Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3)

by Kerri Maniscalco

“Though I am rather handsome in this suit. I suppose if it’s my time to go, I might as well go in style. Be sure to keep my face intact. I want you to swoon and mourn at my funeral.”

“Magic is science. It’s simply a fancier term for showing people the impossible is attainable.”

There is no greater show of power than continuing to live when you’d like nothing more than to lie down and let the world fade.

“Miss Audrey Rose Wadsworth, conqueror of my soul—you are an absolute fiend. You’d like to flout tradition simply because of your need for my body.” He held a hand over his heart. “I swear I have never loved you more.”

every rose can draw blood as much as delight. Yet we do not hesitate to inhale their fragrance, do we? Danger does not detract from appeal; it increases it.”