Elizabeth Lowell - Biography

Favorite Quotes

Ann/Elizabeth's writing has some truly memorable lines, and here you'll find a list of our favorite quotes, compiled by A/E's readers. Browse through and find a new book that sounds intriguing or remind yourself of a favorite you'd like to re-read.
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" I thought I knew myself, I thought I knew what it was to want someone." (Angel) "And?" (Hawk) "I was wrong, Hawk. Every time you touch me, I learn something new, something beautiful." Again without knowing it, Angel had both destroyed and created Hawk with a few words. - A Woman Without Lies p.299 (posted by Michelle)
" It's magnificent", Angel said, slowly lowering the glass. "It's flawed", said Hawk. "So is life. That's the most complex part of it's beauty". (Angel - Hawk) - A Woman Without Lies p.p.113 (posted by Emerald)
"All that could be changed, all that was left, was the future-an angel with torn wings and green eyes that had seen hell, and a hawk that hadn't known heaven when he had pierced its warm surface with angry black talons." - A Woman Without Lies p.209 (posted by rdh)
"Did you really think you loved me, Angel?" (Hawk) The stained glass rose Angel had held in her mind exploded into a thousand cutting shards. Suddenly she was unable to bear being close to Hawk any longer. Angel turned and ran toward the cliff trail. Each movement brought silver cries from the bells she wore. The sweet sounds went into Hawk like tiny blows too small to dodge, tiny wounds opening, tiny hooks teaching him how to bleed. Hawk ran after her, afraid that she would slip on the narrow trail, afraid that she would fall because her wings had been torn and she could no longer fly. - A Woman Without Lies p.212 (posted by Shirlee)
Abruptly, Hawk ran down the hall to Angel's studio. He saw the tilted tanle, the glitter of shattered glass--Angel unconscience, veiled in brilliant lethal fragments. He called her name as he knelt beside her, and the sound of his voice was like glass breaking. His hand trembled over her neck, seeking her pulse. When he found it, he bowed his head to the weakness and relief coursing through him. Delicately Hawk removed each shard of glass covering Angel. As he picked off the last bronze fragment, he saw that Angel's hand was clenched around something. With infinite care he opened her fingers, afraid that he would find a piece of razor sharp glass pressed against her palm. It was not glass that he found, but a candy cane wrapped in a green ribbon. For the first time since he was a child, Hawk wept. - A Woman Without Lies p.349 (posted by Stacie)
Delicately Hawk removed each shard of glass covering Angel. As he picked off the last bronze fragment, he saw that Angel's hand was clenched around something. With infinite care he opened her fingers, afraid that he woulld find a piece of razor glass pressed against her palm. It was not glass that he found but a candy cane wrapped in a green ribbon. For the first time since he was a child, Hawk wept. - A Woman Without Lies p.349 (posted by Mira)
Hawk ran after her (Angel), afraid that she would slip on the narrow trail, afraid that she would fall because her wings had been torn and she could no longer fly. - A Woman Without Lies p.212 (posted by Fiona)
What can't be cured must be endured. - A Woman Without Lies p.258 (posted by Emerald)
"That her?" John asked. "The fool who's going to go stomping around in the Quintrell minefield? Yeah, that's her, one Carolina May, Carly to her friends." "You check her out?" "What do you think?" "You did. And?" "Sweet Carly hasn't a clue." John grunted. "Too bad." "Shit happens." The gate clanged open and the ravens flew into the pal cottonwood branches to wait. - Always Time To Die p.8 (posted by Kat)
Carly: "Focus, Dan. Focus." Dan: "I am." Carly: "Don't focus on THAT." Dan: "On What?" Carly: "Sex." Dan: "I'm a man, honey. That's like asking me not to breathe." - Always Time To Die p.149 hc (posted by anon)
"Archer snickered" - Amber Beach p.364 (posted by Judy Lee)
"Archer, I could be standing crotch-deep in crocodiles and there isn't a damn thing you could do about it right now except yell at me for being do stupid as to wander into a swamp!" She ( Honnor) took a jagged breath. " Other than that, I'm fine. Peachy wonderful fabulous. Now, what haven't you told me about Kyle and stolen amber and any other little thing that might seriously inconvenience or kill me between now and tomarrow?" - Amber Beach p.201 (posted by Shell)
"Are you finished staring or were you planning to stuff money in my jockstrap?" [After Honor's alarm clock sends Jake running to the cabin.] - Amber Beach p.102
"Come to papa"Jake said. "You're old, buttercup, but not that old" Honor said - Amber Beach p.232 (posted by amber bree)
"Down, boy," he (Jake) muttered, walking quickly toward the little dock. Boy wasn't having any of it. That was the problem. Boy had seen what he wanted -- it had tangled chestnut hair, a sleep-softened mouth, and a hip-length green T-shirt that fit just enough to make him want to get inside it." - Amber Beach p.102-103 (posted by bjk)
"Fishing, huh? . . ."Dibbs on this rod. Wonder what I'll catch?" - Amber Beach p.200 hc (posted by Noelle)
"Give it up, Ellen," Jake said from the living room. "It's the Donovan clan, and to hell with the rest of the world." - Amber Beach p.291 (posted by amber bree)
"Go to bed. Tommorow is already racing across Europe towards us". - Amber Beach p.100?
"God, you make good coffee. How come some smart woman hasn't married you, taken off your shoes and socks, and chained you to the kitchen stove?" (Jake) "Because I can't get pregnant.." (Honor) "Ah, well, nothing is perfect." - Amber Beach p.110 hc (posted by Rose Ann F.)
"I thought so!" Archer said, sounding as angry as she did. "What the hell do you think you're doing at Kyle's house after I told you to leave?" Amusement flickered over Honor's features as she looked at Jake lying so hard and ready between her legs. "You don't want to know what I'm doing, Archer." - Amber Beach p.201 hc (posted by Aislinn)
"If I show you mine, will you show me yours?" Jake asked. Ellen laughed curtly. "Babe, we don't have anything new to show each other." "As long as we keep our clothes on, we just might." - Amber Beach p.293
"If you like sweet things, it hasn't made a dent in your personality." - Honor - Amber Beach p.25 (posted by Tanya)
"If your a reporter go to Hell." " Been there, done that." "You got a T-shirt to prove it?" He reached for the buttons on his jacket. "Never mind!" - Amber Beach p.? (posted by T. Robin P.)
"Nope." she said. (Honor) "I made the first. It's your turn." "Wait for Jay," Kyle said instantly. "He makes great coffee." "What do you care?" Archer retorted. "You won't be drinking any for twenty-four hours." "Just the thought of someone drinking your coffee will be enough to put me in the hospital for sure," Kyle said. "In that case, I will personally feed you the first cup," Archer promised. - Amber Beach p.354 (posted by Nikki)
"Those marvelous eyes,"Resnikov said."Does every Donovan have them?" "Two each," she(Honor) said."Standard issue." - Amber Beach p.229 (posted by amber bree)
"Typical male logic - wrong." - Amber Beach p.311 (posted by CDO)
"Whatever happened to women's liberation?" "AID's amongother things. Celibacy is back." "Sounds boring." "So is sex."She yawned."You want some?" Jake's head snapped up. He saw her pouring coffe into her mug and told himself he was relieved rather than disappointed that she was offering him coffee, not sex. - Amber Beach p.104&105 (posted by amber bree)
"You afraid?" she(Honor)asked. "Pull my other leg." "Don't tempt me."(Jake) "I wouldn't know how." - Amber Beach p.? (posted by Nikki)
"You might have mentioned the other two," Honor said coolly to Jake. "I said 'company.'" "Your point?" "I'm family, not company." - Amber Beach p.355 (posted by Nikki)
"You", she said huskily, "are a very bad dog." Does that mean you're going to spank me?" - Amber Beach p.293 (posted by mlmc)
(Ellen) "You're determined to do this the hard way, aren't you?" (Jake) "First thing a boy learns is it's got to be hard to be good" - Amber Beach p.32 (posted by Lee)
(Jake) "Don't worry it's on safty." Honor raised her head. "Oh!" "Don't worry." "Why is it on safty too?" - Amber Beach p.? (posted by T. Robin P.)
(Jake) "I want you to act like I'm an all-day sucker and you can't wait to lick me. I'll do the same with you." (Honor) "I'm not that good an actress." - Amber Beach p.226 (posted by MRI)
..."He's not that bad, honey". She started to tell him that her name was Honor, not Honey. Then she realized that he sounded friendly rather than patronizing. All the same..."Are you sure, darlin'?", she asked mildly. He gave her a fast surprised look, followed by a slow, slow grin that made her wonder if she hadn't bitten off more than she can chew. "Darlin', huh?" he asked. "It was that or Buttercup". He gave a crack of laughter. "Buttercup. My God. You must have driven your brothers around the bend". "I did my best. When I wore down, Faith took over". - Amber Beach p.114-115 (posted by Emerald)
A few hours later Jake came close to throwing Honor's alarm clock through the wall. Swearing a combination of Russian and English, he fumnled for the shrieking monster, silenced it with a blow from his fist, and pulled the covers back into place. - Amber Beach p.199 hc (posted by Aislinn)
A few hours later Jake came close to throwing Honor's alarm clock through the wall. Swearing in a bastard combination of Russian and English, he fumbled for the shrieking monster, silenced it with a blow from his fist, and pulled the covers back into place. - Amber Beach p.187 (posted by Sara)
He walked down the gravel path to the dock. Every step of the way he congratulated himself on what a fine, honerable, noble, dumb son of a bitch he was, going off alone to a cold bed - Amber Beach p.174 (posted by Tania)
Her eyes widened. She looked at Jake almost warily, afraid to hope and unable to do anything else. "We're not married, so there's no point in a honeymoon." "We will be," Jake said. "Why?" "Because you love me." She closed her eyes and smiled sadly, "Wrong answer, Jake." "Because I love you." Her eyes flew open, wide and questioning. "You have my word," he said simply. Honor stood on tiptoe and wound her arms tightly around his neck. "In that case, love, let's go fishing." - Amber Beach p.387 hc (posted by Aislinn)
Her head snapped around. He was looking at her from a distance of two inches. There were slivers of blue and green and black mixed in with the transparent silver of his eyes. His eyelashes were much too long for a man who wore a scruffy denim jacket and had calluses on his hands. His eyes were beautiful. "Don't tell me, let me guess," he said. "You like my eyes." A hint of red stained Honor's cheekbones. "Such manly modesty," she drawled. "Do all your female clients gush over you." "What do you think?" "I think it's a good thing you aren't expecting a tip. You have the interpersonal finesse of a neutron bomb." - Amber Beach p.23-24 (posted by JMC)
Honor Donovan took one look and knew the man was trouble. On the other hand, she was already in the kind of trouble even her family's company, Donovan International, couldn't handle. "If you're from the police,shut the door on your way out," she said. "If you're a reporter, go to hell" "Been there. Done that." "You have the T-shirt to prove it?" - Amber Beach p.1 (posted by JoanS)
Honor tells Jake:-"Family," she said tersely." Can't live with them and they won't let you live without them." - Amber Beach p.11 (posted by Neha.)
