C.J. Holmes

“There’s nothing left inside me and I’m an exhausted, hollow shell. My chest collapses onto the kitchen countertop and on any other day, the ice-cold marble would force me awake. Tonight, I’m out of luck and I’m utterly screwed.”
― C.J. Holmes, Isekai Veteran: Outlander

“Colour spreads heat across my face as my eyes fixate on the swirls in the marble counter again. I'm giving him everything he wants. A reaction. Any reaction. Because no matter how much I try to deny it, my reaction shows him that I care.
"I hate you."
"No, you don't."
"You don’t know what I'm feeling."
"You're angry, hurt and betrayed. But you do not hate me, love. And you never have.”
― C.J. Holmes, Isekai Veteran: Outlander

“Regret is what happens the morning after the night before. I regret going out for drinks after work. I regret not saying no to the third, fourth or any of the subsequent cocktails I enjoyed. I regret forgetting to cancel my alarm and I regret that I’m unable to call in sick to work. Most of all, I regret that I’d taken the promotion six months ago”
― C.J. Holmes, Isekai Veteran: Outlander

“Look, fairies and Roman gods don’t exist, and even if they did then I’m not the long-lost daughter of Fortuna – and I am not going on some treasure hunt around London for some trinkets.”
― C.J. Holmes, Isekai Veteran: Outlander