Purra

“Nothing had changed, nothing to remedy his pain and anger and hate. Jonah was a thief, a liar, an accessory to murder. But he had said 'Score me a try', and the words had stabbed Ben’s heart with sweetness.”
― K.J. Charles, Jackdaw

“What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“I love you,” Julius observed at last. “To a degree that frankly startles me.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“When my namesake, the great Caesar, rode in triumph,” Julius said, “he was accompanied by a slave whose role was to whisper to him, You are but mortal. To remind him he was merely a man who would one day die like any other. If I could, I should have you at my side to remind me that I am alive, because I have not felt alive in so damned long, and with you, I do. No, I don’t want you to marry, any more than I want you to return to your dirty democrats. I want to show you the world, and see you smile, and keep you with me while my soul grows back.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence