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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.
R.L. Stine
Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
It wasn’t like he was purposely being an asshole. It just came naturally to him.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours....
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
I’m tired and bitchy and all I want is some sleep so cuddle your ass up with me or so help me I will kill you.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.
R.L. Stine
Hey! I thought you said you were gay!” the man said accusingly. Without missing a beat Jason said, “She is. I’m just her bitch.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
There is no shame in scars, Ismae.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
He glared accusingly at her while he made short work of his clothes. "You didn't wake me up." She rolled her eyes as she speared a piece of sausage with her fork. "I did wake you up. Three times in fact. Each time you threw something at me and went back to sleep." Jason gaped at her. "And you gave up? You know our routine, woman. You have to keep at it until I'm forced to get off the bed to find something to throw at you.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
We all fuck up when it comes to our women and you will too. The key is to make her love you more than you piss her off,” Jason added. “It’s a very delicate balance.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death’s handmaidens.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
I like her," Brad said, chuckling. "For a Red Sox tee shirt wearing woman I guess she's okay," Jason grumbled. "Does no one care that she just manhandled me?" Trevor demanded, facing the men who should be properly outraged on his behalf. Jason snorted. "A s long as she brings me food she can bitch slap you and call you spanky." Trevor narrowed his eyes on the men who dared laugh at his pain. Betraying bastards.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
Maybe you should just admit that you're crazy about me," he said, leaning in to kiss her again. "And why would you want me to do that?" she asked, still smiling. "Because I'm playing for keeps, my little grasshopper.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
I love you, Derek!” Jason tried to drag Haley back to her seat, but she fought him tooth and nail. “I love you, Derek!” “He knows, woman! He’s known since the first inning. Let the man focus,” he said.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave." I yawn. "So very long as that?" When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
As he was gasping for air he realized something. He was in deep shit. Haley was his life now. His woman. His heart. He was so screwed.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
Jason had to bury his face against her shoulder to keep from laughing out loud. She was just so damn cute. “Stop laughing at me! I’m a threat, damn it!” Jason pressed a gentle kiss to her lips. “No, you’re my sweet little grasshopper.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
How dare you touch my cookies, you bastard!” Jason said in utter disgust before popping the cookie into his mouth and heading back to his house. “Damn those looked good, too,” Brad grumbled. Haley sighed. “Don’t worry I have a second plate on my counter.” The words were barely out of her mouth when Jason abruptly changed course and headed towards her house. “Well, there was,” she said, watching Jason walk into her house like he owned it. A minute later he walked out of her house, carrying both plates and the gallon of milk she had in her fridge. He headed back to his house, but not before he glared at Brad. “You cookie thieving bastard,” they heard him mutter. Brad rolled his eyes, chuckling. “And people wonder how I lost weight rooming with him in college.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.' 'It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say. 'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Stupid, toe curling kissing bastard
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
Hey, those look good! Can I have one?” a man she’d seen hundreds of times around Jason’s house asked, reaching out to take one. “Back the fuck off! She brought them for me, you bastard!” Jason snapped.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I'm not some whore you can buy with a pan of yummy baked goods, woman. How dare you insult me?
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Oh my god are you talking about stalking me?" "yes, but if it comes before a judge we'll just call it a little misunderstanding," he said with a shrug.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
So.... You are well equipped for our service.' 'Which is?' 'We kill people.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
He was so fucking in love with her that he felt sick and empty when she wasn’t around and so unbelievably happy when he saw her that he couldn’t believe his own stupidity
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Sorry,” he mumbled. “You should be!” Zoe snapped. “You scared the hell out of me and now I’m about to give birth to two Bradfords out in the middle of nowhere with no drugs! Do you have any idea how big a Bradford head is? Huh? Do you?
