urban-fantasy

The glove suddenly feels much heavier, now, more dense. The rush of power didn__ come through me, but wrapped around me; invisible and strangely empty, like a purely mechanical force. It wasn__ like I just got stronger; it was separate from me, like something stepped in and punched him instead of me. I pull the glove off gingerly, half afraid I__l punch my own fingers off.

This would go a lot easier if you'd stop screaming in pain,' Zoe told the muscular man lying beneath her.

I would have made a very crappy book heroine.

Once bitten, totally smitten.

Once a generation there is a girl born who is destined to slay the vampires.

So not only do I have to go out and fight evil villains, I have to take up woodworking, too?

His beautiful eyes were full of dread and sorrow. __ou__e different,_ she whispered.He nodded. __es, I am.___ou should have told me how different.__ mirthless laugh escaped him. __hen?

It__ just a party, right? What could possibly go wrong?

Sit down,_ she ordered, nodding toward her bed.He cast it an uncertain look. __ can__. I__l stain the covers._ She stared at him. __ou__e kidding, right?_ He sported deep wounds that bled profusely and he was concerned about staining her bedding? __erhaps if I cleaned up a wee bit__ __it your ass down,_ she ordered, pointing at the queen-sized bed. Eyebrows flying up, he sat so swiftly she almost laughed.

Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice in Wonderland would say_

Don't fear me, Jenna."Amusement lit her features. "It's kind of hard to be afraid of a vampire who apologizes for using harsh language in front of a lady.""I'm not a vampire.""And I'm not a lady.

For the record, I would have made a very lousy romance heroine.

Tangled Moon ~ Sometimes you have to break the rules. Sometimes you have to let go of the past. And sometimes you have to accept the impossible.

You're not crazy." She was serious, no hint of a smile.He cocked a brow. "And how do you know that?""I cut hair for a living." Her dark eyes glinted with playfulness, easing some of his jacked-up nerve. "I see crazy all the time. You're not it.

Vane grabbed me. __uLac, let__ chat._ British-speak for __tand still while I yell at you.

I don't do romance, in the same way I don't do heroin Russian roulette, or nude alligator wrestling. I consider all of the above self-destructive, and demeaning and these are things up with which I will not put.

Random line from BURNING DARKNESS: Fonda Raine stepped out of the back end of a month in hell a hardened warrior, ready to undertake the most important task of her life: kill Eric Aruda.

As it so happens, I like your mouth.""It doesn't -- ""Challenge me?" He set the bottle down and moved to the end of the bed. "An outspoken woman makes the world a livable place. You have fire in you, and I would never put that out.