“Two years married, she thought, and he could still make her heart hum.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“The man loves you with everything he has, everything he is. Eve, that means you can hurt him.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Marriage, she thought. Every bit as complicated and slippery as cop work.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hear from Traffic that my husband was hotdogging the skyways in his minichopper." "You won't. I bribe too… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“After a while, Eve thought, marriage turned walls into clear glass so both of you could see right through each other.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“A cop? You married a bloody cop?" " I married a bloody criminal," Eve muttered, "but nobody ever thinks of that.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You're the husband?" the doctor asked with a nod to Roarke. "Yes. How is she?" "Spitting mad—I think she has some very… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Your view on this is narrow. That’s how you’re built.” It didn’t feel narrow to her. It felt right. “Marriage is a… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Left with an oncoming headache, went home, and that's verified, to his wife and six-month-old baby. He's three weeks into a big,… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“She thinks you married me for power,” he said as they walked on. “Renee. As that’s what she would’ve done. The power… — 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
“You go into marriage, you plow a road. You’re going to hit rough patches, and some may be rougher and last longer… — 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… — 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
“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
