This book was overall good but…The dialogue got to me. It seemed so technically right that I wondered if people really talked that. I figure there should have been at least a few abbreviations to some words or something to give them more of their own personalities. I liked the development of the...
I loved the fact that this story is very matter-of-fact-ly presented. There isn't flowery language and explanations, just the facts. The wonderful part is that the story is so good that the emotions come through and still pack a powerful punchIt is always a gem when you find a story with mature a...
We’d gone out to eat, we’d gone to the compound to snuggle and have sex, but we’d had to spend enough time here to make it look like he was staying over to protect me, but sleeping on the sofa because we’re just friends. Two of Duke’s people in the Chattanooga Police Depar...
I’d have been fine in the suit I had to throw away, which just ticked me off all over again. In truth, I was pissed I’d been forced to kill men who were following orders, and who likely wouldn’t have hurt me. I knew they’d taken away my options, but I’d ended their lives and there was no undo but...
He'd been working on her for hours, saying he wanted to learn her body, talking to her about each body part in detail as his fingers probed the muscles and nerves.He'd heard the story of how she broke her pinkie in kindergarten, her arm at eight, the stitches in the bottom of her foot at eleven. ...
One of the benefits of dying instead of sleeping was that she didn't move around, so her hair wouldn't need much touching up. Kendra still wasn't really sure what she was doing. Common sense told her to just write Eric off and go find someone who would make a good human co...
However, I knew it was still important to him, and I was beginning to feel more comfortable with the idea. Some of my worries had to do with the unknown aspects of it, while others just had to do with the fact I viewed binding myself to him magically as being a much bigger deal than a wedding cer...
Closing the drawer was bittersweet, but she didn't dwell on it as she proceeded towards her bathroom, looking forward to a lengthy soak. She took extra pains to shave everything, kept the conditioner on her hair longer than normal, and used a loofah to exfoliate everywhere she didn't shave. When ...
He knew her deepest fantasies enough to start making a few actually happen, and while some were so dark it might be years before she was ready to experience them, she was primed for this one. He’d prepared her for weeks, getting her accustomed to incredibly restrictive bondage, testing how far he...
Grace said, her voice so low I might not have heard it without my werewolf hearing. I could smell the fury emanating from every pore of her body. She’d been pushed to do it, and was still pissed she’d had to, but wasn’t in the least bit sorry about it. Whatever situation he’d been in, she’d kill ...
It was good to laugh together, to compare notes on the TV couple’s lives versus real life, and to just sit and snuggle. He insisted she drink two glasses of water, but other than that, there was minimal power exchange. When the show was over, Ethan switched the TV off with the remote, kissed the ...
She was born in the winter, came to power in the winter, and was crowned by the Winter Queen.Having both the Summer and Winter Queens at her ball had gone a long ways towards quieting the worst of the rumors, but they were still persistent. I hadn’t decided yet whether this was a good thing or a ...
He was fast but thorough, and I once again marveled at the ways he kept me safe. I was sober by now, and I didn’t know if I was extra wary tonight because of the evening I’d had, or if there was a reason. I locked the door behind Horse, set the alarm, and went to my bedroo...
“Don’t fuss at him. He can smell what I am and I can smell his fear. It’ll take time for him to trust I won’t eat him.” He double-checked the locks, and then went through the house looking at windows and the other doors. Bethany watched him a few seconds, and then trudged off to her bedroom, exha...
She took a deep breath, happy to feel the uncomfortable stretch in her shoulder as it meant she was alive. She’d so missed this feeling — no matter how much she’d faked optimism, nothing compared to the real thing. “Do you think maybe we can go for a hike today?” &nb...
He kissed the top of her head, leaned his face down to nuzzle her cheek. “You don’t have to answer now. When you’re ready, I’ll listen. It was a long time ago, nothing says we have to talk about it today.” “I killed the vampire who turned me, and if the power structure had an inkling it was me, t...
I stripped and fell into bed, and slept another two hours before I finally took a shower and got dressed for the day. The women had mostly cleaned the small stuff, so we only needed to move the tables and chairs, empty and store the huge ice bins, and pull the large tent d...
Both boys had bitten two of their friends. Mickey — the father — had enough control to bend them all to his will.” Dozer shook his head. “That isn’t to say his sons wouldn’t have made the same decisions on their own eventually. Reality’s gonna suck for them though, because now that they’ve raped....
He’d picked her up at her office in one of the club’s Expeditions, and she sat in the front passenger seat while Brain and Bash sat in the middle row of seats, Tiny and Dozer in the back. They looked at all of the spots she’d thought might be a possibility, but weren’t happy enough with any of th...
Her insides blazed to life as she saw it was from Ethan: -V -C. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes and will let myself in. I trust you’ve done what I asked? Because Sam knew how easy it was to obtain phone, text, and other records, she’d insisted their texts not be blatantly obvious. The V was ...
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. This is a work of fiction...