Jake closed his eyes and tried to calm the storm of adrenaline that had exploded through him when he heard the awful screaming. "Birthday present," he said. Breath hissed through his teeth. "It's a wonder Kyle survived your gratitude." "Yeah. Sorry about waking you up." "I was already awake and thinking about shaving for the first time in a month. Are you finished staring or were you planning to stuff money in my jockstrap?" Honor's mouth dropped open. Her eyes narrowed. The door slammed in his face. - Amber Beach p.102 (posted by JMC)
Jake ignored everyone but Honor. "What do you say to a boat trip that's long enough for me to teach you everything I know?" "About fishing?" she (Honor) asked in disbelief. "Why would I do that?" "I'll let you use my rod," he offered with a slow grin. Honor's mouth opened. No sound came out. "It's customary for newlyweds to take a honeymoon," Archer added blandly. "Butt out, Archer," Jake said. "Remeber what I told you earlier." Honor looked at her oldest brother, "What is Jake talking about?" "He said if I leaned on you or got between you two, he would take you so far away from the Donovan clan that it would take a day for e-mail to reach you." - Amber Beach p.364
Jake's breath came in hard and fast. Her hair was drifting across his skin. If she moved her head just an inch or two, she would be touching something a hell of a lot more sensitive than a bare thigh. His heart slammed. At this rate, she wouldn't have to move at all. He was rising to her like a blind moth to a particularly hot flame. "Jake?" she asked, looking up. Where does it--oh!" " Don't let it worry you." "Why? Is it on safety, too?" - Amber Beach p.178 (posted by Cissy)
When Jake finished cleaning up, he let himself out of the cottage. The door locked automatically behind him. The metal sound was cool and final. He walked down the gravel path to the dock. Every step of the way he congratulated himself on what a fine, honorable, noble, dumb son of a bitch he was, going off alone to a cold bed. - Amber Beach p.185 hc (posted by Aislinn Johnson)
You want some salmon salad?" (Honor to Ellen.) "Thanks, but I'm on a diet." "That's worse than having an older brother. How about you, Mather?" "I'm an older brother." "Why am I not surprised?" - Amber Beach p.288 (posted by amber bree)
you're damn attractive and you know it, so unless you're planning to follow up on all the lip-licking and the sideways looks, save them for aboy who cares - Amber Beach p.54 (posted by shorook al fara)
"Allow me to point out that there isn't a thing you can do about your commands. I'm here and you're there and life's tough all over." -Amber Beach p.201 hc (posted by amd)
"Headache, huh?" he asked. "I have just the thing." "Since when does spectacular sex cure headaches?" she retorted. Then she remembered that two of her brothers were in the room. Archer snickered. -Amber Beach p.363/364 (posted by Daisy)
"Only a fool asks a man to choose between two things he loves equally. You can't predict the outcome." -Amber Beach p.274 hc (posted by amd)
"Shower! Just how close are you and Honor?" "About ten feet." "What??" "The phone is about ten feet from the shower." "Mallory, you're pissing me off..." -"Do unto others, and all that." -Amber Beach p.217 hc (posted by amd)
"Sorry to disappoint you, buttercup," he said, "but I *am* going to disappoint you on that one. No victory dance over my dead body."---"That's not funny," she said through her teeth. ---"Not for me. But I'm not half as mad at me as you are." -Amber Beach p.323 hc (posted by amd)
"You would have destroyed that spineless jellyfish the first time you lost your temper. Try dating someone from the vertebrate branch of the animal kingdom. You'll both enjoy it more." -Amber Beach p.? hc (posted by amd)
"Don't be frightened," Hunter whispered against her lips. " I just want..." Hunter's voice died. What he wanted would send Elyssa running right out of the cave." - Autumn Lover p.324-325 (posted by Brynne)
"Good-bye my autumn lover," Elyssa wishpered. "I'll remember you each year when leaves turn to fire." - Autumn Lover p.400 (posted by Erin)
"I hate you," Elyssa said in a low, savage voice. "Get out before I scream down the house." "For God's sake , settle down and stop acting like an outraged virgin." "Why shouldn't I? It's what I am! Or rather, was." "What are you talking about? My wife never bled, not even the first time." "Fancy man, " Elyssa snarled, "I'll bet this ranch that you weren't anywhere near your wife her first time!" Realization swept through Hunter, staggering him. It had been a virgin's pain, not a flirt's practiced passion that had caused Elyssa to stiffen and thrash harshly beneath him. And he had held his hand over her mouth the whole time. "Sweet Jesus," Hunter whispered, appalled. - Autumn Lover p.279 (posted by Brynne)
"She [Elyssa] was a virgin when she came to his [Hunter's] bed. And an angry,humiliated woman when she left it." - Autumn Lover p.304 (posted by Heather)
"The shooter would have to be blind to mistake Sassy for a man," Hunter said huskily. "Amen,"Sonny said reverently from the darkness just beyond the reach of lantern light. "I'll second that," said another voice. "Same here," came a third voice. "Me too," "Yo." "Amen, Lord, A-men." Hunter's expression became fierce. Coldly he glared at the men who had gathered at the edge of the lantern light to agree with him that Elyssa looked very female indeed. - Autumn Lover p.186 (posted by Brynne)
"Will you listen to reason?" he asked tightly. "I always do. But you're not always reasonable." - Autumn Lover p.350 (posted by Brynne)
*"She said we were just lovers."* Case's left eyebrow lifted in a black, skeptical arch. "Was that before or after you told her you loved her?" "I never said any such thing." "Well, that explains it," Case said agreeably, turning away. "I'm going out to talk to my horse. Its butt has more sense than you do." - Between Hunter and Case. - Autumn Lover p.401 (posted by Shirlee)
In the next instant he was holding a six-gun that was cocked and ready to fire."Planning to use that on me?" Hunter asked." I could ask you the same question"With a smooth motion Hunter uncocked the six-gun and returned the weapon to its holster. "Glad to see that the shotgun isn't cocked," Hunter said."You look like your planning to shoot me rather than Mickey.""I'm thinking about it."" Any reason in particular?""I'm remembering when Mickey grabbed me hard enough to leave bruises, treated me like a prostitute, and all you did was tell him to quit wasting time and get to work."..." But when Mickey takes aquirt to a bronc, Elyssa said through her teeth,"you knock him into next week."" The horse wasn't doing anything wrong.""And I was?"..."Yes," he said coolly."You were in the wrong.""What""Men come to a point whenever you walk by. You know it,but you keep on walking by."" What am I supposed to do? Stay locked inside behind curtains and veils?""Yes" Elyssa's eyes widened. " You're serious," she said in disbelief. "Damned straight." - Autumn Lover p.263-264 (posted by Alicia)
"Dear God, are all men this dense or are you a special case?" -Autumn Lover p.270 (posted by Kathy)
"Try some of that scented soap you're wearing. It's good for more than making men come to a point when you walk by." -Autumn Lover p.23 (posted by Vanessa)
"Yes. You're a one-man woman," Rio said, bending down to Hope. "And God help us both, I'm that man," - Beautiful Dreamer p.184 hc (posted by Derf's woman)
"You're good for me," she said, her lips still curving in a deep smile. "Keep you from breaking your neck?" he guessed. "No. You teach me to laugh again. I'd almost forgotten how." Her words sank into Rio like water into thirsty land, renewing him. Without stopping to think, he smiled gently and touched her cheek with his fingertips. It's you who teach me," he said, his voice warm and deep. "What?" she whispered. "Beautiful dreamer," he said softly. "You don't know, do you? You don't know what your dreams do to me. And your laughter." - Beautiful Dreamer p.161-162 (posted by Roberta)
Drugged by heat and physical exhaustion, Hope dozed in the bath long after she was clean. Her dreams were a tantalizing mixture of water in all its forms--hot, cold, calm, racing, deep, shallow. And through all of it wove a midnight-blue river, deep and sweet, gentle and dangerous, longer than forever and more powerful than any drought. It called to her in Rio's voice, whispered to her the secrets of his midnight-blue eyes, caressed her flesh, and sank into her thirsty soul. - Beautiful Dreamer p.68 hc
Hope's only regret about her current situation was that she didn't know Rio well enough to use his shoulder as a pillow rather that the dry, unforgiving ground. The thought of curling up against his living strength made her smile. _ She was still smiling when she fell headlong into sleep. _ Rio watched Hope for a long time, repeating to himself all the ways he was wrong for her and she was wrong for him. Then he lay down beside her and eased her head off the hard ground and onto his shoulder. _ She stirred vaguely, but didn't pill away. Instead she moved closer, sighed, and relaxed against his body with a trust that made him want to shake her awake and tell her what fools they both were being. _ Trying not to think at all, Rio lay utterly still caught in the gentle, bittersweet pleasure of holding a woman in his arms who trusted him more than he trusted himself. - Beautiful Dreamer p.43 hc
The plaintive tone of Anthea's voice came throught quite clearly. Mandy looked at the "poor boy" in question and decided that it was a clear case of mistaken identity. Sutter was neither poor nor a boy. "No, you couldn't," Mandy sympathized. "I'm sure that point will occur to the 'poor boy' about the time hell freezes solid. He's nothing if not bullheaded." - Chain Lighting p.266 (posted by Catann)
"I'd like to bottle you and take you out when I'm in some place so poor and remote that sunlight has to be piped in. At the end of the day I'd pour you into my hands and bathe my senses in you until finally I'd fall alseep smiling, dreaming of all the colors of your laughter." (Domon Sutter to Mandy Blythe) - Chain Lightning p.? (posted by Joanna Myers)
*That's your free one, little girl. You pull a stunt like that again and you'll feel like grass after an elephant stampede.* She had looked down his tuxedoed length to his polished calfskin shoes and then back up, all the way up to those cold eyes. *You needn't be sensitive about the size of your feet. If they weren't elephantine, they wouldn't fit so neatly in your mouth.* (Mandy to Sutter) - Chain Lightning p.37
"And what should I have said?...That I can't sleep for wanting her? That I can't smell the sea without remembering what it was like to fall asleep with her in my arms? That I can't look at a woman without seeing Mandy, tasting Mandy, needing Mandy, until I think dying would be easier than living without her? ...There are no words to describe the hell I've been going through!" "Try 'I love you.'" -Chain Lightning p.244 (posted by Jana)
"These things should be outlawed" "That would upset a lot of babies." "Not these.The two little scraps of cloth. Makes a man want to run his tongue around the edges then slide it underneath to sample the goodies." -Damon Sutter" -Chain Lightning p.168 (posted by Jana)
"What you need is a lover" -Chain Lightning p.7 (posted by Ann)
Selena looked up to discover that Mark was half asleep. She knelt next to him and dropped the fruit on his chest. "Hey, lazy man. You said you were hungry." Mark took her hand and nibbled on her fingers. Selena smiled. "You could get into trouble doing that." "Really? I thought your name was Selena." She ruffled his hair and laughed. "You're impossible." "Nope. I'm very easy." "Bluff called; and raise you." "That won't be hard." "It better be." - Change (writing as Ann Maxwell) p.233 (posted by mona)
"just testing" - Color of Death p.48 (posted by testing)
"Are there any men of your race around here?" asked Satin, smiling languidly as she stirred the hot fragments of her gems. "Men who can't be controlled?" - Dancer's Luck p.60 (posted by Pamela Rose)
"How about him?" she continued, looking at Kirtn. "I couldn't control him, either. Kill him, yes, but not control him." - Dancer's Luck p.60 (posted by Pamela Rose)
"Sweet green gods, what a waste. I suppose you come from one of those dreary little dung balls that forbid more passion than it takes to make dreary little dung-ball preachers." (Satin to Rheba) "No," said Kirtn, "she's just too young." Satin looked from Rheba to Kirtn and back again. "Too young? No child fights for her man the way she just did." She made an abrupt gesture, silencing whatever objections either might make. "Never mind. Your delusions aren't important to me. Still, if she isn't enjoying you...?" ... Kirtn could not help but feel the pull. He was Bre'n; sensuality was in his genes. And even at her most calculating, Satin was every molecule a woman. If he could cut a loop out of time and share it with her, he would. But he could not. Satin's smile changed, becoming humerous rather than enticing. "Thank you," she said, her voice husky. "That's the nicest refusal I've ever had..." - Dancer's Luck p.61 (posted by Pamela Rose)
