet, naked, both of us half dead from a very memorable night, and still you watch me with very cool, very suspicious eyes. You're a suspicious character,...
You need a medic, Lieutenant.In a minute. Let me ask you something.Ask away. Having nothing else, he tore part of his ripped sleeve to dab at the blood on her shoulder.Do I come charging into one of y...
When she brought Mira up, Eve gave Roarke another glance. Don't talk to him, she warned. He can get bitchy when he's in this deep. I don't know if we have any of that tea stuff.I had it stocked, and I...
Neither of them knew what it was to be family, to have family, to make a family. They knew cruelty, abuse, abandonment. She wondered if that was why they had come together. They both understood what i...
You won't forget me, Eve. You'll think of me, perhaps not fondly, but you'll think of me.I'm in the middle of a murder investigation. You're part of it. Sure, I'll think of you.Darling, he began, and...
I want to see you again. He stopped, took her face in his hands. I need to see you again.Her pulse jumped, as if it had nothing to do with the rest of her. Roarke, what's going on here?Lieutenant. He...
And then Roarke came to my door, and that gave me what I needed after all those years. I thank God for that, and him. But I’m telling you, and hope you already know, what you do, beyond the law of it,...