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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 50b0857 | My instructions were to disable the car, but one of my men bet Hal a burger he couldn't get the engine out. So Hal removed the engine. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| cc48dc3 | was standing facing my car, and behind me, I could hear windows being thrown open in my apartment building. It was Lorraine in her nightie and Mo in his cap. They'd just settled their brains for a long winter's nap in front of the television. When out in the lot there arose such a clatter, they sprang from their recliners to see what was the matter. Away to the window they flew like a flash, tore open the blinds and threw up the sash. And w.. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| a6e4455 | You come from a long line of scary women" Ranger finally said." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| c6ef393 | slipped onto the passenger seat, and Ranger leaned over and kissed me just below my ear. It was a hello kiss. Nothing serious. If I wanted it to get serious all I had to do was smile. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 07b9e97 | Ranger slung an arm around my shoulders and kissed me on the top of my head. "Someday I need to talk to you about car care." "I know about car care. I kept a case of motor oil in the back." "That's my girl." His Porsche 911 turbo" | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 4e1300d | The third message was from my mother. 'Why me?' she said. 'Why do I have to have a daughter who finds dead bodies? Where did I go wrong? Emily Beeber's daughter never finds dead bodies. Joanne Melanowski's daughter never finds dead bodies. Why me!' News travels fast in the Burg. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 9ee87fc | You'd really go all the way to Greece, and run a covert operation again, just so I can have the satisfaction of capturing Nick Fox?" "Sure," he said. "We don't get nearly enough quality father-daughter time." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 56cf128 | Hey," I said, "dogs are people, too." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 563bdf0 | Your grandmother needs a ride to the viewing, and I'm holding you responsible if she shoots someone, gets arrested, or tries to take a selfie with the deceased. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 117b0ce | The man was irresistible. What's with that? she thought. It was like wanting to bake cookies for the spawn of Satan. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| ecad576 | You're not suggesting we do it in this tiny closet with two men watching television in the next room, are you?" "It'd be limiting," Ranger said, "but at least you wouldn't have your ass on the horn." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| e80dfb9 | May misfortune follow us the rest of our lives, but never catch up. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 5573802 | Working at Rangeman is a high-stress job, and you're one of our few sources of comic relief. I give you a car and my men start a pool on how long it will take you to trash it. You're a line item in my budget under entertainment. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| cc910d6 | I'll have one of my men drop a car off for you." "Thanks. I'll try not to lose it." "If you can manage to keep it intact for a week, it's yours. If it gets stolen, blown up, crushed by a garbage truck, set on fire, filled with cement, or dies an untimely death by any other means, I'll expect you to spend the night with me." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 55923db | They got stuff here that I didn't even know existed. Everything's spandex and sequins. It's a retired ho's dream come true. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 82be3a7 | Suppose I was able to get to court, and the zombies followed me there, and they ate all the people's brains who were in the court?' 'This is Trenton,' Lula said. 'You might not notice. | zombies | Janet Evanovich | |
| 1438322 | The difference between adventure and adversity is attitude. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 104a48c | An orgasm is an orgasm, but getting there can leave you with a herniated disc if you aren't careful. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 9397249 | For the better part of my childhood, my professional aspirations were simple--I wanted to be an intergalactic princess. I didn't care much about ruling hordes of space people. Mostly I wanted to wear the cape and the sexy boots and carry a cool weapon. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 503bcee | Children. Suppose we have children and it turns out we don't like them?" "If we can like Bob, we can like anything," Morelli said. Bob was in the living room licking lint off the carpet." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 3912faa | If Lula was a pastry she'd be a big chocolate cupcake with a lot of frosting. I'd be more of a croissant with a ponytail. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 907788c | I love you, Desdemona." "I know," she whispered. "You don't have to say the words." He smiled slowly. "Trust me, you're going to hear them every day for the rest of our lives." | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| f59df41 | Brandon's teeth flashed in a brief, knowing grin. "Hard to believe you're an old married man with one grown son and another baby on the way, huh?" "You're wrong," Colby said. "I don't have any trouble believing it at all. The reminders are all around me. And I'll tell you something, kid. I wouldn't go back. Not for anything." "Things are a lot better now?" "Things are infinitely better now." Colby's mouth curved faintly. "The best they've e.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 27b96db | Diana seemed content with her role of wife, too. Colby congratulated himself. He'd chosen well the second time around, even if he had chosen in haste again. He'd learned a lot about Diana in the past few months. She was a mature adult just as he was, and when she made a commitment, she kept it | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 60c9888 | handiwork. One thing his background in construction had given him was a certain skill in taking care of the little things that a husband and father was always being called upon to do. Diana admired his ability in the home improvement department, and Colby knew he occasionally gave in to the urge to show off. She would | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 4c84f08 | He could afford to do things right this time around, and he didn't intend to settle for anything less. Colby knew he wasn't doing it for the baby, who wouldn't know the difference between a shiny new crib and a cardboard box. He was doing it for Diana. He wanted her to take pleasure in everything that had to do with the baby. She was a woman who appreciated nice things, and he was determined that she would be surrounded by them while she ca.