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“The third in a series usually isn’t that great, so it’s not his fault.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid is Watching

“If you allow fear to take over your actions, then you’re never going to accomplish anything.”
― Meghan Quinn, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

“Of course, I’m not offended that you’d accuse me of murder. I’m offended you’d think I’d be bad at it.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Because even though I’m a sucker for an only-one-bed romance, I don’t know if it counts if there’s a second bed on the other side of the wall.” “But I like your bed being on that side of the wall. I like it even better when you’re in that bed. And— Wait. You read romance?” “Sweetheart”—Ethan lowered his voice and his eyes—“I absolutely read romance.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“There’s no way, no universe, no reality in which you aren’t the brightest star in the whole damn sky, and . . .” His cheeks flushed. His hand shook, and he looked away like, suddenly, he was the one who was embarrassed. “That’s all I wanted to say.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“It’s because I love you, Margaret Elizabeth Chase.” He almost sounded angry. “Don’t tell me I don’t, and don’t tell me to stop because, believe me, I’ve tried. I know you don’t feel the same. But I love you. And so I’m going to get you out of here.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“You know, if mankind has one universal superpower, it’s gaslighting women into thinking they’re the problem.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“But, today, I am no one. Today, I simply get to be with who should have been.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“I may have dodged death with each swipe of the king’s sword, but he still managed to kill a part of me that day after the final Trial. His words cut deeper than his blade ever could, slicing me with slivers of truths as he toyed with me, taunted me, told me of my father’s death with a smile tugging at his lips.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“And my only regret is that he found it, promising to return it only when he’s stabbed it into my back.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“It’s a good thing you’re not here,” he says softly, a tone I never thought I’d hear from him again. “Because I still haven’t found my courage.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“I drink in a flash of blue eyes, quenching my thirst. Her freckles like the sand surrounding us. A silver dagger, sharp as her tongue, flipping between swift fingers. It’s her.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“She’s a phantom in human form. Like trying to clutch the wind in your fist, unable to see it even while feeling it slip between your fingers.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“It’s electric, this look, though not like it used to be. The invisible tether between us is now charged with our past, our present, our future—with everything we once were and everything we now are. It’s a hostile sort of harmony, both of us finally fully aware of what we are to each other—nothing. Just the shell of what was; what could have been.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“I used to welcome the idea of drowning in those blue eyes of hers. But now, seeing the disdain she stares me down with, I realize that drowning alone wasn’t what I craved, but sinking together.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“If she is Shadow, then I am Flame.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Don’t think for a second,” she whispers, “that I won’t be the death of you.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“You promised to be my undoing,” I murmur, lowering my head close enough to hear her sharp intake of breath. “So, prove it.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“If she fights for nothing, she lives for death. But if she burns for something, she lives for hope. I want her to fight me. I want her to burn for me, even if it means with hatred.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“I find myself committing the sight to memory with a smug smile. I feel anything but Ordinary with the prince on his knees before me.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Shaking my head, I whisper, “He is gone, and I don’t even know how to breathe if he does not command me to do so. Command me to eat. To live.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“And yet, my cheeks are heating in the middle of a sunless desert. And I hate it—hate him. Right?”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“And then she smiles, bright and big like the night sky hanging above us. I fear she could rival the stars.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Her head is crushing my arm. And I fear I’d never move again if it meant she stayed beside me.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Still contemplating drowning you, actually.” My voice is breathy, my own fingers wandering over the curve of his jaw. “Oh, darling, I already am.” His lips inch closer to mine, teasing me. “And I’m begging you to let me breathe you in.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“My eyes are puffy, face splotchy, but he looks at me with a reverence reserved for religion.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Out here I am Kai and nothing more.” His throat bobs. “Out here I am powerless. A monster without an ability to hide behind. An Enforcer free from his masks. A man shouting his love for a woman.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“You asked me what my favorite color was once. I’d never even pondered the answer to that question before you. And yet, I realized in that moment that it was blue.” He bends to brush a kiss to my temple, a murmur against my skin. “It is your eyes.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Oh, but you are my undoing. My deliverance. My downfall disguised as a deity.” Another slow step. “You are my ruin.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Call us even. Call me crazy. I don’t care. Just…” His eyes are pleading, brimming with emotion. “Just call me yours.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless