Quotes About Intrigue

She was a refreshing diversion in perfection.

And as if she had opened a hidden door, I felt the patterned surface break and give way, and the words let me in. I still loved opening a book and feeling like I was physically entering the page, the ordinary world fizzing and blurring around the edges until it disappeared.

Me gusta ver cómo se esfuerza por mantenerse sobria y pálida y por parecer fría. En esas ocasiones hay en ella algo tan seductor que desafía la descripción.

A night passed while Cixi dealt with one matter after another, conscious all the time that she just murdered her adopted son. She was forced to stop working at about eleven o'clock in the morning as death was imminent. She died less than three hours later.

For Cixi, what the Viceroy as done was best left unsaid.

But I was tempted to let rumors fly, like keyhole whisperings.

At last you have come, threading your way through the endless passages of the maze.

I began to toy with the finger of a girl in navy blue seated next to me. No, it was not I, but the mask.

As I gave my hand to one and then another of the Winter Knights, hoping to forget Kian's kiss in the arms of the other dancers, I could feel Kian's eyes piercing through me, their flame-tinged ice searing through my soul.

stopped. Well, he'd been stopped. And the king had been deprived of his most loyal supporter, was suspected of having

Still,he noticed that though the house was in poor shape, the gardens were perfect. The paths were well lined, the flower beds filled with roses and lilacs, the trees well trimmed. He smiled darkly.His beautiful little angel of trouble must have run out of time.

Lord MacLean, pray have a seat. That chair is safe. And half the size of a regular seat. She dared him to be comfortable in it. He eyed the chair and shook his head. I believe I'll stand. As you wish. She smoothed her skirts, the movement of her slender hands drawing Dougal's gaze. She had the most kissable mouth and the most intriguing-and challenging-blue eues he'd ever seen.

How am I to get back to my room dressed like this? He grinned at her, his teeth flashing whitely in the dim light from the fire. You'll leave a trail of water. Which the servants will report to your sister.

So he's harmless, then." "I wouldn't say that, exactly." "No?" "I would n't slip up behind him with a knife, for he might retaliate." Michael shrugged. "But that's to be expected. He kills only when necessary." Mary covered her face with her hands and moaned.

You'd be surprised at the things you can discover by barging into someone's bedchamber unannounced.

She told him he was très cool and also, paradoxically, très hot. He was one quick ticket to ooh-lala land.

Mental seduction. He'd never thought it possible

Why did it have to be her?

Women were as mysterious to them as the origins of the planet.

You are an enigma wrapped in a sticky bun.

Karin Slaughter

but did I mention

He's like a spoon—always stirring things up.

It shouldn't have been surprising that Andrew lived in what looked like a serial killer's murder mansion.