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| feac7bb | I agree with you one hundred percent." Diana batted her lashes. "I think you've made a very wise decision, Colby." He ran his palm up her bare arm. "And I think you're picking up the finer nuances of being a wife faster than I'd ever imagined you would. How the hell did I wind up agreeing to spend Christmas with Margaret Fulbrook?" "How the hell did I wind up pregnant and unemployed and financially dependent on a man for the first time in m.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| e42a74f | Colby was massaging her lower back with an automatic motion. He always knew when she was hurting. She leaned into his warm palm, savoring the small comfort. "You okay, honey?" Colby asked with concern. "I'm fine. Just the usual aches and pains. I'll be so glad when this baby gets here." Colby grinned. "This from the woman who's been worrying about surviving labor pains for nearly nine months?" | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 62cb6f0 | next shout of anguish filled the grotto. "It's okay, honey. I'm here." "Dad? Where are you? Where's Diana? Is she all right? Oh, Christ. Dad, she's having the baby." "Trust Diana to try to do this on her own." But Colby's voice was infinitely gentle and soothing as he kneeled beside her. "Everything's going to be all right now, little amazon. I knew you would take good care of our baby until I got here. I knew I could count on you." Diana l.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 56f50a3 | a sad pulse beat in the darkness. The phone had rung just as the sky began | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 70d4b41 | She's here, Diana. Our little Tabby is here. Safe and sound." Diana lifted her lashes and looked up at Colby. He was on his knees between her legs, holding his daughter in Brandon's denim jacket. In the glare of the flashlight Brandon held, she could see the brilliant expression of triumph and happiness in her husband's eyes. "I love you, Diana." | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 47bada1 | events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Copyright (c) 2018 by Jayne Ann Krentz The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing | Amanda Quick | ||
| 6daec14 | Joel looked at her. "I think I started to let go of the past the day I met you." Letty smiled tremulously. "Fair enough. I did the same with a lot of my own past when I met you." "In any event," Joel continued softly, "I don't have much choice but to put it all behind me, do I? I'm going to be too busy with my future to worry about my past. Speaking of which, you looked very interesting with a baby in your arms, Madam President." "Interesti.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 87cc86b | Well," Joel said, "I guess maybe we'd better get started right away." He rolled over on top of her, covering her body with his own and crushing her deep into the thick mattress. "Hold it," Letty said, already breathless. "Where I come from, we don't start planning babies until we've planned the wedding." "Don't worry about it, one way or another there's going to be a wedding before next spring." Joel kissed her throat. "You're sure?" "I'm s.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 62dc788 | I don't know, Joel," Letty said with a tiny considering frown. "I was just starting to get used to the idea of an affair." "I told you, you're not really cut out for an affair, Letty." "I thought I was handling it very well," she said. "You're not the type." | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 0c360b8 | Two months later Joel loped down the stairs to the third floor and strode along the hall to the conference room. He walked through the door and stopped short at the sight of Letty held high in the arms of a huge blond Adonis. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 48504b0 | Good afternoon, Mrs. Blackstone. Who the hell is this and what does he think he's doing carting you around like a sack of potatoes?" "This is Mark," Letty said. "He's going to be the model for our new ad campaign. You know, the one aimed at the experienced high-country backpacker and rock climber." "I trust he's not going to try to pack you into the high country?" "Heavens, no. He was just proving to me that he could lift a hundred and twen.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 6f3cbce | Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. --ANAIS NIN | Sarah Ban Breathnach | ||
| 1a3a4f0 | Dad says Specter gets steak every Saturday night for the rest of his life." "Specter will hold him to that, I'm sure." Diana leaned back against the pillows. "Hurry up and tell me the rest. Once Colby gets back, he probably won't tell me a thing. All he'll want to discuss is breast-feeding techniques and how to change diapers." | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 5218f24 | He was standing apart from the others, a dark, brooding figure concealed in shadows. Jacob Stone was a man who was at home in shadows. Ever since Emily had first become aware of his existence five years ago, she had understood that he prowled the fringes of her family's world. He was part bodyguard, part troubleshooter and, to Emily's way of thinking, part enforcer for Ravenscroft International. Like the last of the lobo wolves, he was rare.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 47ea5d9 | You and I are going to figure out what is going on, and then we're going to make it stop," he said. "Okay," she said. He smiled. "And in return, you will never again ask me to vet one of your dates." She shook her head, reluctantly amused. "That really irritated you, didn't it?" "A hell of a lot more than I anticipated." "Why?" "Probably because there's a conflict of interest involved. When this is over I want to be your next date. If you s.. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 95594ed | Role models or not, in the end every man has to decide for himself just what kind of man he will be. | Jayne Ann Krentz | ||
| 07a2c24 | Zmogus, kuris niekur neskuba, niekur greitai nepatenka. | Gregory David Roberts | ||
| 146d434 | Cooking is one of best ways for your authentic self to remind your conscious self that you are an artist. | Sarah Ban Breathnach |