To be friends is a beautiful thing, Tessa, and I do not scorn it, but I have hoped for a long time now that we might be more than friends.

I played it for my bride, and one day you will play for yours.

she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.

I have important business to get to. I plan to sulk all afternoon, followed, perhaps, by an evening of Byronic brooding and a nighttime of dissipation.

Dreams can be dangerous things.

I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read. I've written many short stories with realistic settings, and I certainly wouldn't rule out realistic novels in the future!

And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.