Sara Weiss thought that I seemed like a simple young woman, and she decided I was incredibly lucky to have been given such a gift, as she considered it. She believed everything Lattesta had told her about what had happened at the Pyramid, because underneath her practical approach to life there was a streak of mysticism.

- Dead and Gone (Charlaine Harris), pg. 111

The vulture hovered above the North Charleston Coliseum, watching as hundreds of mortals raced from the stadium, a host of teenage humans and college students.

A wicked sense of delight had bolstered him when he’d heard the name of the group.

- Dark Hunger (Demonborn) (Rita Herron), pg. 128

The mood was becoming melancholic and the men were becoming morose. The women were uncomfortable, turning their fans in their hands or arranging their skirts to hide their disquiet.

- Mr. Darcy, Vampyre (Amanda Grange), pg. 165

She folded her arms, watching him, remembering the cameras he’d installed in the hotel in Charleston. His gaze met hers, intense, sultry, suggestive- as if he remembered as well.

- Dark Hunger (Demonborn) (Rita Herron), pg.

A few days had passed without incident, which was apparently too much for my old pain in the ass, Jessica, and my new pain, Marc. The excitement of my return from the dead had died down, no vampire baddies had come knocking, my relationship with my stepmother and father remained the same (she ignored me, he sent checks), and that was just too darn staid for my pals.

- Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1) (MaryJanice Davidson), pg. 100

The dwarf has teeth worth a lieutenant’s commission, but he knows his business. Damn near– pardon me, sir– darn near talked the point off my other ear.

- A Darkness Forged in Fire: Book One of the Iron Elves (Chris Evans), pg. 124

It felt good to predict the effects that would likely follow a particular cause, just as it felt good to feel the rain on her face. A predictable future meant that any previous change had not been too severe.

- Liberation (Joanna Scott), pg. 124

But I do let the slaves recline upon the dining couches as if they were guests and take turns serving each other, while I take a meal in my bedchamber. They always seem to enjoy the little charade, judging from all the noise they make.

- The House of the Vestals (Steven Saylor), pg. 161

He nodded ahead to where the path narrowed and grunted something she took to mean he wanted her to ride in front. she spurred her horse, grateful to put a little distance between them.

- Knight of Desire (Margaret Mallory), pg. 238

Five minutes after the conversation was over, the newspapers headlined that the Queen secretly taped the conversation. One big scandal followed.

- Visions on America (Jean Koning), pg. 64