2aa6555
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I'm starving. I haven't had anything to eat since I stole a bear claw from your kitchen this morning." "You didn't steal it. All my bear claws are yours."
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Ilona Andrews |
d78b0a7
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Honey, we can fill this place with what we know and you don't.
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Ilona Andrews |
83c7ee5
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And men my prophet wail deride!
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magic
prophecy
urban-fantasy
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Ilona Andrews |
11f016c
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The universe shrank to Curran and his pain. I had to break him free. Nothing else mattered.
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Ilona Andrews |
f0d36b8
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He'd spent the night in the boat. Next to the spaghetti queen. William glanced at the hobo girl. She sat across from him, huddled in a clump. Her stench had gotten worse overnight, probably from the dampness. Another night like the last one, and he might snap and dunk her into that river just to clear the air. She saw him looking. Dark eyes regarded him with slight scorn. William leaned forward and pointed at the river. "I don't know why yo..
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romance
fantasy
paranormal
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Ilona Andrews |
5cc6c4a
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How is it that I could run into a gunfight against overwhelming odds and put myself between bullets and civilians, but I couldn't scrape together enough courage to speak to the one person who mattered the most to me?
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gunmetal-magic
raphael
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Ilona Andrews |
9cdff7f
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The idiot had shot their own dog. That's what happened when the destructive potential of a man's weapons exceeded his intelligence.
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Ilona Andrews |
a647823
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Sometimes, when you crave certain feelings, you'll trick yourself into thinking the other person is something other than what he apears.
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Ilona Andrews |
1980f15
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Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.
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Ilona Andrews |
45bbc91
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In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.
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Ilona Andrews |
df20f6e
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I need you to get down there, open the stalls inside, and panic the horses." " 'Panic'?" Gaston asked. "Smile at them or something."
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the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
1f29c6b
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a dense wall of greenery bordered it, ...an impenetrable barrier of oaks, evergreen shrubs, blackberry that somehow resisted the frost, and thorns. In the defense department, the witches would make Sleeping Beauty's evil witch weep with jealousy.
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witches
sleeping-beauty
park
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
d97f7ba
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It's not funny. I've got a naked drunk vampire running around in my orchard.
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Ilona Andrews |
e8b4866
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He hung up and glanced at me. "I'm sorry, I have to take care of business. It can't wait, but I'll keep it short." "Not a problem. I'll busy myself with being seen and tossing my hair. Would you like me to twirl it on my finger while biting my lip?" "Could you?" "No, sorry." I grinned at him"
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
c457700
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So we have giant super-smart vipers who slithered in here, killed our people, opened the vault, stole something from it, and slithered out, undetected?" "Appears so." "Okay. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't something dangerous."
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Ilona Andrews |
25967e5
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I WALKED INTO my house to see the knight and the wizard sitting in my kitchen, drinking coffee. If you added in Julie's thieving skills and my sword, we almost had an adventuring party. "It's too bad we're missing a cleric," I said."
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Ilona Andrews |
7d5a41a
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There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and his worshipper. There are no secrets, no glossed-over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned, sins committed and imagined, and raw emotion. How many of us are ready to have our lives judged? What would happen if we were found wanting?
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Ilona Andrews |
d0e4cf8
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The problem with all men, and werewolves in particular, was their odd perspective. Sean viewed the gash across his ribs as a scratch. I viewed it as an open wound made by a monomolecular blade able to cut through the werewolf armor and contaminate his body with extraterrestrial microorganisms and possibly poison. We agreed to meet somewhere in the middle. He allowed me to sterilize and seal the wound, and I promised to stop threatening to r..
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Ilona Andrews |
1d1038a
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I leaned forward slightly and pulled the lower lid of my left eye down. "What the f**k?" the stocky, muscular woman behind Tremblay murmured. Not a melee fighter. She stood flat on her feet, planted like a tree, and carried no weapons. "She's asking you if you can see the care in her eye." Saiman said helpfully."
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saiman
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
73218c3
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You were right," she said softly. "I never could've killed them all by myself." "What did you say?" "I said you were right . . ." He gave her a dazzling grin. "One more time, my lady?" "You were right," she told him with a tired smile. "I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing that."
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Ilona Andrews |
f2e3f52
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Ghastek, why haven't you married?" I asked. He gave me a thin-lipped smile. "Because if I were to get married, I would want to have a family. To me, marriage means children." "So what's the problem? Shooting blanks?" Desandra asked. Kill me."
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ghastek
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
1fededa
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You fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? You'd make a fortune.
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Ilona Andrews |
0072671
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He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. "Rape," he promised. "Many, many times. Until you bleed . . ." "I'm so flattered."
