I want you.” She chuckled without opening her eyes…

“I’ll always come back to you,” he said. “Always.”

— Donna Grant

“I wanted to wake with you in my arms,” he whispered. “Next time, don’t leave the bed,” he said.”

— Donna Grant

“Bending the law is different from breaking, my lovely, strategically-challenged Francesca.”

— Roxanne Snopek

“She tossed a handful of snow at his face, then shrieked as the wind whipped it back into her own. Red hooted. "Karma's a…

— Roxanne Snopek

“It's nothing fancy, I opened a jar of sauce and cooked the linguine. But there's fresh Parmesan and I even found a bottle of…

— Roxanne Snopek

“Great. He had a ranch with no power, a burgeoning blizzard, animals depending on him and now, a frightened, felonious elf to look after.”

— Roxanne Snopek

“Consider me your rescuer, not your jailer," he said to Frankie, without looking at her. His gut told him that, on the criminal mastermind…

— Roxanne Snopek

“You're pretty low maintenance, as women go." "I am, am I?" She sounded amused. "Yeah. Like a cactus.”

— Roxanne Snopek

“She was licking something off the end of a wooden spoon. Red froze. His body reacted as if he'd walked in on her twirling…

— Roxanne Snopek

“I'm resourceful," she called after him. Resourceful, he thought, rinsing his hands with the ladle she'd left in the bucket. "A euphemism commonly used…

— Roxanne Snopek

“She pulled her arm free from his grasp and stood back, her arms crossed. "So, what then? You're holding me hostage? Are you even…

— Roxanne Snopek

“Consider yourself warned, Frankie. Something about these mountains convinces previously sane women to give up Starbucks for saddle sores.”

— Roxanne Snopek

“I hope you brought your handcuffs," she added. "I won't go quietly." "I might use them anyway, for fun," he answered, remembering the sensation…

— Roxanne Snopek

“Rory's big labradoodle made a snap judgement that Frankie was everything her life had been missing up until now. She flung herself into the…

— Roxanne Snopek

“I'm named after my father, Rudolph," he said, then shot her a stern look. "But if you connect that with my red nose --”

— Roxanne Snopek