I thought you hated wizards,” I said.“I do.” He kissed me again

Once you’ve been on this earth a bit longer, you’ll accept that you can’t save everyone.

He's one sexy dead guy," she whispered as Jean barked orders at Jake and Collette, who'd dallied too long before returning to their transport post...."That he is, very sexy for a dead guy," I said. "Accent on the word dead.

What I didn't expect to see was Alex, wearing nothing but a tight pair of black boxer briefs and a red velvet bow around his neck. I swear I almost swooned. I definitely drooled."Oh my God. I'm scarred for life. I'll never be able to unsee that." Jake slapped his hands over his eyes ...

You're asking for trouble, woman." At the gruff tone of his voice, I raised my head and met his dark, chocolate-brown eyes, rimmed by long lashes that didn't take an ounce away from his masculinity. I wanted to drown in those eyes."I like trouble, remember?

There was a bounty on my head, it was four days before Christmas, and I was having turtle gumbo with a merman, an undead pirate king, two loups-garou, and my best friend - a human pregnant with the half-elven child who had unknowingly helped set this whole debacle in motion. Plus a newbie vampire who didn't like the smell of food anymore.

We needed to get out of Barataria before all of us became alcohol-dependent.

I’d been born on Mardi Gras; I hoped I didn’t die on it as well.

We should easily be home by eleven. Unless, of course, we were dead.