You're grumpy and broody and secretive all the time. You're no joy to live with, I can tell you that!""I smile sometimes. I even laughed about your . . . hat.""MacHalo," I corrected tightly. "It's a brilliant invention, and it means I don't need you or V'lane to keep my safe from Shades, and that, Jericho Barrons, is worth its weight in gold: not needing either of you for something!
Karen Marie MoningSince the moment I laid eyes on Jericho Barrons, I wanted him. I wanted him to do things to me that pink and clueless MacKayla Lane was shocked and appalled and ... okay, yeah, well, utterly fascinated to find herself thinking about.
Karen Marie MoningWhen insane things start to arrange themselves in sane patterns around you, you know you got problems.
Karen Marie MoningI lock eyes with my reflection and donโt look away. The day you look away you start to lose yourself. Iโm never going to lose myself. You are what you are. Deal with it or change.
Karen Marie MoningSome people fall apart when they get hurt. Puddle into apathy and despair and never recover. They wait all their lives for someone to come along and rescue them.
Karen Marie MoningThere should be a vaccine against Adam Black. And all women should be given it at birth.
Karen Marie MoningAll my life, up until that moment, I'd had a warm, protective blanket wrapped around me, knitted of aunts and uncles, purled of first and second and third cousins, knot-tied with grandmas and grandpas and greats. That blanket had just dropped from my shoulders. I felt cold, lost and alone.
Karen Marie Moning