“Chip Robbins, how many times have I told you not to yell out for me unless you're being stabbed with a pitchfork?” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Oh, come on. People see ghosts all the time.” “That’s because people, by and large, are whacked.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Bad guys, in their various forms, on their various levels, didn’t take time off.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Put the past behind you - that's what people always said. But those people didn't get that the past was always behind… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“I slept in myself, didn’t get up until about nine.” “Has anyone looked outside, checked to see if the world is still… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“EVE: I have work to do. ROARKE: I know but it can wait. I have something to show you. EVE: In the… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“At least this time, with this murder, she knew he had an alibi. At the time Cicely Towers was having her throat… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Well, as we were saying when last we met—" "I don't have to say dick to you without my lawyer." "Did I… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Too revved to sleep." "Is that so?" Some of the light she loved was back in his eyes. "Well, what can we… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Roarke: "Pull yourself together, Eve." He was already in a business suit, his hair shining and sleek... Eve: "How come you already… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You know how I love being referred to as your fancy piece.” “Sometimes you’re my love muffin.” He managed a strangled laugh.… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs get all shriveled and your skin goes saggy. I read all… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Reaching into his pocket, he took out the amulet Isis had given him the night before, slipped it over Eve's neck. "What's… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“For a moment, she let herself forget about the business at hand and smiled at him. “You know, Roarke, you’re kind of… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Did she know, could she know what it meant to him when she turned to him, when she opened herself to him… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Women are the worst. They zero in on some guy. Oh boy, he’s the one, gotta get me that one. So they… — 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
