Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.

Please let me go." "Anna." He lowered his brow to hers. "Don't ask me to do that, because I don't think I can live without you. Take a chance, roll the dice. Come with me.

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.

I write every day. Even if I'm not writing well, I write through it. I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.