“A kiss unlike any other kiss. There was no denying that.”

“Whatever you guys call it. Man up. Get your panties out of a wad. Put on your big boy shorts. Grow a set.”

“Youre going to let her wander into someone elses arms? Theres another man who could protect her better than you? Well, if thats true”

“Oh, a grenade. But where is the bamboo bazooka?”

“Thatll be like catching Niagara fucking Falls with a fly net.”

“Friendly fire was never friendly, and it was coming. Operation Stand-and-Watch was over. Did that mean Operation Bust-His-Balls was on deck?”

“Maybe having great sex just made a werewolfs nose work better”

“...She remembered why he'd caught her eye the first time she'd seen him, at Ivy and Landon's wedding. He was absolutely gorgeous. Tall, with broad shoulders and well-muscled arms, he had dark-blond...”

“What man didn't enjoy a beautiful woman curled up in his lap, even if she did treat him like a scratching post every time she woke up?”

“In the back of his mind, he had always wondered whywhy they harbored such resentment for him. Now he had the answer, and he felt sick. He felt the bottom dropping out.”

“You know, nice guys finish last, don't you?""I guess I'll finish last.”

“Be careful, if I didn't know better, I would think you're sounding jealous.""Good thing you know better.”

“Im in, especially if theres a bad guy. Do I get to hurt a bad guy?”

“He was silent a moment; then he said, "I want a drink of water." She almost laughed aloud, because it was such a mundane request that could have been made of anyone, but then she saw the tension in...”

“Calmly, deliberately, he moved his hands down to her breasts and molded his fingers over them. Jay inhaled sharply, and he said, "Easy, easy," as he stroked the soft mounds. "Steve, no." But her ey...”