“There was something more than a little satisfying about ripping the heart out of someone the moment before they expected to do the same to you.”

“Still pleasant as a cornered hedgehog, and as well mannered as a badger, I see.”

“Alisons gaze gentled. Tell me, Samantha, have you ever been to Scotland?”

“Samantha imagined that in another life, she and Alison could have, indeed, been friends. Had she not been about to rob the train.”

“Yere wet, he groaned. Im underwater. I ken that, bonny. But this dampness has nothing to do with that.”

“The lass was no damsel. Hed prepared himself for a hard sell, one that might require a few extra knee-weakening smiles, perhaps so much as a seduction, but hed never in a million years expected the...”

“She swatted the fur beside her. "Sit." Growling, he shoved his dirk back in its sheath. "I'll listen, but if ye lift a finger against me, I'll slit your throat afore ye can draw your next breath." ...”

“In a heartbeat, he scarcely could take a breath. Wearing not a stitch of clothing, Eva stood in thigh-deep water with her back to him. Before he blinked, his gaze slid from coppery tresses brushing...”

“It doesna matter the direction necessity forces ye to take in life, it matters which way ye go when ye have a choice.”

“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...”