I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

Every good girl loved a bad boy. It was a fact of life, a quirk of nature. Opposites attract, and the badder the boy, the more attractive he was to that good girl who couldn't help but be drawn to him.

It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you.

Her head throbbed as though gremlins were ripping holes in her brain

I say, when Mercury arrives, we just pretend we’re not here.” Lawe tipped back his whiskey and swallowed in a single drink. “Stay real quiet. Don’t make eye contact.” They all nodded.

Because sometimes, a man could do nothing about where he came from, he could only control where he went

Yes, he would be gone, but she knew now what it meant to love. She might not know what it meant to be loved, but loving was almost as good.