“He cupped the back of her head with one large hand and kissed her, slowly, sweetly, as if he were courting her… — Deanna Raybourn First time Copy Share Image
They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike… — Deanna Raybourn Accents Copy Share Image
“I went to stand next to him, and he gave me his hand, warm and strong. “I am sorry I kept you… — Deanna Raybourn Life Copy Share Image
“From the first note I knew it was different from anything I had ever heard.... It began simply, but with an arresting… — Deanna Raybourn Light and shadow Copy Share Image
“I sat down and put my fingertips to my temples, rubbing hard. “We have one fallen tree, one destroyed Rookery, one delusional… — Deanna Raybourn God bless Copy Share Image
“I'd had my heart broken, you see. Fell in love with the wrong chap and he crushed me right down to the… — Deanna Raybourn Heart break Copy Share Image
“She had stripped away her own illusions for him, and that was as seductive a thing as any woman could do.” — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“She is wrong, you know. What you do is important. You save people,” I told him, pressing my lips to the half-moon… — Deanna Raybourn Time Copy Share Image
“You have to love someone completely to be willing to destroy them.” — Deanna Raybourn Destruction Copy Share Image
....Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any… — Deanna Raybourn Committed Copy Share Image
She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them… — Deanna Raybourn Direct Copy Share Image
“Apparently, he uses disguises sometimes in the course of his investigations. In his liaison with Mariah, he used them for discretion. He… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth… — Deanna Raybourn Facts Copy Share Image
I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the… — Deanna Raybourn Fortune Copy Share Image
Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry… — Deanna Raybourn Differences Copy Share Image
“We only kill people who are specifically targeted by the Museum for extermination and we don't freelance, ever. We don't murder on… — Deanna Raybourn Freelancing Copy Share Image
“I slammed the door in her face and applied my bloody shoe to the lurkers in the bathtub,” — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house.… — Deanna Raybourn Closing Copy Share Image
“Brisbane continued. “I have led a selfish life, and I have enjoyed it. I cannot imagine a life without my work, and… — Deanna Raybourn Crescent moon Copy Share Image
I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them. — Deanna Raybourn Battle Copy Share Image
“He grinned. “You realise I’m reporting for duty on the second of January?” “Good. Then the last memory you’ll have of me… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“It seemed a very great folly to attempt to force a declaration from him, but it seemed a greater folly to let… — Deanna Raybourn Love Copy Share Image
“Julia, we are all children at Christmastime.” “You are not,” I pointed out. He gave me a shadowy smile. “I think you… — Deanna Raybourn Children Copy Share Image
“...it all fell into place and I simply knew, as one knows that fire is hot and sleep is sweet. It was… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
