From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my characters, and I love peeling away their layers to see what's underneath their skin, or secreted deep within their hearts.

You are pure flame. I touch you and I ignite. I kiss you and I burn to have more. You consume me… like no other woman before you, and, I am certain, like no other ever could again.

I don’t want to feel anything for you, Dante” “God, Tess. I don’t want to feel anything for you either.

So much for keeping things business when it came to Jenna Darrow. If this had been a test, he figured he’d just failed it with flying colors.

She wanted to feel him pound away her fears, a hammer to smash through all her guilt and pain and emptiness.

Nikolai stroked her cheek, then wrapped her in his embrace. “You’re safe,” he said tenderly beside her ear. “I’ve got you, and I’m going to keep you safe.

He was the ghost you never saw coming, death breathing down your neck before you even realized you were in the crosshairs.