Fear and bigotry don’t need explaining. They simply are, like traffic jams and taxes.

It’s common knowledge in the industry that people often lie, or minimize things, when they participate in surveys, No one wants to tell a stranger they drink four cocktails a night, or eat junk food...

Every town has ‘THAT house’: the one that once held dark secrets. You know the house… the one no one will purchase? The one whose walls have seen blood? The one that even birds avoid,...

And when whatever happened in that barn happened, it was a moment I’ll never forget. Like a missing key slid into a dusty old lock. Click. My world opened.

As it so happens, I like your mouth.””It doesn’t — “”Challenge me?” He set the bottle down and moved to the end of the bed. “An outspoken woman makes the world a livable place. You...

If she couldn’t be with Harlen in Washington, DC, this was the place to be.Sera’s mobile screen lit, and she glanced down to find a text from him: I have to pee.

Merkabah is translated as either meaning the throne of god or chariot. Both definitions imply a means of spiritual ascension, not a physical one. They only have it partly right.

I will not be threatened. Do you understand me?’ He leaned closer again, his lips less than a couple of inches from hers. ‘Now try saying it without trembling.

Writing is my dream. From romance to dragons; fairies to fantasy worlds, this is where I live and play. Thanks be to God!

And I want J.K. Rowling to keep writing in the Potterverse, but I know that’s never going to happen,” I said blithely.

My brain was about two eggs past fried.

I had always been content to know that there was more in the living world than we could hope to understand.

Slicker than snot on a door handle.

He kissed her, and the magic that had been building up steadily around them exploded, raining down in arcs of silver fire that made her half-remember a prophecy from her dreams.One by one, they all...

eriously, Drew. What kind of Vampire are you? You spend most of your eternal life pretending to be human – and miserably, I might add, while constantly being ashamed of what you really are. Okay,...

I’m already under the covers when he comes in. I watch as he takes off his shirt and jeans, and climbs into bed beside me. On any other occasion, the sight and feel of his...

I’ll die before I stop wanting you.

Nothing like that.

I didn’t want to go to hell, but even the idea of reclaining my halo scared me because it would mean leaving Aly.

Can I have my knife back?’ Meaning, can I have my knife back. I don’t care whether this man seems like he only goes after age appropriate penis; I won’t be taking any chances. And...

Even a goat got to be a goat.” Esperança’s comments about slaves during the triangular slave trade.

I always thought that funerals were meant for the living to say good-bye to a loved one. I never would have guessed that it’s actually the other way around.

The only reason you need me at all, John, is because Magick actually works. If it were all just smoke and mirrors and stage magic, if the world worked the way religion or science says...

Heaven is a big place, honey. I don’t know every dead person.”They’d probably be in hell anyway.

I’m not going anywhere.

When we are allowed two seconds of freedom, be prepared for me to tear your clothes off.””That sounds like a perfect plan.

Traveled so far, and not yet have they come across anything of interest, he mused, except, of course, for that nest of goblins I managed to stir up. Indeed, his brother had always been a...

When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is...

I can’t let it happen. I can’t risk it. I have to protect you, and I will. With every breath in me, I will.

When her blue-black eyes lifted to his, everything disappeared. Their bodies dematerialized. The room they were in ceased to exist. Time became nothing. And in the void, in the wormhold, Wrath’s chest opened up sure...

Everything was Amelia’s fault. He hadn’t done anything wrong and neither had Kaitlin, but they were the ones paying the price and for what? To bring back a girl that he hated and wished he...

Really?’ Shep scoffed and rolled his eyes. ‘You can’t be serious! Whitey, you come from the streets of North Philly, and you’re scared of a bunch of backwoods butt-monkeys that thinks that an awesome Saturday...

Bana bir kitap mı fırlattın sen?Benim inimde?” ” Evet.Ve yine yaparım”. Fearghus şaşkınlıkla başını kaşıdı.Ona meydan okuyabilecek kadar cesur – veya aptal bakış açısına göre değişir- biriyle daha önce hiç karşılaşmamıştı.”Ama” diye gakladı şaşkın bir...

And then I got what she was saying. In the paranormal world, everyone was your enemy.

Watch. Anyone who turns away will be considered weak. And the weak shall die. – Adrian

So either I help you or I’m on my own?” With no way to get to Lambert. No way to stop the rage inside. No way to feel remotely normal again.”That’s the choice,” she said.

As one of the little streams starts snaking my way, inching closer to the toe of my shoe, I hop over the spreading puddle and out of its reach. I don’t look back to see...

We die, you die. You die, we survive. I think there’s a pecking order in that, don’t you?

When a thundering horde of drunken Vikings rush a person, it’s only natural to flinch.

What the hell was going on, why did I care, and why, oh why, did I not carry a pocket rocket in my purse? My girlie bits were still on fire, screaming for release after...

She closed her eyes briefly, feeling sick. Olivia had experienced strangulation before. Having to look directly into the face of the person who was killing you made the experience beyond awful. But there were worse...

We weren’t so much oil and vinegar as a lit match and napalm.

Bathroom door beside you,” and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the head with it. Hard.

Con los dedos temblorosos voy pasando las páginas mientras que cuento mentalmente cuántas víctimas hay. Tres…Cuatro…Cinco…seis…El tiempo se detiene cuando llego al siete. Mi cerebro se reinicia como si fuera un ordenador roto al que,...

Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up...

Safe?” Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me.

He threw himself to his knees at the stone and tore his damning testimony from the pages of its testament. He held the only evidence of his identity in his hand and in one motion...

but even if you hadn’t felt it, it would not change the way I feel about you.

I’ve fallen in love with you. I love you even now when you sit before me with the eyes of a wolf. So take pity upon the fool I have become. I forgot it was...

Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)