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“Marry me,” he repeated. “Rhett . . .” “Even if it’s temporary.” “It’s not really real . . .” “It will be real.” “Temporarily?” “Temporarily real.”
― Stefanie K. Steck, Somebody Like Me

“His eyes narrowed as he hit the gas. “To dig up your ex-husband’s farm.”
― Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

“I shook my head, still lost in the bizarre turn of the conversation. I glanced down at the bloody burp rag in my lap. At the knife in my open diaper bag and the duct tape threaded with Delia’s hair. I thought back to the woman’s pale face as she listened to our conversation between covert glances at my bag on the floor. The bad guy gets handled, our sympathetic woman reveals the depths of her gratitude, everyone lives happily ever after, and you get a big fat check. Oh, god.”
― Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

“That’s where things get a little weird.” He set down his drink, trailing a line of condensation with his thumb. “I’m not saying she’s a suspect. But she’s definitely a person of interest in the case.” His dark eyes lifted to mine. “We think Harris Mickler may have left the bar with your ex-husband’s fiancée, Theresa Hall.”
― Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It