"What makes you think she's here?" Rye asked, taking the box. "She loves you and you love her," Trace said simply. "If I had been hurt the way Cindy was, I'd go to a place where I was loved." Trace started to walk around the other two, only to be stopped by a light touch from Lisa's hand. "Is that where you're going now?" she asked. "To a place where you're loved?" Trace looked into Lisa's compassionate eyes for a long moment before he said, " I don't have a place like that. I never cared about love until it was too late." - Dark Fire p.245 (posted by mona)
"When you give that to Cindy, tell her..." Trace's voice faded into silence as he fought for self control. It was too long in coming. When he spoke, his voice was too husky, almost rough. "I'll always look for her in the mist, even though I know she'll never be there." - Dark Fire p.245 (posted by Bobbie)
"You see, princess?" Trace murmured, nuzzling Cindy's ear, feeling her shiver again, tasting her, biting her with exquisite care. "It doesn't matter that I knew who you were before you came to Quito. After I saw you I would have wanted you if your father was broke and you were wearing rags. Just like it doesn't matter that I'm a peon, a bastard with no real family. You burn when I touch you. I burn when you touch me. That's all that matters. Everything else is just words without meaning." - Dark Fire p.222-223 (posted by Amy)
"I'd rather be like you, princess, as naked as the rain. But if you want me wearing jungle boots, I sure as hell won't argue the point. I'll take you any way I can get you." -Trace Rawlings" -Dark Fire p.169 (posted by Jana)
"I thought you could teach me about love. But you were the teacher you taught me hate." - Desert Rain p.344 (posted by Jade)
"Lightning and sage and desert rain," Holly whispered. "I've tasted you in my dreams, Linc." - Desert Rain p.57 (posted by Erin)
"Tell me I'm not too late," Linc whispered. "Tell me thatliving without me is like dying every day. Tell me you still love me - Desert Rain p.332 hc (posted by Ling)
'I didn't realize tha i might learn to hate before you learned to love. But i won't stay around that long, because hating you would destroy me. There would be nothing left." - Desert Rain p.344 (posted by Jade)
Linc put his hand on her abdomen in a gesture that was both possessive and gentle. "What do you think it does to a man to know that someday his baby will grow inside his woman?" - Desert Rain p.166
The force of the blanket landing sent a piece of Holly's wet underwear fluttering down like an exotic bird. Linc caught the bit of scarlet lace on his fingertip, smiled slowly, and looked over his shoulder at Holly. "Yours?" he asked. "Couldn't be," she said, turning the last piece of bacon. "I'm a virgin. Must be yours." He laughed aloud, enjoying her quick mind. - Desert Rain p.103 (posted by Jessica)
"I never wanted a woman as much as I wanted Holly," he said, "until six years later in Palm Springs, when a cat-eyed,black haired model held out her arms to me and promised me...everything." -Desert Rain p.377 (posted by Kathy)
"I was very young, wasn't I? I didn't realize that I might learn to hate before you learned to love. But I won't stay around that long, because hating you would destroy me. There would be nothing left." Thunder curled through the room, sound without meaning. Holly listened. Then she looked at Linc with eyes that no longer asked to be loved. "I thought I could teach you about love. But you were the teacher. You taught me about hate." -Desert Rain p.344 (posted by Kathy)
"First my jacket, now my jeans," he {Ian} said against her {Lacey} hair. "Hope you have a washing machine around here. Or at least a dryer." She took a breath. "You bragging or complaining?" "Bragging. You mind?" "I'd need a brain to mind. I must have lost it with my dress." "Your dress is around your neck. Kind of." She blew against his chin. "How about my brain?" He tipped her mouth up and gave her a gentle, thorough kiss. "Sexy. Female. Really fine." "My brain?" "Yeah." She tilted her head back and smiled up at him. "I like you a lot, Ian Lapstrake." Amused, he glanced down to where they were still interlocked. "I figured that out." "No, I mean even after, uh..." "The itch is scratched?" She nodded. - Die in Plain Sight p.217 (posted by Rachel Alexis)
"Ms. Donovan?" The pilot's voice came over the intercom. Susa flipped a switch on the seat arm. "Yes?" "The Donovan requests that you 'turn on your goddamned cell phone.'" "Oops," Susa said, reaching for her purse.....I'm calling him as we speak." - Die in Plain Sight p.35-36 hc (posted by JoanS)
"Susa wants you to come and paint with her out on the Savoy Ranch." Lacey stared at him. "What?" "My poster," he said, beginning all over again. "You know, the one that--" "Not that," she cut in. "Susa wants me to pain with her?" "Yeah." He tilted his head and took in her shocked brown eyes. "Something wrong with that?" Lacey took a deep breath, then another. "Susa is a goddess." "I'll have to tell her sons. They haven't figured it out. Archer is sure she's a mortal in need of tenderr loving care."' Ian smiled slowly. - Die in Plain Sight p.74 hc (posted by JoanS)
"This one isn't by the same hand as the other," Susa said. Ian looked from one painting to the next. Flowers. Lots and lots of flowers. "How can you tell?" "A century of experience." "Bull. You haven't been around longer than forty years." "Flatter me some more. I'm amenable. I'm also old enough to be Lawe's mother, remember?" "I'm working on it So tell me, is the Donovan as tough a bastard as his sons say?" "Absolutely." She set the second picture on the table behind her, with the few she had decided merited more study. "Better looking, too." "Well, dang. How am I going to win yhou away?" - Die in Plain Sight p.56 hc (posted by JoanS)
He was right. It took attitude. That's what turned her on in a man. Brass balls and the arrogance to make them clang. But damn, it made them hard to live with. - Die in Plain Sight p.287 hc (posted by queenofdarkness)
Ian Lapstrake hadn't been raised by fools. When Dana Gaynor, copartner of Rarities Unlimited, started in on him with a voice like an ice-tipped whip, he stood up straight and paid attention. "Listen, boyo," she said, borrowing one of her partner S.K. Niall's favoirte nouns, "I'm getting damn tired of you ignoring your e-mail. How are we supposed to keep you up-to-date on your projects?" "I always have my pager turned on." "Screw your pager." "I'm not that desparate yet, but thanks for the thought." - Die in Plain Sight p.8 hc (posted by JoanS)
Lacey sighed. "But La Susa has taught classes and done videos, so I guess she's usd to awed students getting clumsy around her." "After ten minutes, you'll neve think of her as La Susa again. She'll just be Susa, a wife and mother and woman with a great sense of humor and a mind like a steel trap." "You left out the part about being beautiful," Lacey said, thinking of Susa's petite elegance. "She's happily married to a man who would clean my clock if he caught me flirting with her." - Die in Plain Sight p.74-75 hc (posted by JoanS)
Susa half smiled. "My son Lawe said you were bright. What's more important, so did Dana." "I'm flattered." The sideways glance she gave him was amused. "I don't believe you." "Lawe said you were quick." She laughed out loud. "I like you, Ian Lapstrake." "Now, I'm flattered." She stood, gave him the kind of quick, smacking kiss she bestowed upon her family mal;es, and sat back down to study the paintings left by the matron, who was still wondering how she ended up at the back of the line again. ortant, so did Dana." - Die in Plain Sight p.56 hc (posted by JoanS)
"You mean like the one about the owl that was so lazy it didn't give a hoot?" Chase asked. His innocent smile gleamed beneath the midnight slash of his mustache. Nicole groaned. - Eden Burning p.261 (posted by Becky M.)
(Chase) "Now I recognize you. We met just a few minutes ago. You have a friend nearby, don't you?" - Eden Burning p.153 (posted by Becky M.)
As far as he was concerned, the lichen looked like milk that had been tossed out and left to curdle in the sun. - Eden Burning p.282 (posted by Becky M.)
Lisa looked at the ocean and said slowly, doubtfully, "It looks awful big." (Nicole) "That's okay. You're only in one part of it at a time." - Eden Burning p.202 hc (posted by Maggie B)
" 'Tis just as well," Simon muttered. "I have no taste for thumping on things smaller than I" "Excellent. I have it on good authority that the small things don't care for it either." - Enchanted p.108 (posted by Kimber)
" I give you the gift of the rowan," Simon whispered against Ariane's lips. And the gift was love. - Enchanted p.390
" I give you the gift of the rowan," Simon whispered against Ariane's lips. And the gift was love. - Enchanted p.390 (posted by Regina)
"A creature that sleeps in pig dung has no nerves worth our concern." - Enchanted p.330 (posted by noelle)
"Ah, I bring color to your little cheeks." (Geoffrey) "You bring vomit to my throat." (Ariane) - Enchanted p.263 (posted by Taylor.R.)
"Are you so angry with me that you can't even bear to look at my face?" Simon asked softly. "I? Angry with you?" Ariane asked, surprise clear both in her voice and her extraordinary amethyst eyes. "Angry that I betrayed your truth by not defending it sooner," Simon said bleakly. "Angry that the truth made no difference. Angry that I can't...love." Ariane's heart turned over at the pain in Simon's eyes. "Not even you," he said roughly, "my valiant nightingale. You, who have suffered so much so much at the hands of men. You, who have saved my life. You, who have taught me to fly as the phoenix flies, death and rebirth in ecstasy. You deserve...more than I can give you." - Enchanted p.363 (posted by c.)
"Are you so angry with me that you can't even bear to look at my face?" Simon asked softly. "I? Angry with you?" Ariane asked, surprised clear both in her voice and her extraordinary amethyst eyes. "Angry that I betrayed your truth by not defending it sooner," Simon said bleakly. "Angry that the truth made no difference. Angry that I can't...love." Ariane's heart turned over at the pain in Simon's eyes. "Not even you," he said roughly, "my valiant nightingale. You, who have suffered so much so much at the hands of men. You, who have saved my life. You, who have taught me to fly as the phoenix flies, death and rebirth in ecstasy. You deserve...more than I can give you." - Enchanted p.363 (posted by c.)
"I give to you the gift of the rowan," Simon whispered against Ariane's lips. And the gift was love. - Enchanted p.390 (posted by April)
"I love you,Simon",Ariane breathed against his mouth. "Soon you will be able to believe in me enough to love me in return". - Enchanted p.331 (posted by Emeranie)
"If my drugged memory serves, you sweated like a pig to rise even once. Your manhood was more like a beached seaweed than a 'rod' you speak of so proudly." (Ariane) - Enchanted p.265 (posted by Taylor.R.)
"Is Ariane your wife in deed as well as in ceremony?" Dominic asked bluntly. Simon's fingers paused, then resumed their caresses. "No," he said succinctly. Dominic cursed in the language of the Saracens. "What happened?" Dominic asked. "My wife is as cold as a northern sea." "She refused you?" A narrow bleak smile changed the line of Simon's mouth, but the gentleness of his hand on the grey cat never varied. "She refused me," Simon agreed. "Why?" "She said she would rather die than lie beneath a man." "Then place her on top," Dominic said impatiently. - Enchanted p.105-106 (posted by Catrina)
"My valiant nightingale. You, who have suffered so much at the hands of men. You, who saved my life. You, who taught me to fly as the phoenix flies, death and rebirth in ecstasy. You deserve...more than I can give you." (Simon) - Enchanted p.363 (posted by Lisa)
"Nightingale", he said in an anguised whisper, "I would give the heart from my body to see you again." - Enchanted p.387
"Nightingale," he said in an anguised whisper, "I would give the heart from my body to see you again." - Enchanted p.387
"No warrior ever had more courage than you," Simon said as he kissed her cool cheek. "Your bravery humbles me. Wherever you are, may the rowan bloom for you." - Enchanted p.388-389 (posted by April)
"So does a muddy hound." - Enchanted p.211 (posted by G Santiago)
"Yes. Like me, you left all warmth in the Saracen land." (Dominic) Simon shrugged. "Then the cold Norman heiress and I are well matched." "That is what worries me," Dominic said. "You are too well matched. Who will bring warmth to you if you marry Ariane?" Simon speared another piece of meat. "Do not worry, Wolf of Glendruid. Warmth will be no problem for me." "Oh? You sound quite certain." "I am." "And how will you achieve this miracle?" Dominic asked skeptically. "I shall line my mantle with fur." - Between Dominic and Simon. - Enchanted p.33 (posted by Shirlee)
"Your eyes are magnificent. 'Tis a miracle the fairies haven't stolen you away out of jealousy." - Enchanted p.94 (posted by Kimber)
*"Love?"* she muttered. "What a pail of slops that is! Men have no love of their betrothed. They love only the dowry and the power." (Ariane) Amber winced, but Simon laughed. "Aye, my lady," he said. "Slops indeed." - Between Ariane and Simon - Enchanted p.16 (posted by Shirlee)
A woman of intense feeling, head thrown back, hair, wild, lips open upon cry of unbelievable pleasure. The enchanted. A warrior both disciplined and passionate, his whole being focused in the moment. The enchanter. Now he was bending down to her, drinking her cries even as he drew more sounds from her. His powerful body was poised over hers, waiting, shivering with a sensual hunger that was as his restraint. Simon? - Enchanted p.36 (posted by Taylor.R.)
