“Beware, lions lady, for your predator is hungry tonight. He may not wait long before devouring you. Devouring me? she asked, challenge gleaming in her eyes. What if I devour him first?”

“What are you cooking this night, wife? One of the crepes picked that moment to dislodge itself from the ceiling. It landed at her feet with a plop as if on cue. Crepes. She kept a straight face and...”

“Time. She had to go home. As soon as the lunar eclipse occurred in three weeks. Because if she stayed here, she would die. Either from the bullet in her back, or from the pain that was slowly sinki...”

“A fierce possessiveness gripped him, a need to brand her, to make her his, now and forever. And he knew it was madness.”

“She didnt have a hat or a veil or anything in her hands. No one had offered so much as a single dried-out flower; she had nothing to hold onto to steady her shaking fingers. Her head pounded as har...”

“His mouth captured hers with a strong, soft heat and Celine discovered something far sexier than this mans voice or his body. His kiss. She never had the chance to think of a protest. To think at a...”

“And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, Im goin with you.”

“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”

“Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. If youre implying that Im spoiled, I assure you that I am not.You should be. His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought her...”

“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most...A lord may send his army hither and thither, but the true testing of his power is in those places ...”

“the greatest trick of kings is to fool the poor into thinking we have common cause with the rich simply because we live on the same bog. Then the poor get their heads split open in the battles they...”

“And so seplchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.”