He pulled out handcuffs and snapped them around my wrists. “Where’s your bag? You didn’t bring your staff?””I have it. It’s hidden.” Charlie was currently tucked inside the leg of my Harry Potter pajama bottoms,...

You really are lovely, Drusilla.” The timbre of Lafitte’s voice shivered down my spine, and I fought the urge to check out the biceps underneath that linen shirt. Holy crap. This was just wrong. I...

I narrowed my eyes. Jean stayed awfully well informed about prete politics, and often told me things the Elders hadn’t yet learned. I suspected this might be one of those things. “How do you know...

This is beautiful.” Eugenie ran her fingers along a massive mahogany sideboard, on the top of which rested a red velvet sash with fine embroidery on it and, on top of the sash, a silver...

If you want to search me for more weapons, I’m game.”My eyes shot back to his, and I felt my cheeks flush, hot and bothered on the way to angry. Leave it to a guy...

Suspicion infused Alex’s voice. “Okay? That’s it?”I looked back at him and smiled. “That’s it. We disagree. It’s done. We’ll deal with whatever comes next.”He stood up, brows lowered over squinty eyes. “Did Lafitte ply...

We walked the length of Jackson Square, stopping to look at the work of a couple of artists who’d set up their sidewalk shops for the day.”Look.” Eugenie stopped in front of an acrylic painting...

Good luck with that, Jolie.

I would say Randolph’s a horse’s ass, but that would be unfair to the horse.

She shook her head. “I can’t believe you got bit and you didn’t even get an orgasm out of it. I guess True Blood isn’t true after all.

A weathered black and silver Dodge pickup towing a small motorboat pulled up behind us, and Alex circled back to greet the driver. I couldn’t see who sat behind the crusted and dirty windshield, but...

I should like to understand more about the signs on the shirt you wore earlier. What was it: Eat the tail and suck the head?

Alex leaned over and treated me to a Rhett Butler kiss, slow and deep but not too sweet. He once told Scarlett something to the effect of how badly she needed kissing, and by someone...

Keeping up with him would require running, and there is no dignity in running after any man for any reason, injured or not.

I believe he’s been asked to testify today,” I told Lennox, who’d continued to track Truman’s progress through the room. “He’s a member of the historical undead, Truman Capote, the author. He wrote Breakfast at...

I didn’t dare put down the staff with Etienne popping in and out like a half-burned, bloodsucking whack-a-mole.

We’d all mourn for a while, but at the end of the day we were a tough lot, and we’d survive.

Since when do wizards wear robes?” I whispered. “That’s falling into every human stereotype ever created.” Jeezum. Next thing you knew, they’d be waving around magic wands.”The First Elder thought they’d look more intimidating in...

And something just flew past your window. It was oinking.

He’s violent and unpredictable. He hit you once-hard. Oh, sure he saved your life later but it was in his beat interests. Plus, you have absolutely no common sense where he is concerned, and we...

Jean Laffite was a sexy bad boy with a gentleman’s manners and an air of barely suppressed danger. Every girl’s secret dreamboat in other words. We always say we want a nice, hardworking, decent guy...

Strong hands slipped over her shoulders as Alex joined us, standing so close, I could feel his body heat radiating up my back….He squeezed my shoulders a little hard for it to be a show...

I always hated it when TV reporters stuck a microphone in the faces of people who’d just lost a home or a loved one, wanting to know how they felt. They felt like shit. They...

When I see you, Jolie, I see a woman who is far more than she realizes but who will someday grow into her powers. One who is much stronger than those who would trap her...

Go home, Rand.” I am home. Where are you? I frowned and burrowed my face into the soft down pillow. Which wasn’t my pillow. Holy crap. What had happened? I sat up and took in...

An iron? Was he kidding? God

Then I shall tell you the truthful answers to the questions you asked, about my own intentions and motivations. They are not so simple.”…He cocked an eyebrow and his cobalt eyes took on a playful...

I don’t have much family. And if we were related, I’d be pissed off that you have better cheekbones.

Saturday, September 17, 2005: Today in New Orleans, a traffic light worked. Someone watered flowers. And anyone with the means to get online could have heard Dr. Joy’s voice wafting in the dry wind, a...