He gathered Ariane's living warmth into his arms, felt the strength of her arms circling his neck. "I give you the gift of the rowan," Simon whispered against Ariane's lips. And the gift was love. - Enchanted p.390 (posted by R. Mineo)
If it hadn't been made of cloth, Simon would have called the dress well behaved. - Enchanted p.90 hc (posted by Megan)
It seems like a dream, now. I was so innocent. So foolish. I trusted....Too much - Enchanted p.257 (posted by Sara)
The sacred rowan is a woman born long, long ago, a woman whose refusal to see love cost first her lover's life, then the lives of her family, her clan, her people. But not her own. Not quite. In pity and punishment into an undying tree, a rowan that only weeps in the presence of transcendent love; and the tears of the rowan are the blossomes that cofer extarordinary grace upon those who can see them. When enough tears are wept the rowan will be free. She waits inside a sacred stone ring that can be neither weighed nor measured nor touched. She waits for love that is worth her tears. The rowan is waiting still. - Enchanted p.392 (posted by Katie)
The wedding would begin before the sun set and end before the moon rose. Before the moon set once more, the bride must find a way to kill. Or die. - Enchanted p.19 (posted by Taylor.R.)
You may hold my tears and live as you did before, trusting your soul to no one. Or you may release my tears and accept what comes. With a shudder, Simon opened his hands and let the rowan's tears drift over Ariane, giving everything to her, more than he had ever believed he could give. - Enchanted p.389 (posted by Regina M.)
(Ariane): "You have forced me to share what I have hidden even from myself," she said. "You have forced her to endure what she never earned." (Duncan): "I have a right to knot the truth of our betrothal," Duncan said. Ariane maid a cutting gesture with one hand. "You have diminished my honor and the honor of the one you call your 'weapon'," she said tersely. - FORBIDDEN p.334 (posted by T.A.F D'Aumont )
"Did I forget to mention that you're supposed to put your back into it?" Rye asked after the third swing. "'It' is quite busy enough already without having to deal with my back, as well," muttered Lisa. For a moment Rye was nonpulssed. Then he remembered just how many subjects had been covered--or uncovered--by the word *it* so far today. "It has been very busy," Rye agreed. "It certainly has. As a matter of fact, it hust went on strike. No its allowed. Be specific or be quiet." - Fever p.80 (posted by Michelle)
"Her name is woman, and she lives in a place without time." (orig. SD p.166; re-issue p.222) - Fever p.... (posted by Marissa)
"I'll be damned. Now I know how butterflies do it," Rye said. "Do wha?" "It, what else?" "Hook, line, and sinker," Lisa groaned. "Sounds like a painful way to do it." - Fever p.77 (posted by Michelle)
"Kiss me like that again," he said huskily, seeking Lisa's mouth even as he spoke. "No ending, no beginning, nothing but the two of us." -Fever p.173 (posted by Ann)
"Meadow or ranch house, summer or winter," he said, "Rye or Boss Mac or Edward Ryan McCall III, it doesn't matter. They all love you. I love you. I love you so much that I can't begin to tell you." (Rye to Lisa) - Fever p.247 (posted by Meggie)
"Where's your sense of fair play?" "I took it off with my shirt." - Fever p.77 (posted by Michelle)
The velvet fever known as love is bounded neither by seasons nor by place nor by time. - Fever p.248 (posted by Megan)
Shocked, trembling, trying not to cry, Carla felt Luke's pain more deeply than her own. "But I want you to know this," he continued . . . "No matter who you marry or how many lovers you take, no matter how long you live, no man will ever want you the way I do." - Fire And Rain p.112 (posted by Cowboy Lady)
As she(Rheba) turned to face the astonished Loo, there was a soundless explosion of fire around her. Streamers of flame leaped from her hands. Her robe shriveled to ash and fell away, leaving her naked but for the akhenet lines blazing over her body, She laughed gain, sheer delight at the energy coursing through her; and flames surged, limning her and her Bre'n in frightening tongues of fire. DANCE, more emotion than command, Kirtn's presence inflamed her. - Fire Dancer p.193 (posted by Stacey Medcalf)
"...My mother hated the Rocking M from the moment she set foot on it. But she loved my father. She tried to make a go og it. She simply wasn't tough enough. At first we didn't even have a phone for her to talk to her family or friends. No women lived nearby. Nothing but kids and the kind of work that has broken stronger women than my mother ever was, even on her best day. One night the wind started screaming around the peaks and she started screaming right along with it..." [Luke talking to Carla] - Fire and Rain p.100-101
"...You might be pregnant. Ever think of that, schoolgirl? Or are you on the pill?" "N.Y.P., cowboy," she said with a calmness she didn't feel. "What does that mean?" "Not Your Problem." "What the hell are you talking about? Of course its my problem! Or didn't you know it takes two to make a baby?" "And only one to carry it. Guess which one of us that is? N.Y.P. cowboy." - Luke and Carla, Fire and Rain p.184 (posted by Beth)
"Don't worry, Luke. I'm not going to throw myself at you again. I've finally grown up. I'm as tired of being pushed away by you as you are of having to push me." - Fire & Rain p.241
"Hell, schoolgirl, this is a ranch, not a fancy city restaurant. West Fork never heard of most of the junk you want to put in the food." Carla's chin came up as belligerently as Luke's "Listen, cowboy the only complaint I've ever had from the men about my cooking is that their horses are threatening to go on strike over all the extra poundage they have to haul around these days." A corner of Luke's mouth turned up. "Heard rumors of that myself. Even Ten ordered a new pair of jeans and that old boy was nothing buy rawhide and hard times before he started putting away your food like there was no tomorrow. First thing you know he'll be as fat as I am." "You? Fat" Carla looked Luke over from the brim of his cowboy hat to the toes of his boots. "Pull my other leg. There's not an extra ounce on you anywhere. You and Ten are enough to make me yank my hair out. The more I feed you, the better you look, and Lord knows neither one of you was exactly ugly to begin with." - Fire and Rain p.114 (posted by Emmy)
"I can't-I don't-have words." Luke bent down and kissed her hands, then sought the warmer flesh beneath that sheltered his baby. "When you left, I shut myself in the barn and made a cradle and a crib and a rocking horse for the child I would never have. And then I made a - rocking chair so that you - could--" His voice broke. He tried to speak, but all that came out was a raw whisper. "I looked at the chair--- and dreamed of you nursing our child---and knew it would never--never--" - Fire & Rain p.247
"I'm damn tired of standing around in a cold barn yelling at a man who's too blind to find his butt with both hands and a mirror the size of a full moon!" (Ten to Luke) - Fire and Rain p.234 (posted by Kaker)
"Pregnant!" The dark center of Luke's golden eyes dilated with a shock that was unmistakable. With quick motions he unbuttoned her jacket. "Didn't he--" Carla's vioce broke as Luke's big hands went from her throat to her hips, discovering every change four months of pregnancy had made in her body. "My God," Luke said again and then again, his voice ragged. Slowly his hands moved over her in wondering silence because he could not speak. "Cash didn't tell you?" Luke shook his head. "Then why did you come here?" "I had to." - Fire And Rain p.243 - 244 (posted by Stacie)
"but I want you to know this," . . ."No matter who you marry or how many lovers you take, no matter how long you live, no man will ever want you the way I do." - Fire and Rain p.107 (rp) (posted by Noelle)
Luke felt as though the world had dropped away from beneath his feet. Always in the past he had known with unspeakable, absolute certainty that Carla would come back to the Rocking M, to him, bringing sunhine and laughter and peace with her. He had come t - Fire and Rain p.230 (posted by Deb)
"I love you, sunshine" -Fire & Rain p.248 (posted by Kathy)
"No. N-o. A word signifying refusal. A negative. The opposite of yes." -Fire and Rain p.184 (posted by Shawna)
"The light..." A shudder went through Duncan's big body. "She took the light with her, Meggie." - Forbidden p.369 (posted by Stacie)
He buried his face in his hands, knowing his own truth too late. He wanted the very thing he had driven away from himself, and he wanted it more than he wanted life itself. "Amber! Come back to me!" - Forbidden p.389 (posted by Stacie)
"May I offer my daughter refreshement?" Cassandra asked. Though the Learned woman's voice was neutral, Duncan felt as though he had been slapped. "It is within her reach," he said curtly. "If she wishes to eat or drink, she has but to stretch out her hand." "She is too spent." "Why?" Duncan's voice was angry. "She said it was but a few moments of discomfort." "There is a candle next to you." Cassandra said. "Hold your hand on the tip of the flame." He looked at her as though she had lost her mind." "Do you think I'm mad?" he asked. "I think you wouldn't ask your knights to do anything you wouldn't do yourself. Am I correct?" "Aye." "Excellent," Cassandra hissed. "Then hold your hand over the candle flame, lord. The space of two breaths, no more than three. "No," Amber said dully. "He didn't know." "Then he will learn. Won't you, proud lord?" Duncan narrowed his eyes at the naked challeng in Cassandra's voice. Without a word he stripped off one gauntlet and held his hand over the candle flame for the space of one breath. Two breaths. Three. "And now?" he challenged Cassandra, drawing back from the flame. "Do it again. Same hand. Same skin." "No!"Amber said, reaching for the wine. "I'm well, mentor. See? I drink and eat." Duncan put his hand in the flame again. Same hand. Same place on his palm. One breath, two, three. The he withdrew and looked at Cassandra. She smiled savagely. "Again." "Are you--" Duncan began. "Then again," Cassandra continued." And then again. Thirty-two times--" "Comprehension came to Duncan in a wave of coldness. That was the exact number of people whose truth Amber had questioned by touch. "--until your flesh smokes and burnes and you want to cry out, but don't for it would change nothing, especially the pain." "Enough!" - Forbidden p.320-21 (posted by Cissy)
" You are her dark warrior and she is your golden light", Erik said. " The rowan gave you to Amber and Amber to you". (Erik - Duncan) - Forbidden p.382 (posted by Emerald)
"A spark seems brightest when all else is dark" - Forbidden p.423 hc (posted by Allicia)
"Come witch. Ride the dragon you have summoned from mortal flesh." "How does a maid ride a dragon?" "Like this." - Forbidden p.266 (posted by stars9105@hotmail.com)
"Duncan's suffering has begun", she ( Cassandra) said softly "Amber's soon will end." - Forbidden p.366
"God be with you, dark warrior," Amber whispered, "for I cannot be." - Forbidden p.363 (posted by Stacie)
"If God willed it, I could bear losing the babe," Dominic said softly (to Meg), "but not you. You are my heart." - Forbidden p.258 (posted by Gillian Everard)
"Precious Amber. What would I do without you?" "You would fare better than I would without you. You are the haert in my body." - Forbidden p.386
Cassandra laughed. It was worse than her smile. "Nay, dary warrior. I would rather you survive and learn too late what you have done." Duncan became still. "Then," Cassandra said, "I will watch your sould die in the same way you are killing Amber's one cruel breath at a time." - Forbidden p.349 (posted by ALW)
Duncan cupped the pendant in his hands, trying to find her once moore The found nothing but the tears that blinded him. He buried his face in his dhands, knowing his own truth too late. He wanted the very thing he had driven away from himself, and he wanted it more than he wanted life itself. "Amber! Come back to me!" - Forbidden p.389 (posted by Carol)
The echo of her own words brought Amber's attention back to Meg. The compassion in the Glendriud healer's eyes was as celar as it was unexpected. "A probphecy attended my birth," Amber said. " 'A man with now name may you claim, heart and body and soul. Then rich life might grow, but death will surely flow.' " Dominic's eyes narrowed into slivers of beaten silver as he listened. He would have dismissed the words, but his own marriage had taught him that some prophecies were as real, and as deadly, as a drawn sword. " 'In shades of darkness he will come to you. If you touch him, you will know life that might or death that will. " 'Be therefore as sunlight, hidden in amber, untouched by man, not touching. " 'Forbidden.' " When Amber finished speaking, there was a silence unbroken by even wind. She turned around and found what she had feared she would - Duncan standing behind her, watching her with wintry contempt in his eyes. "You came to me in shades of darkness," Amber said, "a man with no name. And I touched you. You claimed my heart and my body. We had better pray that my soul is still unclaimed, or death will surely flow. "Then we are lost, witch. Your soul was sold to the devil a long time ago." (Duncan) - Forbidden p.294-295 (posted by Sunshine Aradia)
The rowan still grows inside the ring of sacred stones, for the promise was made for as long as rivers run down to the sea. In time, other honorable men will come in shades of darkness to other brave women who will risk heart and body and soul... And they, too, will find the place where there are no shades of darkness, only fire, and the rowan blooms forever. - FORBIDDEN p.393
Lift me. I know you won't let me fall. I'm safe with you Rafael. You aren't like Jack, you won't throw my life away. - Forget Me Not p.338 (posted by Stacie)
"Bravery isn't a square jaw and a thick head," [Rafe] said. "Bravery is standing toe-to-toe with fear every minute of every hour, never knowing if you're going to get through this second, and afraid the next second might be one too many." - Forget Me Not p.178 (posted by Bouncey)
"It's all right, wildflower. I've come to take you home." - Forget Me Not p.334 (posted by Kaker)
......he knew there would always be a song of love that knew no bounds. - Forget Me Not p.closing sent. (posted by Annie C - thats the last one!)
