Cindy Skaggs Quotes

“Sex and love went together like bad boys and leather, and with Ryder, she couldn’t do one without the other. She could lie to herself and say she just wanted one last night of wild sex, but her heart would surely follow her body.”
― Cindy Skaggs

“The man exuded safety in the same way a tank promised protection. A tank might be dangerous, but only if you got in its way.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Fight By The Team

“Logan felt it, even if he wanted to deny it. His pupils were dilated and he stared at her like she was chocolate and tomorrow was the first day of Lent. Sure, she might be forbidden, but no one could withstand temptation forever. Not when it was so close. The car roared to life as Logan started it back onto the road. So he thought to ignore the attraction? Good luck. He might be a rule follower, but Sofia wasn’t. He didn’t stand a chance in hell.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Untouchable

“He’d never met a parent who wanted so desperately to pursue and exact revenge, nor one who seemed quite so capable of doing just that.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Untouchable

“Logan felt raw inside from the look of betrayal she had leveled on him. Who was he to demand honesty when every aspect of his presence in her life, even on the periphery, was a lie?”
― Cindy Skaggs, Untouchable

“No living person could disappear like Sofia. She’d have a go-bag stashed somewhere. Money and passports and disguises, with just enough ice to evaporate.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Untouchable

“This act would cost them. It was forbidden, in her world and his, but all he wanted was to hear her moan.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Untouchable

“Delusional?" He cocked his head to the side like a predator eyeing prey. "Not yet." Another step closer with a slight smile tilting his lips.

He didn't look crazy. He looked dangerous.

She grabbed a steak knife and held it in front of her. It might be fun and games to him, but to her it was life or death.”
― cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“For some twisted reason, she found his bruises more attractive than a pretty face. With windblown red-blond hair, unshaven face, and cocky bearing, he had that James Dean Rebel Without a Cause look going for him. He exuded the same kind of innate strength her brother had had. It wasn't something the Army trained into a man. A man was born with it.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“Lauren woke wedged against Ryder, her back to his front, his arm wrapped around her belly and one strong thigh between hers. If she was looking for space, she had about a hair’s width.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“Worry whispered through his mind like madness. Mad Dog had refused to leave his family, and in the end, it had cost all of them their lives. Ryder swore he’d find a way to leave before anything happened to Lauren.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“Fine has many definitions, and not one of them means everything is okay.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Fight By The Team

“No fear. A fitting epitaph, more curse than blessing, the truth of their very existence.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Fight By The Team

“Hmm.” Hell, he’d lost his voice. Maybe his capacity for thought. They were headed where his body had wanted her since the day they met. Blood surged to his groin, leaving his brain defenseless. “What’s that?”

She rubbed a finger across his lower lip. “Do I make you nervous?”

She threw off his equilibrium, but he could work with that since he was trained to adapt to new and dangerous situations. He licked his lips, letting his tongue brush the finger she still pressed against him.

“I can handle you.”

“Oh, sweetheart, I doubt it.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Fight By The Team

“They were out of the Army and out of the experimental program that had failed. They were no longer soldiers. No longer whole. They were the walking wounded, each and every man. Mad Dog was the tip of spear. Time could not heal all wounds.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Fight By The Team

“She'd fight for him harder than he'd fight to leave.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“I don't want safe. I want you.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“He pulled a pink bedazzled phone from his hoodie pocket. "Call your friend. Let him know you're here."

"This is your phone?"

"Lady on the bus," he answered.

Her jaw dropped. "She sat two rows ahead of us."

"We passed her on the way to the back row."

He picked a pocket that fast? "What are you?"

"That's a damn good question. Now call your friend.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“Was he safe? He was fierce and frightening and sexy in a badass way that triggered her horrific taste in men. There was no softness in his gaze or in his tone. He moved with precision and eerie quiet. He moved like a killer.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“He wore my ex-boyfriend's cologne, and then tried to kill me." Talk about your bad first dates.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“They walked into the library and a gust of heated air welcomed them inside. Safe. The idea was ridiculous given the bad guys chasing her, but nothing bad had ever happened to her in a library.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team

“He was the kind of man who promised a rough, sweaty good time. The air around him snapped and hummed with sexual tension. Everything about him was out of her league.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Survive By The Team