I really loved this book - and not just because the author comes from Glasgow (I'm also Scottish). I loved the characterisation, the changing POV's and the way the story developed.You were instantly introduced to both lead characters, with no wavering and no nonsense. The story started from page ...
Behind Dale, a computer monitor showed the open chat program with JK’s messages. Adam must have switched it on subconsciously when he sensed the contact, but he couldn’t really have done her a worse disservice. If Dale knew they’d been in touch… “You,” Dale said hoarsely. “Is that really you? Ada...
to Edinburgh. Almost in the shadow of the castle, it was atmospheric and expensive, and Blair could see at once what had so appealed to the older vampire. With its thick, stone walls, low ceilings with dark, exposed beams and atmospheric lighting, the place looked and felt medieval, almost gothic...
But no, this was the first one, for the one I remembered had only been a dream. I flitted between masked strangers, searching for a particular pair of intense blue eyes, for the torn clothes he wore under his cloak. Though in my heart, I knew there was no point. Kasimir, m...
“Who do you think I am? Mata Hari? I can’t pretend if my life depends on it. Which it probably does. Got over the protective-brother bit?” “No,” Aidan said steadily. “But I’ve been around Thierry enough to know he isn’t violent. Glenn agrees. He won’t hurt you, Louise. I w...
Well, no, actually, they’re shite. I don’t know about you but I find it incredibly depressing to watch my friends growing up and away from me while actually celebrating the fact. However, for Maggie, my best friend forever, I made a special effort to smile and dance. I had to, really, since I was...
Although my mind was still hazy with sleep, I knew there were spirits close to me in the darkness. Between my thighs, I recognized the hot, tingling dampness of arousal, but I was too tired to gather the confused, torn, and fading scraps of dreams together. Some insubstantial thing was sliding ag...
And yet, however indirectly, Caterina had made him what he was, and talking about her to Mihaela this evening had brought back surprisingly fresh memories. A vital, sensual girl, married to an old man for the sake of her family’s wealth and position. Of course, that was how marriages were done in...
Lazar said. “That’ll help,” Mihaela said eagerly. Lazar threw his pen on the desk. “Mihaela. You’re the team in Budapest right now.” Mihaela stared at him. “I’m not a team. Konrad’s AWOL and István’s captured. I can’t be the ...
In fact, after Scotland, the New York weather was pleasantly balmy. But sitting still for so long seemed to freeze up Josh’s bones. He wanted to get out of the car and jog back to his own apartment for a soak in the tub and a shot of the excellent Scotch he’d brought home with him. Despite the ga...
She and most of the rest of the watching crowd. Even knowing it would happen couldn’t prevent that. Rodion spun in midair and knocked feetfirst against the building. “Shit!” someone exclaimed in the mingled relief and irritated amusement of the completely fooled. “He’s got a rope!” And so, convin...
Hesitant, doubting as always of her own abilities, she had stumbled at first, but then, sensing the power of his own enchantments as he made and broke them to demonstrate, she began to concentrate, to give her considerable strength and intellect to learning. And when she finally “locked” the wind...
his mother greeted him with something like relief. She was setting the dining room table while Louise carried plates in from the kitchen. “Where have you been all day?” “On the boat,” he said mildly, adding, since he was fairly sure they already knew, “Took Chrissy over to the seal island. I’ll w...