He ached to gather her in his arms, to hold her, to feel her melt and flow along his body as she accepted his embrace. And he knew that was a dream, and she lived in a nightmare. - Forget Me Not p.80 (posted by me again...Annie C)
Rafe had given her (Alana) hope when all she had was nightmare. - Forget Me Not p.215 (posted by Annie C)
"Don't forget to close the bathroom window," Luke said, "unless you want a battle-scarred old tomcat sleeping on your bed." Mariah looked at Cash, "Why do you let him insult you like that?" - Granite Man p.63 (posted by Syd)
"Not that I don't trust you, ramrod," Cash said dryly to Ten. "It's just that you're handsome as sin and twice as hard." The left corner of Ten's mouth turned up. "That's Nevada you're thinking of. I'm hard as sin and twice as handsome." - Granite Man p.160 (posted by Karen)
"Not that I don't trust you, ramrod," Cash said dryly to Ten. "It's just that you're handsome as sin and twice as hard."........The left corner of Ten's mouth turned up. "That's Nevada you're thinking of. I'm hard as sin and twice as handsome." - Granite Man p.160 (posted by Pwalz)
Cash said " I'll be damned." Nevada lifted one black eyebrow. " Probably, but not many men would brag about it. " - Granite Man p.33 (posted by Deena)
Cash: What if I'm the one making you scream?" Mariah: Frankly, you're making me want to scream right now. - Granite Man p.75 (posted by Serenity_Redfern)
Wincing at Cash's sardonic tone, Luke raked his fingers through his hair and said, "The area around Devil's Peak is dmned wild country." Cash looked at the ceiling. I can't let her go alone," Luke continued. Cash looked at his hands. "I can't take her myself." Cahs look at the floor. I need every cowhand I've got, and five more besides." Cash looked at the table. Luke swore. "Forget it. I'll get Nevada to---" "Hell," Cash interrupted fiercely, angered by the thought of throwing Miriah and Nevada together.... - Granite Man p.68-69 (posted by Sue)
m: I'm trying to follow your orders. C:When did I order you to rub up against me like a cat in heat? - Granite Man p.86 (posted by Serenity_Redfern)
"Thats okay. We"ll play for things we have lots of." Like what?" "Pine needles, smiles, puddles, kisses, raindrops, that sort of thing." -Granite Man p.110 (posted by Kathy)
"Ah civilization. Ain't it grand." "It beats whatever is in second place." - Jade Island p.14 hc (posted by Maritza)
"I have a suggestion," Kyle began. Lianne answers "Lovely. Get out of my way and I'll find someone who cares" - Jade Island p.44-45 hc (posted by Maritza)
"A red tube dress hugged Lianne like a hungry lover. Long sleeves and a V neck called attention to the shape of her breasts. The skirt cupped her rear and barely teased the top of her thighs. Smoky stockings made a long, sexy mystery of her legs. Faith's deft touch with makeup turned Lianne's eyes into a tawny challenge and gave an X-rated pout to her lips. She flipped back her curly, shoulder-length, frosted bronze hair, put one dagger-nailed hand on her hip, and said, "Ready when you are." "Holy Christ," Kyle murmured. "That's the last time you go shopping with my sisters." - Jade Island p.325
"Are you going to offer me coffe or are you going to me a prick?" April asked Archer. " I'll get back to you on that." Archer replied. - Jade Island p.290
"Dry up," Archer said, dumping a big towel over his brother's head. "Coffee's ready in the kitchen." "Food." "What do you think I am, room service?" "You don't want to know what I think you are." "Read the paper while I burn some eggs for you." "You burn 'em, you eat 'em." "Read," Archer said with the impatience of a bright-eyed dawn raider for the sleep-in rest of the world. - Jade Island p.130 hc
"Heard about your marriage. My condolences." (Walker says to Jake) Jake gave a low crack of laughter. "Haven't changed, have you?" "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Shag your butts, boys. Those guards might get curious." "Hold still, sweetheart," Kyle said. "Sweetheart," Walker drawled. "Sugar boy, you're a real piece of work. We haven't even been formally introduced and already you're coming on to me." "Screw you, Walker. I'm talking to Lianne." - Jade Island p.353 (posted by Joy)
"How does Susa stand it?" Lianne muttered. "All these big overwhelming, overbearing males." - Jade Island p.321 (posted by Rhea Luz)
"I sure as hell do." Kyle looked at Lianne. She was watching both of them the way she would watch poisonous snakes. " Want some food with your coffee?" "No," she said. "You sure? Archer makes a mean omlet." "I'd be astonished if he could make a friendly one." Archer laughed,drawing another surprised glance from Lianne. His laughter was as genuine as his anger had been. And, like anger, laughter transformed him. " - Jade Island p.268-269 hc
"Listen, buttercup," Honor said sweetly. "You try getting a full set of acrylic nails and buying a wet suit, a Dolly Parton wig, size five shoes with five-inch heels, and sexy clothes in the kiddie department of Nordstrom, and see how fast YOU get home." "It wasn't the kiddie department," Lianne said loudly. "Petite. Repeat after me. PETITE." - Jade Island p.325 (posted by Kathy Wear)
"My first two sons followed my example," Wen said. "They used Lianne. But unlike me, they felt no affection for her. Nor did they worry what would happen if they sacrificed her for their own foolish ambitions. She was, after all, merely a woman, and a woman without family at that." "She has a family," Kyle said fiercely. "Mine. There isn't a Donovan who wouldn't go to war for her. Pass the word through the Tang family, Wen. Lianne isn't alone anymore. Find your next sucker somewhere else." Lianne turned toward Kyle, but he didn't notice. - Jade Island p.370 (posted by Joy)
"Sniffing around in the dark. Men are so primitive," Faith muttered. "Yeah. Ain't that grand?" Honor replied. - Jade Island p.? (posted by Liz)
"Sorry," Kyle said sardonically. "Did I point out that there's a lump the size of the Empire State Building under this fine Chinese rug?" - Jade Island p.296 hc (posted by Sonja)
"Susa isn't here yet," Honor said, pulling the door wide open and giving Kyle a big hug. "If you get any better-looking, I'll have to buy you a guard dog." "You're thinking of Archer," Kyle said, returning his sister's hug with interest. "He's the one who needs a guard to protect him from women." - Jade Island p.167 hc (posted by Liz)
"That was good," she said, finishing the last bite. Archer sat down across from her. "You sound surprised that a man can cook." "Not at all. I'd be surprised if you could find a woman to cook for you." Archer looked at Kyle. " I should have been giving you combat pay." "Don't bother. I was putty for him," Lianne said before Kyle could speak. "More like fire," Kyle muttered. - Jade Island p.268 (posted by Nicole Connor)
"That was good,"she(Lianne)said."You sound suprised that a man can cook."Archer said."Not at all. I'd be surprised if you could find a woman to cook for you." - Jade Island p.270 hc (posted by Jana)
"This one will be better," Honor said confidently. Nobody does salmon like Jake. And i did hate to fish before i met him." "I always wondered about that," Kyle said, turning to his brother-in-law. "How did you convince her that fishing wasn't slimy, scary, and disgusting?" (Jake) "No problem. I let her use my rod." - Jade Island p.170 hc (posted by Candace Madden)
"We've got to stop meeting like this," he said (Kyle) Startled, Lianne glanced away from a warring States jade buckle and into Kyle's eyes. They were the most unusual she had ever seen: a starburst of gold around the black pupil, then green all the way to a thin outer rim of glittering black. "Excuse me?" she managed, trying not to stare at his eyes. "You didn't really say that." "You're right. Must hae been my evil twin brother. Got a match?" "I don't smoke." "Neither do I, but it seemed like a good way to strike up a conversation. I could have done something more timely, but you aren't wearing a watch." Lianne groaned at the puns and was rewarded by an off-center smile. She blinked and wondered if he had any idea how welcoming his smile was. - Jade Island p.31 (posted by (Mell))
"What did he accuse you of?" Archer asked. "Nothing directly." Lianne took a breath and said what she really didn't want to say. "I think...it's possible..." Her voice fragmented. Archer waited. Beneath the table, Kyle put his hand on her leg in a gesture that was comforting rather than provocative. Her flesh flinched but she didn't move away. She couldn't. There was nowhere left for her to go. (Kyle) "What is it, sweetheart?" "Don't call me that." "Honey, darling, sugar, baby, love, buttercup," Kyle said. "What do you think is possible?" Lianne wanted to scream or snarl at the lover's knowledge in Kyle's eyes and the gentle, implacable intimacy of his hand. - Jade Island p.273 (posted by Joy)
"Where's the Blakely woman?" Archer asked bluntly. "Where I'd like to be. Asleep." [Kyle answered.] "With her?" "If I was with her, I wouldn't be sleeping." "Still thinking with your dick?" "If I was, I wouldn't be with you." - Jade Island p.262 hc (posted by Jenny)
"You didn't tell me why you were screwing me." Lianne said. "I was screwing you because you got me so hot I didn't know which end was up. I'm still picking splinters out of my butt from the dock. Wasn't I a gentleman, sweetheart? You only got splinters in your knees." - Jade Island p.276 hc
"You know," [Lianne] said, "it would be easier if you at least smiled again." [Kyle] did. It wasn't. "I'm not planning on sticking a nail file in your oversize chest," Lianne said, "if that's what is bothering you." Despite his wariness of the intriguing Ms. Blakely, Kyle's smile warmed a few degrees. The thought of the petite lady attacking him was amusing. - Jade Island p.35-36 hc (posted by Joyce)
"You sure? Archer makes a mean omelet." "I'd be astonished if he made a friendly one." - Jade island p.266 (posted by christine)
"You try seeing your woman in handcuffs, scared bloodless, and then tell me how tender you feel toward the world," Kyle retorted. "But hey, I'm all for intercultural sensitivity..." - Jade Island p.299 hc (posted by Ashlee)
"You're right," he (Kyle)said hoarsely. "That's the dumbest question I ever asked. Put your tongue in my mouth before I say something really stupid." (to Lianne) - Jade Island p.306 (posted by Les)
"You're right," he said hoarsely. "That's the dumbest question I ever asked. Put your tongue in my mouth before I say something really stupid." - Jade Island p.306 (posted by Melissa)
(Kyle)"What do you want from me, Lianne Blakely, and what makes you think I can you help out?" (Lianne) "You're big." (Kyle) So is a stuffed elephant. Want me to call a taxidermist?" - Jade Island p.34 (posted by Beth Lynn)
A red tube dress hugged Lianne like a hungry lover. Long sleeves and a V neck called attention to the shape of her breasts. The skirt cupped her rear and barely teased the top of her thighs. Smoky stockings made a long, sexy mystery of her legs. Faith's deft touch with make-up turned Lianne's eyes into a tawny challenge and gave an X-rated pout to her lips. She flipped back her curly, shoulder-length, frosted bronze hair, put one dagger-nailed hand on her hip, and said, "Ready when you are." "Holy Christ," Kyle murmured. "That's the last time you go shopping with my sisters." - Jade Island p.328-329 hc (posted by Ivy)
And there was nothing but the sound of two people fighting to get breath into their bodies. After a time Lianne slumped against Kyle, utterly relaxed except for her legs still locked around his hips. Her breath came out in a shuddering sigh. "Did you get the license number of whatever hit us?" she asked huskily. - Jade Island p.216 (posted by Brandi)
