I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.

He'd kill you all right. No sweat. But for the wrong reasons. Amateur's reasons. Of course, you'll be just as dead.

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all.

Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.

I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle.

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?

Goddess” he said. Her voice floated to us. Yes, Child.” Will I see you again?” Just her voice now, young and old at the same time. “In the face of every woman you meet