Beth Henderson

“Rachel?” came Ivy’s voice from her room. “Where’s my sword?” The gray dimness of the hallway was soothing as I headed to the kitchen and my charms. “In the foyer where you left it last week when the evangelists were canvassing the neighborhood,”
― Kim Harrison, A Perfect Blood

“I’d swept the whole thing first with a regular broom and then with the besom grandma had made me when I’d turned sixteen, cleansing the shop and kitchen of all negative energies. I’d sprinkled salt and sage along all the windowsills and across the doorways and cleaned the glass in all of the windows with a mix of sun water, and vinegar that I’d steeped citrus peels in, to add to the positive energy and vitality of the bakery. It felt renewed, clean, and happy.”
― Colleen Vanderlinden, Ace of Wands

“I don’t have any idea how to be a rogue.” “First rule: more belts. Second rule: no more rules.”
― Rachel Caine, Honor Among Thieves

“If that Alpha wanted to dash off into the jungle with a mysterious goddess on her back on a whimsical evening run in the middle of a prospective battle, they would go with her.”
― Gail Carriger, Prudence