“Eve, did you marry me for my money?" "You bet your ass. And you'd better hold on to it, or I'm history"… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“He stepped to her again, laid his lips on her brow. "But I want children with you, my lovely Eve. One day."… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Hold on a minute." She leaned out the window, shouted at the messenger who'd nearly sideswiped her vehicle with his jet-board. "Police… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“When she brought Mira up, Eve gave Roarke another glance. "Don't talk to him," she warned. "He can get bitchy when he's… — 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
“Roarke didn't quite make it to Eve's office. He found her down the corridor, in front of one of the vending machines.… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“He linked his fingers with hers. And because he had used it when he'd hurt her, he balanced that out by using… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“And then Roarke came to my door, and that gave me what I needed after all those years. I thank God for… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Please, Eve, these public displays of affection must stop. I have a reputation.” “Keep it up, ace, and I’ll give you a… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“When I came in and you were sleeping, I thought: There’s my soldier, exhausted from her wars.” He lifted her hand, kissed… — 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
“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
“Where’s the hooch—for Dickhead?” “Fourth-floor gift room.” She stared at him for ten silent seconds. “We have a gift room?” On a… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You're still carrying Africa, but it's eroding at the edges. Great. We're destroying the Dark Continent.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Try to look like Peabody." "Sorry?" "Serious, official, yet approachable." "You forgot adorable." "Peabody is not adorable." "She is from my perspective.… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Every minute with you, Darling Eve, is a minute to treasure." She slid a glance toward him as she uncoded the seal.… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“You tell Roarke you were tagging me for this? Or is he going to get riled up so I have to kick… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Today," she told it, "death comes to all your circuits. Will it be slow and systematic or fast and brutal?" Considering, she… — 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
“You had no right. No right to stand in front of me.” He turned back now, his eyes vividly blue with temper… — 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
“Eve: "You already own half the universe" Roarke: "Why settle for half when you can have all?” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Damn it all to hell and back again, you know very well that was a setup. You bloody well know I couldn't… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