Faith, Honor, and Lianne walked into the condo, their arms overflowing with sacks. "Took you long enough," Kyle said. "I was about to send out a search party." "Listen, buttercup," Honor said sweetly. "You try getting a full set of acrylic nails and buying a wet suit, a Dolly Parton wig, size five shoes with five inch heels, and sexy clothes in the kiddie department fo Nordstrom, and see how fast you get home." - Jade Island p.324-325 (posted by Brandi)
It didn't take Archer two seconds to catch on. "Shit. You're not alone." "You got it." [Kyle said] "Blakely?" "Yeah." "Good work." Kyle made a muffled sound. Lianne had turned back to study the paintings, but she was only ten feet away. She could hear every word he said. "Going to stay the night?" Archer asked. "You're half right," Kyle said. "Sleeping single?" "Yes." "Too bad." "Not all of us are drop-dead handsome." "Yeahyeahyeah," Archer agreed with a total lack of conviction. "So why are you back home?" "I decided you were right about the tux. It fits better now." - Jade Island p.99 hc (posted by Amy)
Lianne let out a breath and pushed a wing of thick, black hair away from her cheek. "Don't worry, Mom. The Tang family won't be trying to fix me up with a generous rapist anymore. They're too busy hating me for pissing Seng off." "By refusing him?" Johnny asked. "He'll simply buy a willing woman with three times your beauty." "That could be tough," Kyle said dryly. "In case you hadn't noticed, Lianne is gorgeous." Lianne ignored Kyle. "The only refusal Seng was truly upset by was my refusal to trade superior Tang jades for inferior Seng pieces." "You refused a trade?" Johnny asked in disbelief. "Yeah," Kyle said. "Seng didn't sic his guard dog on us until we headed out the door with Tang jades still wrapped and sealed in their boxes." He turned Lianne's face toward him. "You are gorgeous, you know." "I know no such thing," she retorted. Then she smiled. "But thanks anyway. Every woman likes to think that a dropdead handsome man would see something gorgeous in her." Kyle laughed and skimmed his thumb over her high, slanting cheekbone. - Jade Island p.302-303 (posted by Amy Tam)
"Haven't you figured it out yet, sweetheart?" Kyle asked smiling gently at her. "Men know right away when they find their mate. It's women who need time to be convinced. How much more time do you think you'll take to add one and one and get two?" -Jade Island p.373 hc (posted by Sonja)
"Don't cry for me", Raven said quietly, stroking the burnished gold of Angel's hair. "Even if I could, I wouldn't change what happened in the past. I'm not the other half of your soul,and I never could have been. Hawk is. And, you aren't the other half of mine. I know that now." "But Janna is. She's the other half of you." Angel said. "I know, and I know that gratitude isn't love." You're wrong about Janna," Hawk said quietly. "I was raised on gratitude, not love. I know what gratitude is and what it isn't. It isn't a woman's eyes following you everywhere, her fingers touching you when there's no need, her voice softening when she says your name, her smile more beautiful for you than for anyone else on earth. Janna looks at you the way Angel looks at me. The way I look at Angel. The way you look at Janna. Not gratitude Carlson. Love! - Love Song For a Raven p.245 (posted by emmy)
"Is that you, Raven?" she called out,reaching for a towel. "In the flesh," he said, walking in the front door shutting it behind him. "How about you? What are you in?" "The same. Period. Are you early or am I late?" she asked ,peeking around the barely opened bathroom door. Raven smiled as he nudged the door fully open. "I'd say I was just in time." - Love Song For a Raven p.217 (posted by emmy)
"To love.....the best antidote to happiness yet devised by man" (Janna) - Love Song For a Raven p.130
"What do you like from a man?" Raven asked. "Tell me and it's yours. Whatever you want,however you want it, for as long as you can take it. Just tell me." - Love Song for a Raven p.117 (posted by Marsha)
..."Has anyone ever told you that you have-" "A great sense of humor?" interrupted Janna, opening the oyster w/ a vicious jab of the knife. "Yeah. As one of the all time boring virtues, it ranks right up there with motherhood." "Not to someone who never had a mother and likes to laugh. They're gifts, Janna" he said quietly. "Really?" she asked picking up another oyster, avoiding Raven's eyes. "Too bad we're so far from the complaint counter. I'd exchange them for sex appeal." - Love Song For a Raven p.104-105
"I'm going to love you until I'm the only thing in the world to you, until my name is the only word you can remember, until you're crying for me with every breath you take. I'm going to watch your eyes change to silver when I slide into you and you come apart beneath me. Then I'm going to lick the tears from your face and begin all over again." - Raven - Love Song for a Rave p.219 (posted by Annie C)
"..........I'll never forget our time together in Eden. I'll remember your wit & your laughter & your sensuality until I die." And the last word I say will be your name. - Raven - Love Song for a Raven p.238 (posted by Annie C)
"........I know what gratitude is and what it isn't. It isn't a woman's eyes following you everywhere, her fingers touching you when there's no need, her voice softening when she says your name, her smile more beautiful for you than for anyone else on Earth." - Hawk to Raven - Love Song for a Raven p.244-245 (posted by Annie C)
"I guess you're going to insist on wearing another of my T-shirts," Raven said gravely. She nodded without looking up. He smiled gently. "On one condition." Warily, Janna lifted her head. "What's that?" "The only thing you wear in bed is me." - Love Song for a Raven p.173 (posted by JHoff)
"rough trip?"Hawk asked. (Janna replies)"You could say that. Lost my boat, lost my engine, lost my camping gear, my sketchbook, my.." "heart?" finshed Hawk. "An overrated organ. The body seems to function quite well without it," Janna replied, shrugging. - Love Song for a Raven p.204 (posted by Daniela)
"How did you know I wanted to be alone?" (Reba to Chance) "The same way I knew you weren't just playing hard to get with loverboy. Body language doesn't lie." - Lover In The Rough p.9 (posted by Fiona)
"Want to see if Red's temper matches his hair?" (Melbourne) Reba tried to smile in return, wishing that she were free to respond to Melbourne's teasing male presence. But she wasn't. She had been claimed by a Tiger God (Chance) who didn't want her anymore. With a sad smile she shook her head. "No. I think I'll just turn you loose to brighten up the life of some lucky woman." She felt the instant of denial that went through the big man's body. - Lover In The Rough p.286 (posted by Shirlee)
"I didn't believe you could walk away from what we had together. I knew you were furious. I knew I'd hurt you. But I thought if you'd just let me touch you, love you, I could make you understand that I never meant to deceive you...And then you ran from me, leaving me nothing." - Lover in the Rough p.325-326 (posted by jfairman)
Benny is genius. No matter how simple or complex a technical problem might be, he will discover a solution to it that is both elegant and direct. The direct part was C-4 moldable plastic explosive; Benny always has the stuff around because he uses it to start his barbecue. (The barbecue part is the part that just gets me...I can't begin to imagine how one goes about starting a barbecue with C-4 or even entertains the thought in the first place! Must be a guy thing!) - MONEY BURNS p.297 (posted by Ema)
"There you go." - Midnight In Ruby Bayou p.61 hc (posted by Bouncey)
Tony nodded. He could still hear, even if he couldn't speak. "Just so you don't make a mistake as stupid as you are big," Walker continued easily, "you got the nice one with me. Yesterday Faith put down an Atlantic City mobster with one swipe. She would have ripped off his balls, but I stepped in. Blood makes me puke, you see? So if you're thinking of catching her alone, think again. Her brothers have taught that lady some purely nasty tricks. They work best on big, slow, beefy types like you. Of course, if there was anything left after she was finished with you, I'd feel honor-bound to finish the job, and I purely hate yakking up my guts. Sure as sin, I'd take it out on you. You still with me?" "Let - go," Tony managed hoarsely. "You still with me?" Walker repeated, squeezing. - Midnight In Ruby Bayou p.204
"April Joy," Walker said before she could. "Figured you would turn up sooner or later." "Bet you were hoping for later." "Hope is a good thing," Walker said, smiling slow and almost shy. April gave him a second, narrow-eyed look, and almost smiled herself. "Do men have to pass a handsome test before they're allowed into the Donovan empire?" "No, ma'am," Walker said promptly. "This ol' boy would have flunked, anyway. They hired me for my skills, not for my looks." This time April did smile. "Modest, too. I think we'll do just fine together." Walker was much too smart to show his response to that suggestion. "Have you eaten, ma'am?" "Is that an invitation?" "For supper, yes," Faith said clearly. "Dessert is optional." Walker gave her a smile that was very different from the one he had given April. "Dessert, huh? Is that how you think of it?" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.340 hc (posted by Amy)
"Just in time," Walker said gesturing with his chin at the sleeping child. "Rescue your neice." "Why would I rescue her from paradise?" Faith asked. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.23 hc (posted by Sue)
"Kyle didn't see a police report about it," Archer said. (Walker) "Hell in Savannah?" "No, your, uh, conversation with Tony." "No fuss, no muss, no bother. It looked to all the world like some poor fool who was so damned clumsy with his cane that he tripped his big friend and then thrashed all over him trying to stand up." Archer smiled, liking the picture in his mind. "Should I put a man on him full-time?" Walker thought about it for a few seconds. "No need. If he gets in touch with her again, I'll take care of it." "Don't get caught." "Caught doing?" Walker asked mildly. Archer snorted. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.298 hc (posted by Rose)
"Sit over there and behave like a good southern boy," [Faith] said. "It's show time." Obediently Walker sat, shifting so that he could reach beneath his jacket easily. Being the bad southern boy that he was, he had a knife handy, and guileless blue eyes that memorized the face of everyone who walked by Faith's display. He was betting that one of the folks looking at all the fancy goods was the murderer who had burgled the Live Oak B and B. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.174/577 hc (posted by Nurgis)
"Sugar, if I take anything else off, I'll be wearing you real quick." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.264 hc (posted by Kris Kellt)
"Tell you what," he (Walker) said finally. Jeff has enough on his plate with his dear old daddy. I'll keep track of the necklace until the wedding." "Jeff's going to fell bad about that. He really wants to do something nice to make up for his father's performance." (said by Faith) "So don't tell him. Just take your case down, smile sweetly, and ask him to leave you to it." "What he doesn't know won't hurt his feelings, is that it?" "That's one of the things I like about you. you catch on real quick." "What's the other thing you like about me?" she asked before she thought better of it. "Your sweet, unquestioning nature." "I walked right into that one." "Sure did." "Just for that you're not getting out of it tonight..." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.257-257 (posted by Aislinn)
"Was he like you?" Faith asked softly. "Like me? How? "Smart. Gentle. Good-looking. Dark. A smile like a flash of light." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.193 (posted by Joan S.)
