“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 Better now Copy Share Image
“She was a little thing, too, inciting that basic compulsion in him as a man to protect her in so hectic a… — V.S. Carnes Christian Copy Share Image
“What she knew was sand and wind and innumerable stars. The rumble in a camel’s throat as it swayed over shifting dunes,… — V.S. Carnes Christian 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
“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 Daredevil 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
“La mu’axsa, but I think I’ll just keep sliding down this greased pole to hell?” — V.S. Carnes Hell Copy Share Image
“There will always be another war, Gillia.” He allowed his cynicism to seep through. “Do you know why? Because there will always… — V.S. Carnes Nature Copy Share Image
“It came as naturally to him as breathing or lying, or worse. His mama had only taught her son to be cautious… — V.S. Carnes Espionage Copy Share Image
“She wondered how a man could look into a woman’s eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could… — V.S. Carnes Blind faith 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
“And what was to become of what he had taken from her? He had dashed her heart to the ground and danced… — V.S. Carnes Betrayal 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 Blind man 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
“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
“Southern gentleman,” he said aside to him in Arabic. “Do you wish for me to continue this for you?” Caine’s temper shifted… — V.S. Carnes Friendship Copy Share Image
“By now, she was far from the scorch of these sands. After the ransom deal, she would be safely married in England.… — V.S. Carnes Heartache 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
“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
“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
“I remember every good thing about you. Every sweet and perfect thing. And nothing else.” He touched her chin, tipped it up… — V.S. Carnes Brown eyes 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
“I know I am flaky, I accept that—and I know, as well, that I can mangle the good king’s English like no… — V.S. Carnes Bitterness Copy Share Image
“He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones, he could see now, tucked… — 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
