I found serenity in the towers, especially the highest, even in the midst of winter. The crows also enjoyed the lofts, and I habitually fed them.Often I held conference with the grotesques lining the summit....

You mean run away? Wolves don’t run from a fight.” Rebecca Winters in Lone Wolf Rising

Because I know it in my bones. You are the only female I desire, the only water that will quench my thirst, the only sun that will warm my skin, the only lips that were...

The wind stilled a bit and he blinked the sand out of his eyes. Before him stood nothing less than the god of the Scrape. It had to be a god. He was huge, muscled,...

I didn’t have a great grasp of what guys considered a “come hither” look, so maybe I gave him one. I’d thought it was a “leave me the hell alone” look, but who knew. ~...

If you die, Andrew, I’ll track you across multiple dimensions just to say I warned you,” she cautioned, voice tender.

But, self, that thing was on TV, and this one wants to tear your liver out your nose. Run.

I was ashamed by my vulnerability. Nergal had really broken me. I tried so hard to stay strong, but my body couldn’t handle my determination. Eventually, I gave in to what I thought was my...

I’m a big animal. Fine motor skills are not me forte.

I lived in New York City back in the 1980s, which is when the Bordertown series was created. New York was a different place then — dirtier, edgier, more dangerous, but also in some ways...

Hero Intercedes”:His hands flickered upward, and before I knew it, they were cupping my face. So, damnably fast now. Demonic-like fast. Trent reeled me closer. Our foreheads joined. He held me, while I trembled in...

The motel owner, who walked up when the police car came screaming in with lights flashing, takes me into the office. He sits me down with a mug of coffee. The mug is blue and...

Never be fooled by what you see. It’s what you do not see that will kill you.

Vampires love to gossip. They live for drama…

See how long and bold my life line is? It’s an indication of my sexual prowess.

Random line from BURNING DARKNESS: Fonda Raine stepped out of the back end of a month in hell a hardened warrior, ready to undertake the most important task of her life: kill Eric Aruda.

Mad Rogan: “Resistance is futile.”Nevada: “You are not assimilating me!

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?

Cat, you asked me before to find out if those dream -suppression pills had any side effects. I’ve checked with Pathology, and they said you might experience depression, mood swings, irritability, paranoia, and chronic fatigue....

So what did you do, drug me, stuff me in the trunk, then dump me like a sacrificial offering into that vampire’s coffin? – Shella

He dropped back into the couch cushions, stroking the condensation dripping off his glass. “You’re in a pickle.””You want one?” Her eyebrows perked up, though her eyes weren’t tracking well. “I think I have a...

Louis-Cesare slowly pulled himself into a half-standing position against the side of the winery.’What? Did you think one little mage was going to do me in?’ He swallowed hard. ‘Hell, that was just a warm-up.

I said my intentions were pure. That doesn’t mean I don’t intend to seduce you, Cassie.

If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.

Fuathan don’t come out until after dark. Sunlight kills them.’‘Like vampires?’‘Kind of. Very mean, sub-aquatic vampires who don’t need to drink your blood, but might do it anyway, just for fun.

His witch had finally arrived. He knew it within his heart and he danced, giddy as a schoolboy on the first day of summer vacation.

I curled my lip at the sight of sizzling human hair and skin clinging to my demon flesh. Damn, I’d have given anything to be back in Boston, sipping chai tea latte.” ~ Muse, Ties...

Powerful grateful in the demons mortals in the courier of shadows, Darkened protectors of the rest and dusk of sea, Shadow broken and ashes in my eclipse, Crave force the demons flesh

Only in porn did people appear to need sex as badly as she needed it right that minute.

I swore as the knife I’d been using to dice our dinner bit into my finger. I dropped it on the floor, blood spattering the counter and cupboard doors a furious red. I watched, mesmerised,...

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...

His eyes burned with intensity. I wondered briefly if someonehe knew was being held in that cold room that smelled like death. Someone he loved?

Laughter gurgled up from inside her. She’d just mugged a mugger. Look out, world.

He was trying to tell me something.”Derek snorted. “Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

One woman against two bloodsuckers. This I got to see.

In real life I do violence, but for psychic stuff I do other things better.

Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn’t, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people...

Jake’s in trouble.’Luca rolled his eyes. ‘What now?”He’s gone off somewhere, I think I know where, and I don’t think it’s good.”Cant that boy ever stay in and watch telly like the rest of us?

I need you to survive, he answered me without speaking, without looking at me. I need to know you survive.

It’s history as it should have happened. It’s history made better.

Non ho atteso una risposta ai miei quesiti e sono rimasta seduta dov’ero, pronta ad alzarmi e ballare da sola sul brano seguente, che mi auguravo non essere un lento. In effetti, questo è forse...

Urban Fantasy is the orphan left on the doorstep that no-one knows what to do with.

Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?

He watched her curiously from below, feeling as someone might feel watching a butterfly sit nearby, afraid to scare it off with a sound of voice or an abrupt movement.

Freaking adorable,” I growled.

She stood in the snow, effervescent, all pale skin and blonde hair, clad in white and bathed in moonlight. She should have looked angelic, instead she looked like a corpse, freshly raised from the grave,...

If you’re outmatched, out-numbered, out-skilled, you’ll run and live to fight another day.” Lucky stopped jogging and pulled her close to him. He gently forced her eyes to lock with his. “You need to understand...

I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and OMG mixed in.

This was an urban legend that didn’t make it on to Snopes.com

My thousands-of-years-old virgin…