Quotes from Meljean Brook

And even though she could remember most of the sentences and every plot point, the story would never be what it had been. She would never again be who she'd been.

There was no longer any need to pretend to be weak. Jack had always been the only one with whom she had to pretend to be strong.

I went to your funeral, Annie. She hardened herself against the thickness in his voice, and reached for the door handle. Was it nice? He slid in front of her, his back against the door. His hard smile was at her eye level. I don't know. I only got through it with the help of a fifth, so I was too drunk to see much of anything.

She'd never thought of it as a colony. Instead it had been invaded, occupied, enslaved. She supposed colonized was more palatable to those who'd done it.

Oh, Jack. Though she was laughing, tears rushed in. You won't see the sun again. Annie. He turned until she rose over him. Gently, his fingers traced the curve of her smile. Yes, I will.

As you have likely guessed, I have been kidnapped again—but at least my abductors do not want gold this time. It's somewhat flattering that my worth is equal to the worth of a giant war machine that could change the course of history. Whether that ransom will be paid is another question entirely.

Yes. My mother, for one. As a child I loved her, despite knowing so little about her. But now, knowing everything she has done, how stubborn she can be, how blind, how strong, how clever…knowing her as a woman, I love her so much more.

Ariq's fingers caught in her hair, tugged her close. "This is why," he said roughly against her lips. "This is why I wanted you from almost the moment I pulled you from the water. The way you think. You're like an arrow." And sometimes a squirrel, scampering this way and that, wildly collecting nuts.

This night would have been so much more pleasant

This night would have been so much more pleasant if all the men had stopped talking.

I think I couldn't love him at all if he was the sort of man to make me choose between him and my writing." And

He cupped her face in his hands, made her meet his gaze. Solemnly, he said, "I heard you say that when two people love each other, they fight through everything together. Every doubt, every challenge, every pain. Fight with me, Mina. Please. You are the only one for me, for as long as I live. And if you love me, fight with me.

When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.

Aghast, Yasmeen gaped at her before looking to the duke. "It's worse than I thought. Not just the Horde, not just the police- you're keeping company with someone who has principles.

I'll kiss you until we can't breathe. I'll strip you naked and taste every inch of you. Then I'll shag you until neither of us can see straight.

she studied his clothes, his top hat. "And you've just come from Parliament? How are you finding that?" "It's much like piracy. You tell your enemies that if they don't fall in line, you'll leave them to die.

You wear your armor even to dinner, Lady Wilhelmina?" "Of course I wear armor. I am sitting with a pirate, a mercenary, an adventurer, and a bounder. If a shot is not fired tonight, I daresay that your reputations are nothing but lies.

Goddammit. Can't I save you just once ?

He focused on the inspector, instead, though she didn't want him watching her. But Rhys liked the way she looked, particularly when her expression suggested that she'd prefer to have a gun aimed at his head rather than sit across from him in a private railcar.

Do my questions annoy you?" He glanced at her, his surprise evident. "No. I'm far too vain to object; I am my favorite topic.

Hot, hard and so thick that her fingertips didn't meet when she closed her hand around him.

From the very first, I knew you'd be dangerous to me. I should have run." "I'd have caught you.

Even worse than not being noticed, he decided, was being noticed and found wanting.

Breathe, Newberry. If you faint in the Blacksmith's laboratory, only the stars above know what might be grafted to your body when you wake up.