That’s our cue to depart.” “They know something ” I pointed out. “I know something too. I know we’re going to attract a lot of unwanted attention if they keep screaming. And then we have...

I asked “What do you even do with a chimera?””What wouldn’t you do with a chimera?” Jeff asked. “They’re like the Swiss Army knife of animals.

Together the magicks swirled and danced around us, invisible but tangible, like an breeze. This wasn’t defensive or offensive magic. It wasn’t used to gather information, for strategy or diplomacy, or to fight a war...

I’m here with her. With Merit.”I wanted all those things. Indivisibly.But I didn’t want them from Morgan.

You’ve got better boobs,” I acknowledged. And just as we’d done each time we’d had this boobs-versus-legs conversation, we looked down at our chests. Ogled. Compared.

I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. “He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. “And I need you, Merit.

Some minutes or hours or days later, when I lay boneless and well satisfied, Ethan raised his gaze to mine again. His eyes were silver, his fangs descended. “There is no going back,” he said,...

His lips so soft, yet so stern, he pressed his mouth to mine. “I will have both of you,” he said. “My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we...

I walked inside and paused for a moment to breathe in the scent of paper and dust—the perfumes of knowledge.

Oh please,” Scout said.”Don’t take that tone with me. You know you’d love to have a minion. Someone at your beck and call. Someone to do your bidding. How many times have you said to...

Snug pants, bandeau-type corset, and trim, motorcycle jacket. It was a fabulous outfit, but it was so urban-fantasy book cover

This was the magic of feasting & fucking, of savoring the blood of a kill & calling the Pack to dine.

There are those among us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of them lose themselves in their errors. The best of them crawl back, one...

If it was appropriate to judge a person based on her footwear – and it obviously was – I decided I liked her immediately.

Do the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I...

There are those amongst us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of them lose themselves in their errors. The best of them crawl back, one...

You undo me, Merit. Wholly and completely. You don’t take me at my word. You challenge me at every opportunity. And that means when I’m with you, I am less than the head of this...

Les heures passèrent. Même si la défense et la guerre n’avaient jamais été mon dada, la sécurité des vampires était hautement contextuelle et donc incroyablement intéressante. Il y avait des liens avec l’histoire (les vampires...

Family. Couldn’t live with them, couldn’t run a stake through them.

Seriously, I’m totally weirded out by the girly nature of this conversation. And yet, it’s kinda like you’re growing up. Do you think Judy Blume made a book about adolescent vampires? Are You There God,...

I’m a fun hater myself.

You string some letters together, and you make a word. You string some words together, and you make a sentence, then a paragraph, then a chapter. Words have power.

Top Gun,” I whispered to Lindsey. We’d started pointing out Luc’s ubiquitous pop culture references, having decided that because he cut his fangs in the Wild West, he’d been entranced by movies and television. You...

the librarian.” He was a fount of information, and he had a penchant for leaving books outside my door.

We all have days when we feel small. Really small. Completely inadequate but saddled with all this responsibility…I have to fight battles against people who shouldn’t be my enemies – especially when there are allready...

Tall, dark and handsome was hot. Tall, dark, and handsome with a nestled kitten? Atomic.

The world has a lot to offer. There’s a lot to explore. I like to take advantage of that.

The world isn’t perfect, and some days it wears you down. You can either accept that, and face it, and be a help to others instead of a hindrance. Or you can decide the rules...

I’m working from the assumption it’s going to go horribly wrong. If we get out of here with limbs intact and no aspen slivers in uncomfortable places, we’re calling it a win.”Merit/Jonah