"What took you so long?" she (Faith) said impatiently "I only have a minute before they open the door." (Walker)"Phone sex." Her eyes widened. "Excuse me?" "Phone sex is better than none a'tall." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.123 (posted by Aisha)
"When her cheek itched, she rubbed it against the back of her knuckles rather than break her rhythm in tearing off shells and eating shrimp. Sauce from her knuckles smeared under her cheekbone like cheap blusher. She even didn't notice it. Walker's rich laughter destroyed her concentration. She looked up and realized that he was finished. Even a little sister had to admit that his pile of shells looked bigger than hers. Naturally, that meant nothing about conceding victory. "I've got the most," she said smugly. "Wrong, sugar" "Okay. We'll count 'em. The one with the most PIECES wins." The cafe echoed with laughter, Walker included. Everyone with eyes knew that Faith had shredded her shrimp shells rather than unzipping them in one neat piece as he had. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.135 hc (posted by (Mell))
"Where are we going?" "It's a secret. You might find a way to steal the rubies if I tell you ahead of time." "Have you forgotten that I'm, uh, wearing the rubies right now?" Humor flickered through her as she remembered where the ruby necklace was - wrapped in a chamois pouch that was tucked in a smuggler's pocket in his underwear. He didn't clang when he walked, but he did look a little like he had spent his youth on horseback. "Hardly," Faith said. "Brings new meaning to the concept of family jewels." He smiled a slow, easy kind of smile. "Sure does. Are you going to put that on the exhibit card in the show?" "I don't think there's a category for most unusual method of transport." "Nothing unusual about it.....In fact, smugglers sometimes get much more, uh, personal about hiding small stuff." "I'm not going there," she said firmly. "Neither is you necklace." Struggling not to laugh, she let go of a long breath and the subject at the same time. He had topped her again. With or without diplomas, Walker was quicker on his verbal feet than anyone she had everv been around but her siblings. That shouldn't have surprised her. Someone who could clean Archer out in a poker game was hardly stupid. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.143/577 hc (posted by Nurgis (Large Print))
"Where does it hurt most?" Walker didn't think she wanted to hear about the ache in his crotch, and he was damn well sure he shouldn't be talking about it. "Mid-thigh, in front, and just above the knee." "Gotcha." He drew in a sharp breath as her fingers closed around his upper thigh. "I said the knee." "If I started there, you'd go through the roof. Some things have to be worked up to." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.102-03 hc (posted by Marissa)
'Home safe', Jake said into the phone, sighing. 'Okay, I'm ready t speak adult' You sure you remember how?' (Walker) 'Now, yes. In the middle of the night, I goo. Kyle is worse. He goo-goos' - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.163
(After letting Summer go watch her cousins eat) "Home safe," Jake said into the phone sighing. "Okay I'm ready to speak adult." (Walker) "You sure you remember how?" (Jake) "Now, yes. In the middle of the night, I goo. Kyle is worse. He goo-goos." Kyle gave Jake a casual middle finger. "Goo-goo." Walker snickered at his end of the line. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.149 hc (posted by Rose)
(Farnsworth) "Dry your tears," he said softly. "Your man is back." (Faith) "He's not mine." "Then he's a damn fool." "He wouldn't be the first," Faith said. The skiff slid up to the dock. (Walker) "You calling me names, Farnsworth?" "Just the ones you ear," the agent retorted. "There you go." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.382 hc (posted by Rose)
Archer moved suddenly, flipped Hannah over onto her back, and pushed deep into her steamy welcoming body. Smiling like a pirate, he handed the phone to her and began to move. "It's Walker, sweetheart. Say hello." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.113 hc
As soon as his back was turned, she dove into the mound of shrimp and started peeling, dipping, and eating. After the first bite, she began making noises that were half hum, half purr. The shrimp was pure ecstasy--succulent, sweet, perfectly cooked. "I told you to wait," Walker said when he returned. Without looking up, she (Faith) made noises that roughly translated into "Do I look stupid?" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.130 hc (posted by Okie)
He let out a rough sound. "Damn, sugar. I wanted you the first time I saw you nineteen months ago. Now I want you more. I want you the way I breathe. That taste of you in the garden just about dropped me to my knees." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.240 (posted by JoanS)
His tongue was licking over her breasts like a kid with two ice cream cones. Tasting, swirling, sucking, nibbling, devouring her with the same total sensual concentration he had showed with his kiss, Then he took one nipple deeply inside his mouth, rubbing over her sensitive skin with a slow, firm rhythm the foreshadowed the feast to come. Sensation tightened like fine, hot wires from her breasts to her core. Her body clenched and shuddered with pleasure. She made a sound that was surprise and his name combined. He bit her with exquisite restraint, then sucked until her back arched and she twisted in slow motion against his mouth. She tried to tell him how good it felt, but all that came out was a gasp as something burst inside her, dreching her with heat. Walker felt the change in Faith , smelled the primitive heady musk of feminine arousal, and knew she would be worth every instant of fustrated agony she had put him through. Not that he was blaming her. It wasn't her fault that a man took one look at her long legs, high breasts, and pouting lips and though of nothing but raw, hot sex. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.242 hc (posted by Lorraine)
Knowing he was a fool and too hungry to care anymore, he turned her slowly until she was facing him. "Like you and me. Are you going to let me kiss you? Or are you going to keep me out in the dark, watching everything beautiful that I can't touch?" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.205 hc (posted by Rose Ann F.)
She grinned back at him. Then her breath wedged when his hand lifted to her cheek. His thumb shimmed and pressed caressingly just below one cheekbone. He brought the thumb to his mouth and licked, removing the cocktail sauce. "That's right tasty rouge you're wearing," he drawled. "Yeah?" Dispite the sudden racing of her heart, she dipped her fingertip in the sauce and splatted some on his cheek just above his beard. "Doesn't look as good on you." She leaned close, licked the sauce off with comic thoroughness, and said, "Yum. Spicy. Got any shrimp to go with it?" "You're fixin' to get in trouble, sugar." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.135-136 hc (posted by (Mell))
Summer screamed. "Lordy," Walker said, raising his voice and looking at the redheaded little girl in disbelief. "She's got a voice like a siren on steroids." (Archer) "Just Like her aunt." "Lianne?" Walker said, startled, thinking of Kyle's small, exquisite wife. "That little darling?" (Archer) "No. Faith. She has a scream that would bend sheet metal." "Do tell." Walker smiled faintly. "Wouldn't have figured it. Slender, delicate lady like her." "Delicate lady? Faith? My little sister?" Archer was all but shouting to be heard over his niece. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.20 hc (posted by Rose)
Tiga"Sometimes they ware Rubies, Thats how you know" Faith "Know?" Tiga "Your kin precious baby. A bracelet wide, cold gold, souls fixed in gold by the hundreds, red tears, red blood. A circle, a crown of thorns, drops at every point, blood frozen to ice and polished to shining, crying, sighing let-me-go, let-me-go" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.321 (posted by Sarah Ash)
Tony: " Who the hell are you?" Walker: "Faith's" Tony: "Her what?" Walker: "Now you're catching on" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.205 (posted by BithaLynne)
Walker "Come here, sugar. It's been a rough few days for you" Faith "I wasn't getting teary over that" Walker "Then What?" Faith "Archer and Hannah just called" Walker "Is something wrong at home?" Faith "No somethings very right. They're going to have a baby" Walker "Always knew that boy was brave" Faith "That's male-think. Its the women who carries the baby and delivers it. All he has to do is pace." Walker " and think of verything that could go wrong, and how there are't any guarantees, and how its up to him to keep his family safe" Faith "you're serious" Walker "AMEN" Faith "Walker a man isn't in it alone. Say you were confronted by two opponents, one a man and the other a woman defending her children. Which fight would you choose?" - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.312-313 (posted by Sarah Ash)
Walker looked into Summer's radient gray-green eyes. Clear et misty, with luminous shades of green and whispers of blue. "We ever find a gem like her eyes, we'll all be rich." Smiling, Archer pulled some lemons out of the refrigerator. From the front of the suite came the sounds of a door closing and Kyle and Faith ragging on each other. "...about as funny as a freeway accient, bro," Faith retorted. "Guess which one of my grubby fingers is for you" "Delicate, huh?" Archer muttered. Walker smiled. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.22 (posted by JoanS)
Walker sighed. Wearing a ruby necklace next to his skin - no matter how carefully wrapped the jewelry might be - wasn't comfortable. The necklace was beautifully articulated. It folded into a remarkably small packet. But he was sensitive in the places that the chamois bag was hidded. More sensitive at moments like this than he wanted to admit. Faith's lips shifted into a smile. "Is something, um, chafing?" "I've live with worse. At least Archer isn't insuring the rest of your jewelry for this soiree," Walker said. "If I had to wear any more of your creations this way, I'd have to hop down the street like a rabbit." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.149/577 hc (posted by Nurgis (Large Print))
Walker told himself he wasn't going to stand up, open the door, and haul her into the tub with him. "You fixin' to come in to see the family jewels?" he asked. "They're ready and waiting." Faith didn't doubt it... - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.232 (posted by JoanS)
While he (Walker) worked, he told himself that he didn't enjoy discovering just how good she (Faith) felt in his arms. He even tried to believe it. He tried really hard. Then he sat down in his own chair, shifted and shifted again, and decided that sometimes, just sometimes, testosterone could be a literal pain in the ass. Sitting down to eat with a woody and a ruby necklace stuffed into your shorts was one of those times. - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.130 hc (posted by Okie)
With a last measuring look at the smug cat, the woman moved on to the next display. She gave it only the briefest of glances before walking on. "Rude, but she has good taste underneath all that war paint," Walker said. "What do you mean?" "She passed right by that clown in the next booth." "That, uh, clown is one of the most respected designers in America." "Which century?" [Faith] looked into Walker's bottomless blue eyes and thought of a well-fed cat. "Late Jackson Pollock." Walker laughed loud enough to draw a few amused glances. "Explosion in a paint factory, huh?" "Has anyone ever mentioned that you're a well-read good ol' boy?" "Nope. Somehow they seem to forget the part before 'good ol' boy.'" "Amazing," she said, wide-eyed. "You wouldn't do anything to help them underestimate you, would you?" "No, ma'am. Misleading good folks is a sin. Praise be that the Lord didn't make too many good folks for me to fret over too much misleading." She snickered. "You could pour that country boy act into a spoon and lick it up like honey." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.178/577 hc (posted by Large Print by Nurgis)
[Faith's] breath caught at the light and memories in [Walker's] eyes. "You made me feel beautiful." "You sure?" She looked at the fit of his jeans and smiled. "Get undressed while I think about it." "Sugar, if I take anything else off, I'll be wearing you real quick." A tingling rush of heat swept through her. "In that case, let me help you." - Midnight in Ruby Bayou p.263-264 hc
"...Are you going to let me kiss you? Or are you going to keep me out in the dark, watching everything beautiful that I can't touch?" - Midnight in Rudy Bayou p.225 (posted by CJ)
'I've always been a pussycat with family', Archer said. (Walker) 'Now, it's a real shame I'm too old to adopt. I suppose I could just start calling you Pa and-' 'You're fired' 'Ma?' - Midnoght in Ruby Bayou p.177
She (Serena) tilted her head, surprised by his lack of intrest. "Erick?" "He stepped out for a bit. I'm his evil twin brother. The one who thinks like a cat." - Moving Targeet p.253 hc (posted by M Hawkins)
"Some day I'm going to kill that man," (Niall) Dana said thoughtfully. "How?" (Erik) "In his bed." "I doubt that he sleeps that soundly." She smiled like a cat. "Did I mention sleeping?" - Moving Target p.80 hc
"There was an odd, remembering kind of smile on his lips." - Moving Target p.131 hc (posted by Irishpixie)
*(This may have been posted already, but I'm not sure, so work with me.)* Unconsciously she [Serena] licked her lips, thinking about what it would be like if she had a condom or three in her pocket. "We'd be horizontal. Or vertical. Or any which way. That kiss was like nothing I've ever known and everything I ever wanted." - Moving Target p.249 (posted by Rachel Alexis)
As Erik turned on the engine and pulled out onto Bob Hope Drive, he realized he didn't want Serena to be a fraud, because that would mean the pages from the Book of the Learned were fraudulent, too. He could live with a woman being a cheat, but he really wanted those pages to be real. - Moving Target p.85 hc (posted by Sigrun)
Eric smiled to himself. The interesting thing about people was that they came in so many flavors. - Moving Target p.106 hc (posted by Jennie)
Erik to (Serena) "I don't want to lose you again." (Again) - Moving Target p.400 hc (posted by April C.)
He had sun-bright hair cut so that it would fit beneath a war helmet. His cloak floated on a breeze, revealing the chain mail hauberk beneath. A peregrine falcon rode his left arm. At his feet lay a staghound the size of a pony. He was watching a woman weave on a loom that was taller than a man. Her unbound hair tumbled in a fiery torrent down her back to her knees. She was looking over her shoulder at him with eyes the color of woodland violets. Instead of castle walls, they were surrounded by a rain-drenched forest, as though nothing on earth existed but these two people caught in the mists of time. - Moving Target p.437 (posted by Andi)
He ran the back of his fingers over her cheek and down to the ancient cloth against her neck, warm with her warmth, vital with her life. " How did I ever lose you in the first place?" " I'm guessing we were as stubborn and proud then as..." Her voice died, but they both knew what she had been about to say...as we are now. "Yeah ," he said. "That would explain it." I wasn't a comforting insight. They drove in silence to his home to pick up a lantern that they hoped would be rich with memories of her childhood. - Moving Target p.401 hc (posted by RMB)
He supposed he (Erik North) could sit here trying to guess what was on her mind,but his younger sisters had taught him that a man has about as much chance of figuring out how he stepped in the shit with a female as he has of getting himself pregnant. - Moving Target p.238 (posted by Arma Taskova)
If you don't get smarter, getting older is more trouble than it's worth. - Moving Target p.105 hc (posted by Laurie)
Life is change. That's how we know we're not dead. - Moving Target p.125
Niall to(Serena) "Once a man bites into something with zest, he's ruined for cotton candy." - Moving Target p.342 hc (posted by April C.)
