Laurel: I don't need a ring or a license, or a spetacular white dress. It's not marriage so much, or at all really, that matters. It's the promise. It's the knowing someone wants me to be part of his life. Someone loves me, that I'm the one for him. That's not just enough, it's everything.

Once she'd been a victim- helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior.

Man.God.Roarke. An interesting and flattering lineup.

Dolls are like small dead people.

She was the only woman he was afraid he would beg for.

Things have a way of falling into place.

You're the woman in my life,” he said. “Another thing about me and my brothers? We look after the women in our lives. We don't know any other way.