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Ilona Andrews |
24bde0a
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Is there any chance you'd overthrow the tyrannical Beast Lord and his psychotic consort?
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Ilona Andrews |
24ed85a
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Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he'd left the Marines, but the Corps hadn't quite left him.
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Ilona Andrews |
f56c467
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It was his eyes. When you looked into them, you saw chained violence baring teeth and claws back at you.
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Ilona Andrews |
999ec8c
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Did I ever tell you that you are like sunshine in the middle of the night?
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Ilona Andrews |
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I was midway down to the first floor when it finally hit me: I had just told the alpha of all shapeshifters that hell would freeze over before I got into his bed. Not only had I just kissed any cooperation from the Pack good-bye, but I had also challenged him. Again. I stopped and hit my head a few times on the wall. Keep your mouth shut, stupid. Derek appeared at the bottom of the stairway. "It went that well, huh?"
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Ilona Andrews |
38af23b
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You say the sweetest things. And that spaghetti perfume you're wearing is to die for. No hobo could resist." She snarled. Heh."
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spaghetti-queen
cerise
ilona-andrews
the-edge
william
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Ilona Andrews |
86fb61c
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Curran strode toward me, eyes blazing. "If I let her go, I'll need a replacement. Want to volunteer for the job." He looked like he wouldn't be taking no for an anser. I swiped Slayer from its sheath and backed away from the edge of the roof. "And be girlfriend number twenty-three soon to be dumped in favor of girlfriend number twenty-four who has slightly bigger boobs? I don't think so."
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magic-burns
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
afdbe74
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So, are we still on tonight? For our dinner?" I asked. "Hell, yes. We're on for tonight. We're on for tomorrow. We're on for the foreseeable future." ." --
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
80652c0
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You're sending some confusing signals." Curran growled deep in his throat. "That's impressive but not really informative, Your Furriness."
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Ilona Andrews |
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You said your cousin was a necromancer. You know how the natural necromancers operate?" They twisted the head off your favorite doll, stuffed a dead bird into it, and made it walk around. And then they were puzzled why you got upset."
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Ilona Andrews |
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They hold a grudge like it was their family treasure.
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Ilona Andrews |
a35a0b6
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Your horse is a donkey, your poodle is a giant wolf breed, and your boyfriend is whatever the hell he is. You have problems.
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Ilona Andrews |
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In that case, it's good that you're a human Cuisinart," she said. "I'm sorry?" "A Cuisinart. It's an appliance from the Broken. You put vegetables into it, push a button, and it chops them into tiny pieces." Richard frowned. "Why would you need an appliance to chop vegetables? Wouldn't it be easier to chop them with a knife?" "It's meant to save time," she explained. "Does it?" "Well, cleaning it usually eats up most of the time you save on..
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richard
charlotte
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Ilona Andrews |
597157a
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Yes."
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Ilona Andrews |
62a0f35
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Tension fled from me. Tomorrow I would worry about Hugh d'Ambray and Andrea and
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humor
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
320361b
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He snarled. I showed him my teeth. A rolled-up newspaper landed on my head and then on Jim's. "None of that in my house!" Oh my gods. The alpha of Clan Cat just got smacked with a rolled-up newspaper."
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Ilona Andrews |
f42e1ff
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I can't wait to see a pack of bunnycats take down a wild hog with those short tiny legs. Wouldn't the boar be surprised?
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Ilona Andrews |
1cbe9c7
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One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy. Raphael's eyebrows furrowed. "My mother's approval isn't necessary." Aha. "Does she know that?"
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Ilona Andrews |
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I snapped the crossbow into the top of the mount, took a canvas bundle from the cart, and unrolled it. Crossbow bolts, tipped with the Galahad warheads. "This is my baby." I petted the stock. "You have a strange relationship with your weapons," Roman said. "You have no idea," Raphael told him. "This from a man with a living staff and a man who once drove four hours both ways for a sword he then put on his wall," I murmured. "It was an Angus..
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guns
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Ilona Andrews |
b89ae40
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She is in particular interested in the Ennui predator. She very much likes its demeanor and coloring in the images. She understand she may not get that particular one, but perhaps one that resembles it? A young one?" The Ennui predator. "Where did she find these images?" "On your planet's holonet," Nuan Ara said helpfully. We didn't have holonet. We had internet... Oh. "So, the esteemed grandmother would like a kitten that looks like Grumpy..
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Ilona Andrews |
69432ac
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Wiggles hissed as I crossed the floor toward the throne. She fixed me with her empty hateful eyes and smelled the air, her long tongue shivering through the slit of the lipless mouth. Nice to see you too, sweetheart. Remember my cattle prod?
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magic-bites
ilona-andrews
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Ilona Andrews |