Serena knew there was nothing more she could do but watch the erratic breeze stir ashes across her grandmother's abandoned hearth.....The chimney stood alone, a tall memorial to the fire that had consumed everything but stone and the single ancient strip of textile that had miraculously survived. That fragment haunted and compelled Serena in a way she couldn't describe. She still wore the cloth draped around her neck and tucked inside her blouse. The textile was quite wonderful -- cool when she was warm, warm when she was cool, always kitten-soft and appealing to her skin. - Moving Target p.86 hc (posted by Sigrun)
She took a breath to argue, but the thought of having some stranger peering through her bedroom window made her skin crawl. - Moving Target p.227 hc (posted by queenofdarkness)
Today the mist parted for me. She waited within them. hair like fire, eyes like amethyst. When she saw her cloak held tenderly in my hand, the cloak brought to me by the daughter I never knew I had, she smiled despite the tears burning silver on her cheeks. I held out my hand, asking. She came to me, answering. The crystal bells of Silverfells sang around us. - Moving Target p.436 (posted by Andi)
[Dana:]"Where's Niall?" [Joe-Bob McCoy:] "He took the day off. It's bare-root time." "What?" "Time to plant bare-root roses." "Flowers? I'm working my butt off and he's out planting ruddy flowers?" "It's raining," Kung offered as a kind of consolation. "You can see him from your window." [Dana] didn't bother to look. "Do bare-root roses have thorns?" she demanded. "I believe so." "I hope he sits on one." - Moving Target p.185 hc (posted by Sigrun)
[Serena's] palms itched to run over [Erik's] body as if he was indeed hers to pet and play with. The joys of born-again virginity paled whenever she was around him. He made her wonder what it would be like, if it would finally be unique with him, finally be satisfying all the way to her soul. She closed her eyes for an instant and let out a sigh that kept breaking. The uncanny material of her scarf lifted as though stirred by her breath. - Moving Target p.253 hc (posted by Sigrun)
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". . .the only true complexity is found in exquisite simplicity." - Name of A Shadow p.25 (posted by Kim)
"What about supplies?" Caleb asked as Whip opened the door. "will the two of you make it thru winter?" "I made sure Shannon had enough to feed two people until the melt came." "You were a little slow figuring out who the second person was, weren't you?" Willow asked dryly. - ONLY LOVE p.404 (posted by RobinH)
(Rafe) "There's so much of loving you don't know about. All the sweet tastes and hidden textures of passion. I'm going to know every last one of yours honey girl. And when we're too tired to breathe, I'm going to fall asleep deep inside you and wake up with the taste of you on my tongue and then we'll begin all over again, touching and tasting and knowing, being alive in eachother." - ONLY LOVE p.184 (posted by RobinH)
(Willow telling her brother, Rafe Whip Moran) "I'm not as graceful as I was the last time we danced," she warned. "You're a beautiful woman Willow, and never more so than when you're carrying the child of the love you and Caleb share" - ONLY LOVE p.249 (posted by RobinH)
Caleb gave a crack of laughter, walked into the kitchen, and touched Willow's hair with a gentleness that astonished Shannon. "Hows my favorite girl?" he asked softly. - ONLY LOVE p.241 (posted by RobinH)
(Okay, last quote for tonight!) "You looked surprised to see me when I rode up," Wolfe said. (Jessi answers) "Caleb wasn't. He did everything but set fire to trees so you could follow." (Wolfe answers her with:) "I would have found you if you'd gone barefoot over solid stone." "Why?" (Jessi asks him). The question put the match to Wolfe's temper. "You're my WIFE!" (Jessi answers) "The marriage isn't valid." "Like Hell it isn't. I had you so deep and so hard it's a bloody wonder either one of us could walk afterward!" - ONLY MINE p.388 (posted by RobinH)
(Willow having Caleb's baby) Neither woman heard the front door open. Nor did they hear Caleb's voice calling for Willow. Jessica's first realization of Caleb's presence came when a pair of riding gloves hit the floor at her feet and a large masculine hand reached past her to Willow..."I told Jessi not to fire the rifle," Willow said. "The mares-" "Wolfe found them," Caleb interjected as he reached for a shirt. "Whats this about a rifle?" (Jessi answers him) "I tried to call you in when Willow began labor" Jessica said as she wrung out a cloth to cool Willow's face. (Caleb answers) "I didn't hear any shots." ... "Then how did you know to come?" "I HEARD WILLOW CALLING MY NAME". Jessica stared at Caleb, but he had eyes only for his wife. He was kneeling next to the bed in a carelessly buttoned shirt. No one but Jessica noticed the half unfastened clothing as Caleb bent down to Willow, talking softly, stroking her hair and smiling at her with such tenderness that Jessica felt tears catch in her throat. - ONLY MINE p.294 (posted by RobinH)
Two big black horses...only one horse carried a man. As she watched, the rider leaped from the back of one of the black horses to the sorrel without slowing the pace one bit. "Dear God", she breathed. "Looks more like Wolfe Lonetree to me" Caleb said dryly - ONLY MINE p.387 (posted by RobinH)
"'Open your eyes, Willow. I want to see you. I want to remember what it was like to be loved by you, because sure as sunrise, someday you'll hate me.'" - Only His p.258 (posted by Ricki)
"Before you evef kissed me, I wanted you until I couldn't take a breath without wondering if the air had touched you first." - Only His p.372 (posted by Wendy)
"Damn duty," Caleb said,shaking. "I love you." Willow felt a single drop on her cheek and shuddered. She had thought herself beyond tears. Even as she lifted her hand to wipe away the evidence of her dispair, she realized that it wasn't her tear that burned against her skin. Hesitantly, afraid to believe, she touched her trembling hand to Caleb's cheek. His tears scalded her, burning through the hurt and confusion to the truth beneath. A sense of duty could force a man to avenge his sister at the risk of his own life. Duty could force him to risk his life to rescue Willow. Duty could force him to marry the girl he had seduced. But not even duty could force tears from a man as hard as Caleb Black. - Only His p.386 (posted by Beth)
"Looks like Wolfe was wrong about you," Reno said bitterly. "But as much as I'd like to beat the hell out of you for turning my sister into a--" "Don't say it," Caleb interrupted in a voice as savage as the light in his is eyes. "Don't even think it." With dawning horror, Willow wathced the two men she loved. She tried to speak, but the words stuck in her throat. She had expected joy, not anger, when she met her brother once more. - Only His p.306 (posted by Kat)
"Soft as a kitten's chin," he said huskily, "and the color of the summer sun. My mother used to read me fairy tales about princesses with hair like yours. I never believed them until now. Touching your hair is like touching sunlight." (Caleb to Willow) - Only His p.152 (posted by Jenn)
"That feels so good," Willow whispered finally. "To me, too," Caleb said, running his hand lightly down her hair. He laughed softly. "I think your hair likes me as much as I like it." Willow made a questioning sound. "Watch," he said. The brush followed thick ribbons of hair that had fallen over Willow's right shoulder and fanned out over her breast. "See?" He lifted the brush slowly. Shining strands of hair rose languidly, clinging to the brush and to the edge of his hand. "It's chasing me." - Only His p.156 (posted by Jenn)
"Yes," Caleb said savagely, biting Willow's neck with fierce restraint as he felt the sleek pain of her nails. "Come to me. You're hurt and angry and don't know what to do. Take it out on me, Willow. I'm not afraid of the passion in you. Let it free." - Only His p.344 (posted by Taja)
A sense of duty could force a man to avenge his sister at the risk of his own life. Duty could force him to risk his life to rescue Willow.Duty could force him to marry the girl he seduced. But not even duty could force tears from a man as hard as Caleb Black. - Only His p.386 (posted by tami)
Caleb felt the sudden slackness of Willow's body, saw the blood welling from beneath her bright hair , and called her neme in a voice that tore at his throat. There was no answer. He hadn't expected one. With fingers that shook, he probed gently around the bloody wound. Then he cradled her against his body and grieved in the dry, wrenching silence of a man who had never permitted himself to cry... - Only His p.374 (posted by Emerald)
""It's hot and waiting for you, "Shannon called from the window. The maul missed it's target completely. "Well, son of a bitch, " Whip muttered softly. "Looks like I'm no more use than a broken handle". He lifted the maul over his head again and swung down, using less force. The log obediently fell into two pieces and lay within easy reach. Let that be a lesson, Whip told himself sardonically. Wether it's logs or women, finesse beats raw strength any day of the week." - Only Love p.82 (posted by Atie)
"'I wasm - Only Love p.406 (posted by Ricki)
"'I wasn't searching for sunrises,' Whip said softly. 'I was searching for something I couldn't name, something unbearably beautiful, something unspeakable perfect that was waiting for me to discover it.' - Only Love p.406 (posted by Ricki)
"'I wasn't searching for sunrises,' Whip said softly. 'I was searching for something I couldn't name, something unbearably beautiful, something unspeakably perfect that was waiting for me to discover it.' Whip bent and kissed Shannon with a gentleness that brought tears to her eyes. 'I found it in you,' he said simply. 'I love you, honey girl. You're the only sunrise I'll ever need.'" - Only Love p.409 (posted by Skye)
"'In any case,' Shannon continued with icy pride,'I respect you to much to bring you brother's whore into your home'" - Only Love p.396 (posted by Tuggs)
"I respect you too much to bring your brothers wore into your house." - Only Love p.?
"If you were a man," Whip began, his voice uninflected. "If I were a man, you'd be beating the tar out of me," Eve said. "That's one of the reasons why God made women, so that men would have to THINK as well as fight." - Only Love p.288 (posted by Mycel)
"Yes," Shannon said calmly. "I could have died. But so what? The stars would have come out tonight and the sun would have risen tomorrow morning. The only difference would be that I wouldn't see it." She smiled oddly. "Not much difference, really................" Shannon to Whip. - Only Love p.325 (posted by Arpita)
"if you werea man," whip began, "if i were a man you'd be beating the tar out of me," Eve said. "That's one of the resons God made women, so that men would have to think as well as fight" - Only Love p.288 (posted by Sibyl Wilder)
(Whip would leave Shannon soon....) "Not yet", Shannon whispered, touching him tenderly again. " I haven't memorized all of you yet. Let me ...memorized you". Whip didn't know what to say, nor did he have any breath left to speak. - **Only Love** p.382 (posted by E.Kastanya)
"A man with a stiff pecker ain't no more trustworthy than a rabid skunk." -Only Love p.51 (posted by Vanessa)
"Love is more compelling" she whispered. "Love is like the sun,nburning through darkness...always burning, always beauiful." "And like the sun, love is always beyond reach. It can no more be caught and held than sunlight itself. Love touches you, you don't touch it." - Shannon" -Only Love p.141 (posted by Vanessa)
"The less you say the fewer words you have to eat." -Only Love p.
"Any man worthy of the name knows his own strength," Wolfe continued. "He knows that women are more delicately made, more slow to burn with passion; but once a woman burns, there is no fire to equal it, not even a man's. She will share that fire generously with a careful partner." - Only Mine p.258 (posted by Arpita_ghosh63)
"In a wild country, a hard man is the best kind, wether it be for a husband, a brother or a friend." - Only Mine p.168 (posted by Sirry)
"Last night the potatoes were scorched on the outside and raw in the middle. Tonight they have no middle. No top, bottom, or sides, either." (Wolfe, after looking into the pot)"I had no idea potatoes were such perverse vegetabl