Quotes from Allyson James

Hey, senorita, want to throw back some margaritas with me?" Maya gave him a scornful look as only Maya could. "Who the hell are you?" "Your dream come true, sweetheart." "I might puke." Maya shoved past him, her toolbox just missing his groin. "It's too early in the morning for assholes.

Why are you still so damned protective of me?: "You have to ask?" "I do." Mick came closer still, until his face hung an inch from mine. "If you have to ask, then you wouldn't believe my answer." He drew away and continued wiping my hands.

I couldn't help smiling back. Maya had decided opinions and didn't keep them to herself. "Jones had his chance, and he blew it. There's an old Navajo saying that I think applies here: 'You snooze, you lose.'

A couple of your guests saw a fireball come out the sky, and the place went up. Heat lightning is what will go in the report. A freak of nature." I'd be sure to tell Drake he was being listed as a freak of nature. I wanted to watch his face when I said it. - Emilio Salas, Janet Begay

Demitri sent for a tray of hot, fresh coffee with four cups. the waiter who brought it tried to look into the room to see what they were doing but Demitri grabbed the tray and slammed the door. "He probably thinks we're having an orgy," Demitri said as he set down the tray. "An orgy with coffee?" Andreas asked. "He has a vivid imagination.

Archaeology profs aren't supernatural minions of a vengeful goddess," Patricia pointed out. "Want to bet?

I pulled the phone toward me and punched in the number of the sheriff's office in Flat Mesa. The deputy at the desk put me straight through. The phone made a couple of clicks, and then the sheriff's voice sounded in my ear. "Jones," he said. Dark, biting, laconic. "Hey, Nash. It's Janet." There was a long silence. "Fuck," Nash Jones said clearly, and he hung up on me.

Gabrielle turned to the others. "You heard her. Out. When Janet takes down the mean old witch, we can come back and dance on her entrails." I needed to have a serious talk with Gabrielle.

Are Shareem slaves?" she asked. Slavery had been outlawed for millennia on Ariel, but she knew that some planetary systems still practiced it. "No," Talan said quickly. "Well," Rio drawled. "We can be if you want.

Who is Baine?" Nella asked. "My computer," Dr. Laas said. "A man I had an affair with programmed the voice in before he left. I told him to go, you see, and this was his revenge. Baine sounds just like him." "Do not insult me," Baine answered. " I am a thousand times superior to your fly-by-night lover. He is now in jail on Station 1217, by the way, for indecent exposure." "Really?" Dr. Laas brightened. "How delightful.

Rio crouched beside Nella's left knee, leather stretching over his thighs. He rested his hand on her leg. "You don't need to be afraid of us." His hand was large and warm. A need to relax flowed through her, a need to trust, to put her fate in his so-strong hands. "Yes, she does," Rees said softly. "Pay no attention to the man with the large hard-on," Rio said.

Rio stroked Nella's thigh again while he looked at her with eyes dark blue and unreadable. His lips quirked into a smile. "Damn," he said. "Did you all hear that? My girl's a princess.

Rio dragged her to her feet and held her close, the chain between her wrists clinking. Rio tumbled her hair under his hands and kissed her face. "Mine," he said. "You're all mine, Nella." Nella nodded as he feathered kisses across her cheeks. "It's what I wanted," she whispered. "What I truly wanted.

One thing to be said for Baine was that he couldn't care less whether the people in his elevator were clothed or unclothed, so Rio was spared the computer's snide comments. Baine did know about sex, though. As Rio carried Nella out of the lift, Baine muttered, " Computer interface is so much easier ." "What did he say?" Nella asked as Rio set her on her bed. "Bad machine-language joke. Ignore him.

Shall we go, then?" Aiden asked. Rio shot him an amused glance. "You talk so hoity-toity, Aiden. Shall we go? We shall get our asses down to Nella's bedroom, yes." Nella smiled and warmed all over. No other man in her life had made her laugh like Rio did.

Rio chuckled. "Are there Doms and subs on Ariel?" Nella blinked up at him. "I really have no idea. I don't think we've done a survey.

I love you, Rio," Nella whispered, barely able to form the words. "Love you too, baby," Rio said, his voice as broken as hers. "I've known that a long time." He grinned. "You know what I didn't know? I really hate space travel.

Gabrielle and I in jeans and leather jackets,

Mustn't. Damn, Braden had met a woman who used mustn't in everyday conversation. Did she say other sexy words, like shan't? How about something big, like wherewithal? Braden, I shan't resist your commands, and I have the wherewithal to ride your cock all night. Oh, yeah. And Ky thought libraries were boring?