“He wanted to die. He prayed for it. Through the roar in his ears, he begged for it.” — V.S. Carnes Death Copy Share Image
“La mu’axsa, but I think I’ll just keep sliding down this greased pole to hell?” — V.S. Carnes Hell Copy Share Image
“I've crossed a world of sand and tears in search of you.” — V.S. Carnes Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Kent had begun sleeping with his good eye open, for he knew the mark of sedition when he saw it. Even partway… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“He didn’t deserve compassion. Sympathy. Not even understanding. He deserved worse, far worse than he had ever been given.” — V.S. Carnes Compassion Copy Share Image
“Are you in the habit of taking tea with anyone who approaches you in a foreign port?” He went on and snorted… — V.S. Carnes Abduction Copy Share Image
“When silence greeted her question, she looked at Caine—for that was how he saw himself in that moment and in all the… — V.S. Carnes Brother Copy Share Image
“Anger swirled in him, a tempest readying her strike. And like a helpless vessel caught in her fury, he felt himself dashed… — V.S. Carnes Anger Copy Share Image
“I will not marry Ashton. However bound by honor to do so, I will not marry Ashton. I will not marry, ever!”… — V.S. Carnes Love Copy Share Image
“Oh, Lord, why was she doomed to adore a man steeped in blindness and utter stupidity?” — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“This man was no servant. She looked up at him in acute agitation and knew: this man was now her master.” — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“A hand stole around her mouth, silencing her, then his lips parting her tumbled hair: “The walls have ears.” She blinked, and… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“Fate had a cruel sense of humor. It had been all his fault, anyway, whatever Mick or Gillia told him. Careless preoccupation… — V.S. Carnes Destiny Copy Share Image
“The horizon was indistinguishable from the inky black, which fell upon the desert like a sorcerer’s mantle shot through with diamonds. The… — V.S. Carnes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“It was a question of insurmountable proportions. A single word that held every fear he had ever had-and every wish he had… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough… — V.S. Carnes Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“Just say, dakhilak.” Without hesitation, “Dakhilak.” He nodded. Her accent was getting no better. “Now, you can never take it back.” “Well,… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“His head snapped sharply aside to collide with his own aching shoulder. The hulking brute he had heard referred to as Abdullah… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“He felt, rather than saw, her chin lift toward him. But instead of pulling her hand from his grip and turning away,… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“My name, sir, is Virgilia Wessex. I am a Sunday school teacher from Sussex, England, and I have given you no leave… — V.S. Carnes Love Copy Share Image
“He squinted at her. He recalled the tears in her eyes that had not fallen into her teacup. No, it wasn’t a… — V.S. Carnes Admiration Copy Share Image
“Therefore, she hummed the provincial lullaby she had learned from the officers’ children in the English Quarter of Jerusalem, and watched in… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“He watched her for her reaction, or possibly watched her just to watch, his eyes hooded by his lashes and his mouth… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“Shifting uneasily, Caine cleared his throat, left to wonder why her eyes would make him so unbelievably uncomfortable now after all that… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Wait for me.” If his voice was just a bit hoarse, she didn’t seem to take note of it. She looked at… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“The blood dried on his good hand, he passed his palm over her hair. It curled about his wrist and sprung back… — V.S. Carnes Dandelions Copy Share Image
“She accepted it uncertainly. “This will help?” Without waiting for an answer, with that unsettling trust of hers, she popped open the… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“He heard the voice that had called to him in dreams, had saved him from the sands and from following his brother… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“Caine was a murderer. A liar. A cad. A skulker in shadows and a heartless wretch. What sort of woman or God… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“Kas was right: a woman could destroy a man. This one could do so, simply by knowing his name. She could do… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“Because you have my heart, Virgilia Wessex.” Softly, almost achingly. “Every black ounce of it. Scars and all.” — V.S. Carnes Heart Copy Share Image
“Looking back at him was a man who was battered and broken. And alive, for the first time in his life.” — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Caine might have smiled at her, had his heart not been breaking to smithereens inside of him.” — V.S. Carnes Heart Copy Share Image
“Kent steepled his fingers in consideration. Blood-red rubies flashed in the sunlight, like the eyes of a demon clutched in his hands.” — V.S. Carnes Demon Copy Share Image
“I’ve crossed a world of sand and tears in search of you. I love you. I’ve done nothing in my life worth… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“She’d said she loved him. She'd put that impossible, unimaginably beautiful gift in his hands and he’d thrown it back at her.… — V.S. Carnes Heart Copy Share Image
“Somehow, I did not finger you for a treasure-hunter.” “Oh, but I am,” without shame. “Her name is Titianni Aziz.” — V.S. Carnes Love Copy Share Image
“Care for her. He was unworthy of such a gift. Unworthy of her blind trust and her sparkling, slightly crooked smiles, let… — V.S. Carnes Blind trust Copy Share Image
