Arturo Diab

“He shouldn't have said that," repeated Adrian, eerily serious. He leaned his face toward mine. "I don't care if he's not the emotional type or the complimentary type or what. No one can look at you in this dress, in all that fire and gold, and start talking about anachronisms. If I were him, I would have said, 'You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth.”
― Richelle Mead, The Golden Lily

“said we’ll discuss it when I commit.” She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. “I wonder who they think it is. . . .” He watched her for a moment without speaking. “Louisiana in October isn’t too unpleasant. We could take a jaunt down to New Orleans. The department owes me some time, and Jane might like it.” “You’re not invited.” She made”
― Iris Johansen, Body Of Lies

“We grieve for those we've lost, but it's the living that cause us the most pain....”
― Francine Rivers, Her Mother's Hope

“Darka Jorm halted. His heart quickened. No one had warned him that the Inquisitor might shoot him. Frowning, he continued with his message. “No need for weapons; I am only here to deliver a message.”
― Christian Warren Freed, Dreams of Winter