“These are the best things I've ever had in my mouth!”

“Don't be ridiculous. Brussels sprouts are awful. Jail is just jail.”

“Yeah, and we could fly in on dragons and release a cloud of sugar plum fairies to tiptoe in an get the watch.”

“Don't be coy, Joshua. No matter how much money the other men here have, they can't buy what you've gotten for free.”

“Who am I, Joshua? Name me.”

“With an evil, tempting wink that threatened to undo him, she added, "I'm the one you have to watch out for.”

“I'm sorry, I really did want to talk to you." His free hand went to her face and cupped her cheek. Something tightened pleasantly in her belly. "Just talk?" she breathed.He nodded, but used their c...”

“Gretchen," Clint said, his voice full of the same luscious agony Gretchen felt building inside of her. "I'm going to kiss you." He was giving her one last chance to back out, to push him away. That...”

“They tried not to stare, but they couldn't keep their eyes away. I was a freak now. I made people uncomfortable and not necessarily because of my scars-but because what my scars represented. Danger...”

“I'm hideous""You could never be hideous""Forget it" I wanted this conversation over."I can't forget it," Gran said, not giving up so easily. "I don't like to hear you talk about yourself that way. ...”

“The road ahead holds many tests challenging everything she ever believed. I whispered a prayer for her inner strength to guide her on her path. She was going to need it.”

“Thad: But this is a boy, and you need to think of your reputation if youre spending time alone with himAri: Learning how to put a man's eye out or take him down at the knees. Very romantic stuff, T...”

“I could see why she felt attracted to Sam K. Barrows. Birds of a feather, or rather lizards of a scale.”

“Thad: “But this is a boy, and you need to think of your reputation if you’re spending time alone with him—”Ari: ”Learning how to put a man's eye out or take him down at the knees. Very romantic stu...”