I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books.

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

I want to kiss you again, Tess.” “Why?” He chuckled, low under his breath. “Why? Because you’re beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.

What did Mira show your attacker last week? he asked, desperate to turn the attention away from himself now. Yakut shrugged. Only he can know. The girl has no knowledge of what her eyes reflect. Thank God for that. Niko hated to think of the education she might have just gotten otherwise.

Holy Moses on a pogo stick!!

You would quit the Order for her? Niko asked, the youngest only behind Dante, and a warrior who relished his duty perhaps even more than Dante had himself. I would quit breathing for her, if she asked it of me.

My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.