A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.

murder takes presedence over watching my boyfriend strip" -ID, Anita to Nathaniel

I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.

I locked the door, for what good it would do me, and went to bed. The Browning Hi-Power was in its second home, a modified holster strapped to the headboard of my bed. The crucifix was cool metal around my neck. I was as safe as I was going to be and almost too tired to care. I took one more thing to bed with me, a stuffed toy penguin named Sigmund. I don't sleep with him often, just every once in a while after someone tries to kill me. Everyone has their weaknesses. Some people smoke. I collect stuffed penguins. If you won't tell, I won't.

Now that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people

Women may get to wear lots of pretty colors, but men get the comfortable shoes. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter