Pamela

“Cross”
― Loretta Chase, Lord of Scoundrels

“That was the closest thing to an order Iggs had ever heard Nemini give, but it was the sound of his true name on her lips that made him jerk. Something about the way she said it just now had struck him like a hammer. A tiny, broken one, nothing like what he felt when Bex named him, but something was there.”
― Rachel Aaron, Hell to Pay

“This sounds like the sort of speech that normally comes right before turning a corner and finding someone who’s all but guaranteed to attack,” I said”
― Seanan McGuire, The Innocent Sleep

“She recollected Genevieve’s warning. Jessica couldn’t be certain Dain had any active thoughts of reeling her in. She could see”
― Loretta Chase, Lord of Scoundrels