“All I can do is sit and grieve for something I never had—and now would never know.” — Anna Zaires Grieving Copy Share Image
“Whoever said hell is hot was wrong. Hell is cold. Russian-winter cold.” — Anna Zaires Winter Copy Share Image
“In my dream, he’s mine and I’m his—and there’s nothing keeping us apart.” — Anna Zaires Apart Copy Share Image
“With this man, I’m not in control, and that knowledge scares me.” — Anna Zaires Control Copy Share Image
“Instead of a deluded psycho who thinks he's doing the right thing, my new husband is simply a man without conscience” — Anna Zaires Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
“She nodded shyly, still watching him with her huge blue eyes. Those eyes made him want to slay dragons for her.” — Anna Zaires Blue eyes Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be so deep inside I’d never come out, to take her so hard I’d leave my imprint on her… — Anna Zaires Deep Copy Share Image
“Korum couldn't understand [Connor's] placidity. If Mia had blushed at the touch of another man, that man's lifespan would've been numbered in… — Anna Zaires Another man Copy Share Image
“I know that he feels it too, this pull, this visceral connection between us. He may have all the power, but in… — Anna Zaires Time Copy Share Image
“He was staring at her mouth with what looked like raw hunger, his eyes turning more golden by the second. “Do that… — Anna Zaires Hunger Eyes Copy Share Image
“It’s like the fates are conspiring to keep me in Moscow. It’s not enough that Russia has winters brutal enough to decimate… — Anna Zaires Moscow Copy Share Image
“It’s not the sweet, tender kind of love I always dreamed of, but it’s love. Dark, twisted, and obsessive, it’s both a… — Anna Zaires Addiction Copy Share Image
“Why do you want to talk to me?” I ask, stalling for time. It’s a reasonable question. Any woman in this situation… — Anna Zaires Question Copy Share Image
“Everything inside me screams that she’s mine—mine to fuck, mine to punish in any way I choose. Nobody else will lay hands… — Anna Zaires Fuck Copy Share Image
“He stands in the doorway like a dark angel. His hair curls a little around his face, softening the hard perfection of… — Anna Zaires Hair Curls Copy Share Image
“I love you," he said softly, his hand stroking her back. "And I'll do anything for you. You know that, right?" Mia… — Anna Zaires Korum Copy Share Image
“I chose the latter. I killed, but that’s not who I am. I don’t let that act define me. It happened, and… — Anna Zaires Time Copy Share Image
“As soon as I lie down next to him, he pulls me against him, curving his body around me from the back… — Anna Zaires Gaze Copy Share Image
“Mine. She’s mine. The words are a primal drumbeat in my mind. I’ve never felt so possessive about a woman, have never… — Anna Zaires Psychology Copy Share Image
“What’s your name?” The creature practically purred the question at her. His voice was low and smooth, completely unaccented. His nostrils flared… — Anna Zaires Central park Copy Share Image
“Beside me Esguerra is silent, his hands gripping the edge of his seat as the ground rushes toward us, the small objects… — Anna Zaires Plane Copy Share Image
“You don’t know?” he whispered harshly. “You truly don’t know that you mean everything to me?” Hardly daring to believe her ears,… — Anna Zaires Life itself Copy Share Image
“He's not going to flip out again, is he?" Jessie sounded scared. "What? No, of course not," Mia said automatically. "Uh-huh," Jessie… — Anna Zaires Gaze Copy Share Image
“He turns me inside out, take me apart, and puts me back together—all in the span of one night.” — Anna Zaires Copy Share Image
“If Yulia Tzakova ever crosses my path again, she will pay. She will pay for everything.” — Anna Zaires Crosses Copy Share Image
“Thanks, Marisa. You're the best sister a girl can ask for," Mia told her sincerely. "I know--and very modest too.” — Anna Zaires Funny Copy Share Image
“I had to restrain myself because somehow, impossibly, I wanted more. I still want more.” — Anna Zaires Copy Share Image
“There is no beauty without ugliness, just as there’s no happiness without sorrow. We live in a world of contrasts, not absolutes.” — Anna Zaires Beauty Copy Share Image
“I can feel the darkness inside him. There’s something wrong with him. His outer beauty hides something monstrous underneath.” — Anna Zaires Beauty Copy Share Image
“We look at each other--predator and prey, the conqueror and the conquered--and in that moment, I feel an odd sort of connection… — Anna Zaires Time Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand how one young woman can tie me into knots like this. One minute I want to take care of… — Anna Zaires Woman Copy Share Image
“She’s mine—her body’s mine to do with what I will. I don’t have to give her a choice. She’s my prisoner, my… — Anna Zaires Patient Copy Share Image
“. . . the romantic teenager buried deep inside her was weeping at the perversion of her love story. There was no… — Anna Zaires Love Copy Share Image
“There was still so much unresolved between them, but in this moment, she couldn't bring herself to care about the way their… — Anna Zaires Betrayals Copy Share Image
“You’re very direct, aren’t you?” she whispered, staring up at me, and I told her I didn’t have time for games. It… — Anna Zaires Time Copy Share Image