Quotes from Ilona Andrews

Before I take a man into my bed, I need to know him. I want to trust him and like him.

The diamonds were lab made. Arrosa had insisted on the real thing, but I refused. Nobody had died digging my earrings out of the ground, and that mattered to me more than what Houston's elite would think.

I don't know a room suitable to a woman I asked to marry me and who replied with 'maybe.

But we almost died today. It made me realize that I deserve some happiness. And now I don't want just fun.

Of course, I'll still love you, you stupid jerk. The Beast Lord is an arrogant jerk. I never wanted him. I only wanted Curran.

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You told your mother." "Of course I did. You're not some shameful secret I'm going to hide." "No, I'm a disgraced exile who had the audacity to turn down the most beloved son of House Krahr." He considered it. "Not the most beloved. My cousin is much more adorable than me. He is two and his hair is curly.

I'd wrestle with it and then I'd get over it. I couldn't change it; it was done.

Vampires," Sean said, the way parents usually said "teenagers" when their children were out of earshot.

I clawed my eyes open and rolled off my bed. For some reason, someone had moved the floor several feet lower than I had expected, and I fell and crashed with a thud.

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The human mind is infinitely complex. We make a myriad of decisions without even realizing it. Something causes us to roll the pen between our fingers while we're thinking.

You mean he doesn't instantly hero-worship you? Perish the thought." He scowled at me. "I think I'll make mouthing off to the Beast Lord a punishable offense." "Punishable by what? "Oh, I'll think of something.

What could the locals gain by setting you up?" I asked Arland. "A war with House Krahr on this planet. Since they're a local House they likely have no idea of our capabilities. They probably want my uncle's cousin's land. Or perhaps they want to claim that I attacked them, so that they can demand financial compensation." He grinned at me. "Either way, it will be exciting.

Would you prefer some other woman takes these quarters?" There was no point in lying. "No." "Very well, then." "This will make things harder," she said. "Are you unfit for the challenge?" She glared at him.

he had another think coming.

I paused with the pen in my hand. "He burst into flames?" "He became engulfed in fire." "Was his buddy made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell, 'It's clobbering time'?

Sean crossed his arms on his chest. "I had several Medamoths under my command on Nexus. They don't make peace. They kill, they hunt, and they write bad poetry.

Deirdre threw the recorder onto the table. Nagrad's face, frozen on the screen, mocked her with grey eyes. "What do you want from me, Robert? Every time I tried to bring up the money, he would show me more porn. The man asked me if I would suck his cock! How do you counter that?" A soft voice interrupted, "By saying, 'That would depend on the size of your instrument, my lord. Would you care to take off your pants so I can determine if it would be a good fit?

I could do the punching. Punching was easy. It was the clever banter and dealing in convoluted half-truths and almost-lies that made me want to jump out of my skin.

Taking a life always hurt. It never went away, no matter how justified the kill was. It still cost you a piece of your soul and it hurt when that piece died.

Power has a price. We don't always want it, but we always end up paying.

The admiration vibrated in his voice and suddenly she was intensely jealous of herself.

Vincent rolled his eyes. "I can't believe I have to say this. You there, dashing male secretary! Drop the frying pan.