“And maybe that’s was her biggest crime of all. Making him fall in love with her.”
Maya Banks, Rush“No amount of saying ‘I love you’ and ‘I trust you’ makes it true when it isn’t.”
Maya Banks, Fever“As if he conveyed by actions what he could never say in words. Would never say in words.”
Maya Banks, Rush“Words are just words. The evidence is in how you act, how you react.”
Maya Banks, Fever“Wasn't that the way of the world, though? Only the strong survived, and the weak perished.”
Maya Banks, In Bed with a Highlander“Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care ofAngelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worrybecause she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good.I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't bethe same girl if she did.”
Maya Banks, Sweet Temptation“Trying to drown me woman?"'You can't drown a SEAL,' she said. 'How embarrassing would that be?''God yes. Shoot me, hang me, let me die of infection from a hangnail, but don't let me die in the water. They'd send me to hell on principle.”
Maya Banks, The Darkest Hour“I resented you for inserting yourself so fully into my life, and then one day I realized I couldn't imagine my life without you...”
Maya Banks, Sweet Temptation“He walked hesitantly toward her and then wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug.“You just looked like you needed one,” he said.”
Maya Banks, Shades of Gray