A low, purring rumble reverberated in his chest, his voice tight when he spoke. “Ah, hell, You’re naked.

I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn’t Buffy–I was so screwed.

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...

You aren’t meant to be a prisoner. You’re powerful and incredible.” “You’ve no’ seen me in dragon form.””I don’t have to. I see the man before me now.

She had tried to imagine him as a young Gladiator in the arena. Back then he must have been as dangerous as a lean, half-starved alley cat. Now, the alley cat had long since vanished....

Well, than that solves it. I’m not a faery, so I’ll just go back to sleep, and you won’t come to see me anymore.” It nearly killed her to say it even in a dream.”I...

Heard your heart breaking.” Said Grace.

I return my attention to the situation at hand and realize Reality—the impatient bitch—has made my decision for me. She does that a lot. You get busy planning your life, then it has the nerve...

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

The woman had a body wet dreams were made of, and he couldn’t remember being this goddamn hard in his life.

Some of the fae have an odd idea of bride send-offs,” he explained “including, according to Zee, kidnapping.” “I forgot about that.” And I was appalled because I knew better. “Bran and Samuel are probably...

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...

She was never going to get used to how much the Faeries seem to stare at her, as if dissecting her and examining the little pieces inside her like a science project.~Ever Fire: A Dark...

What do you want?””You.” His voice was soft, low. His eyes were intense and watchful.

Blood tricked down Molly’s neck from the stinging cut Justine had given her. She thought, dear lords and ladies, all I want in the whole wide world is a bath, a pina colada, and the...

For now, he wanted to help Ena escape the dragon fae king’s wrath. As soon as Prince Grotto learned what she was about to do in the worst way. The reason she was in this...

You do know that I am a Fae, correct?””Well, if the purple blood oozing from your friends there wasn’t a clue, I would say the wings and angry gleam in your eyes tipped the scale.

Shut up. Don’t make me tell you again.”We shut up, which I find hysterically funny.

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...

It was time to confront the old bat with the damage she’d caused this time. Then, he promised himself, he’d strangle her for meddling in affairs that were none of her business, and kidnapping a...

How different this world to the one about which I used to read, and in which I used to live! This is one peopled by demons, phantoms, vampires, ghouls, boggarts, and nixies. Names of things...

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...

Love is more than just feeling something Syn, it’s the connection of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It’s not just saying you love someone, it’s showing them with every fucking...

She drank in the sight of him, the power, the virility, the sheer sexiness. She knew just how well those lips of his kissed, how gentle and coaxing his hands could be, and how mouth-watering...

We come together, we create our families, we chose our mates out of the desire to form a life together. Love takes many forms, wears many faces, but when it’s real, when it touches your...

They are here to help pack the gold, mistress. The women wouldn’t be able to do it quickly enough , but I reverently ask that you don’t tell them I said so. The last time...

I examined my palm; the skin was unbroken and smooth, showing no sign of the burn. It glistened with saliva. I really wanted to wipe it clean against my jeans, but that seemed rude. Of...

Oh, I see. As long as you didn’t kill her, kill her, then that’s okay.

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...

Katenia, are you drunk?””No, it’s my breasts. I’ve yet to adjust to my new size.

He was the darkest of voices inside her head, the Night-kind King, and when he turned his gift of persuasion onto her, she wanted to take her soul out of her body and hand it...

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

I have no intention of bobbing on Vlad’s knob. Or yours.” I tossed into remove the wide smirk my response had given him and it worked.

I never counted on you, lass. You are strong, honorable, clever, shrewd, beautiful, and resilient. You doona ever quit, and you doona ever give up. So why give up on me?

And she arose from her deathbed in a gossamer gown, with eyes the color of starlight and hair as black as the night. And those who were her captors trembled, for the scent of death...

She wondered if he thought this was all a lark, a game. She’d been to Disney World once. There the fairies were cute and sweet and didn’t attempt to kill the visitors. Living here wasn’t...

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.” by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I’m unhappy because ‘X’ happened to me yesterday, or I’ll be happy again when ‘Y’ happens to me tomorrow.” He says time is the ultimate villain.

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...

That alone would be Eddie’s triumph in all this; that she had taught the kelpie suffering.

Personal growth was damn hard work. It also took a lot of time, so it was going to have to take a backseat for a while.Because right now, he had a battle to fight and...

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...

Why?”He stopped pacing and looked at her as if she’d just asked him to count every leaf on every tree in the Old Place. “Because… you’re you.

You’re a Scott,” the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting.”And you’re Irish. I’m so glad we got that settled.

Holy shit! Can we say unstable? Was I the only sane one around here? Well, I guess that really wasn’t setting the standard very high.” -Ember, Darkness Of Light

Alton shifted so he could talk to the man. He’d been to earth before and watched some of the silly shows, the ones where one cop would play the good guy and the other the...

Welcome to the house of Gray and Graves where we never lie still and death is only the beginning …

She doesn’t beg to speak, or do anything else. You can lock her up, down, and sideways and it’s never going to happen.”I beam at him. I had no idea he thought so highly of...

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...

She had been nothing but a beloved bauble passed from a mother to a son, a decoration of vanity, devoid of identity.