Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

Anyone who doesn't believe that the forest is a deadly place has never been lost in one.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.

Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up.

Children make that big a difference to you? He asked. I nodded. Yeah, they do. I never figured you as the maternal type. I'm not, but kids are people, Edward, little people trapped by the choices the adults around them make.