“He’s enthusiastic,” Eve commented. “Yeah, but if you’re not excited about your work, life’s crap.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“There was the betting pool with life insurance. I bet so much a month that I’ll live till I die,” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“But sitting in her own home, with a real meal, and a man who not only listened but got it? She’d won… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Life, she remembered, had to be lived, even - and maybe particularly - in the middle of death” — j.d. robb Copy Share Image
“I hope I helped, but I have to tell you this sort of thing is a lot more exciting, and a lot… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You have nothing to be embarrassed about. Life would be awfully dull if we could look back without regretting at least one… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“He’d walked into her life, and everything had changed. He’d found her; she’d found him—and all those dark places inside both of… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You’re Eve Dallas. You’re the love of my life. My heart and soul. You’re a cop, mind and bone. You’re a woman… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I think possibilities often come unexpectedly, and what you do with them, how much you’re willing to risk for them, can change… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Eve (to Roarke): "Whatever happened to me back in Dallas, I came out of it. I'm standing here because of it. Maybe… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“She didn't know how seriously to take the fact that he claimed to be in love with her. Love meant different things… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“It was the first day in the life of the new lean and mean Peabody. An hour later, she lay on the… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I had that hole in me, that empty space. I could have lived my life with it, content enough. I wasn’t an… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“How can I love you and not be afraid? You’re my life, Eve, my heart. You’re asking, you’re wondering if I ever… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Do you think you're walking out on me, on your life, because you defended yourself against a monster?" "I killed my father."… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't it bother her? Seriously, it doesn't. She's not putting on a front. She's in a serious relationship with a guy… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Worrying about me won't help you get your job done." "Who says I'm worried?" He stayed where he was; simply held out… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I had that hole in me, that empty space. I could have lived my life with it, content enough. I wasn’t an… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“In my hands is power. The power to hear or to destroy. To grant life or to cause death. I revere this… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“The man could stop her heart, then send it into full gallop. Just a look at him. They’d been married more than two years,… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“When his mouth was on hers, when he could feel her about to shatter yet again, he plunged into her, knocking her over the… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“So he found her. Most people would have said she was relaxed. But then, Roarke thought, most people didn’t really know and certainly didn’t… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“Why is that? Why do we love each other?” “Because we are what we are, and we’re both okay with it.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“Eve: “If you ended up naked and dead with another woman, I'd do the Rumba on your corpse.” Roarke: “You can't do the Rumba.”… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“You'll stay in the surveillance vehicle and assist McNab. Any arguments from you, Detective?" she said, looking at McNab. "No. No, sir, Lieutenant." He… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“Eve woke, violently aroused. It was Roarke’s hands on her. She knew their texture, their rhythm. Her heart tripped against her ribs, then bounded… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“She took his mouth, gave it a nice little bite as she ground against him. "There you are," she murmured. "Well, you've left me… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“He watched, somewhat fascinated as she swished a slice of bacon through the pool of syrup. His steely-minded cop had the appetite of a… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“How can I love you and not be afraid? You’re my life, Eve, my heart. You’re asking, you’re wondering if I ever worry, if… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“I will give you more pain than you can imagine. Your brains will leak out of your ears, and your bowels out of your… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
“Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more than you… — J.D. Robb Copy Share
