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

Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.

Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

Eve: "She had big plans for me. Kind of a pet, I imagine. Like William. Her little trained dog. And with you dead, she figured I'd inherit all your goodies. You're not going to do that to me are you?" Roarke: "What, die?" Eve: "Leave me all this stuff." Roarke: "Only you would be annoyed by that.

Didn't people consider what could happen if armies of farm animals united in revolt?

Love makes saints or sinners out of men.

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You hardly ever make the jump.