“He couldnt jeopardize the saloon because of some silly infatuation with an outlaw. Even one as beautiful as Mariah Ayers.”

“The motorcycle’s headlights cut through the darkness. Ahead the road was nothing but a black hole. She roared toward it.”

“He couldn’t jeopardize the saloon because of some silly infatuation with an outlaw. Even one as beautiful as Mariah Ayers.”

“When you choose a man who thinks eight seconds is a long time, perhaps you need two of them. Hmm?”

“Tyler rounded the hood and opened the door. 'What?' he asked when she grinned at him. 'You've got a slide-over-here-honey seat!' His eyes crinkled with laughter. 'Well, what are you doing all the w...”

“Again the ranch is on the market and theyve shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, Give them to the real estate shark, Im out a here, dropping the ...”

“Thats the last time I put you in charge of the tequila when were making margaritas”

“All creatures are capable of darkness, but not all choose to succumb to it.”

“Lottie tilted her head to one side and looked Maya up and down. "You're a little bit of a thing, but I hear you're good at stirring up big trouble.”

“Sara, we have to go," she whispers, even though my dad isn't there to hear her. She's not crying. She's calm. Matter-of-fact. As if she's asking me whether I want mayo or mustard on my sandwich. Ex...”

“The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill with fear, if all we have is what lies here, this lonely world, this troubled place, then cold dead s...”

“It is said that in death, all things become clear.”