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
But I'd take you because you're the best part of my day, Rory. Always have been and always will be.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
... true faith never comes without anguish.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
She also wasn’t the type of woman who made men drool, besides him, and got the attention of every guy in the room, but that was okay because none of them should be fucking looking at her anyway.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
Soon he was picturing little girls with mischievous green eyes and pigtails asking him to play tea. Of course he'd bring real food to the tea party. None of that pretend food bullshit for his little girls.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Stop calling me that!' Haley hissed softly. 'For the hundredth time, i am not the Daniel-Son to your Mr. Miyagi.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
In his opinion if a man didn't have the balls to make a move he didn't deserve the woman he desired.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Married?" she practically screeched, not sounding all that pleased, which left him feeling a little offended. "We're not getting married." He snorted at that. "I may have let you have your naughty little way with me for the past couple of months, but that doesn't mean I'm going to allow you to keep treating me like some dirty little boy toy. If you want to live with me then I expect you to put a ring on my finger," he said, holding up his left hand and wiggling his ring finger to punctuate his words.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
It’s nice to have eye candy around for my enjoyment.” He looked Brad over. “It wouldn’t kill you to pretty yourself up if you’re going to be in my presence.” “Yeah, I’ll get right on that,” Brad said wryly. “See that you do.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Tell me that you didn’t break the ban, Rory. Tell me that there aren’t two Bradfords beating the shit out of each other over the last slice of cheese in my kitchen.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
She spied the rolled up hose and made a snap decision. This ended here and now. The days of being the world’s biggest pushover were over.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
God's Teeth,' he says. 'I was only trying to wake you. You were crying out in your sleep.' 'I was not,' I say, then look from his neck to my knife. 'When I tried to wake you, you stabbed me.' He sounds sore put out. and I cannot blame him.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Soon he was picturing little girls with mischievous green eyes and pigtails asking him to play tea. Of course he'd bring real food to the tea party. None of that pretend food bullshit for his little girls. By the time Haley had stopped for breakfast he'd been calmer about everything. He'd already decided to ignore that breakup nonsense. It was just ridiculous and he knew sooner or later Haley would realize that so they could get started on making their all girl baseball team.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
It figured that the one man that treated her like a woman was the one that made her wish she was a man so that she could kick his ass.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.
R.L. Stine (The Haunted Mask II (Goosebumps, #36))
This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
What did you do?” “What makes you think I did something?” Chris snorted. “You’re the guy. Of course it’s your fault. Even when it’s not your fault, it’s your fault.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))
You missed breakfast," Jason announced as Trevor stepped into the large busy kitchen filled with Bradfords and food. "That's fine. I'm not really hungry," he said, barely aware or caring that all activity in the busy kitchen suddenly stopped as every Bradford in the room, even one year old Cole stopped trying to climb onto the counter to get at the large platter of cookies his mother made to stare at him in disbelief.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
He looked at the beautiful woman frowning up at him and his cock did nothing. His eyes shot back to Zoe and damn if his cock didn't twitch happily. Trevor swallowed hard as realization hit. There was something wrong with his dick.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
How dare you question my taste, woman?" he demanded. "If I say you're beautiful then you're beautiful so get the hell over it!
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
What would my little grasshopper like?” … She glared over her shoulder at him. “I’m not going to call you Mr Miyagi you know.” “Yes you will, but that’s not important at the moment.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Oh my God! Stop eating that!” “Your trail mix tastes funny,” Trevor said with a cringe. “That wasn’t trail mix, you bastard! That was potpourri!” “Well, that explains a lot,” he said, giving her a sheepish smile as he returned the large wooden bowl back to the side table. She didn’t need to look to know that he’d already eaten half the bowl of potpourri. She didn’t even bother asking him what the hell was wrong with him since she knew the answer. The man was a Bradford. Enough said.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
I’m hungry,” Jason grumbled as he stared at the empty plates on his small coffee table. Brad groaned, “You practically ate both plates of cookies. How in the hell are you hungry?” Jason shrugged leaning back in his chair to watch the game. “I just am. Leave me the hell alone I’m a growing boy, damn it!” “Yeah, a growing thirty-one year old boy,” Brad mumbled. “I’m still growing damn it so shut the hell up and feed me!” “Order something and stop bitching!” Brad snapped. “You order something. I’m too weak to move.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I hate you," Haley mumbled, storming past him to grab a carriage. "You love and adore me," Jason informed her as he deftly snagged her carriage away from her and headed towards the men's department.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
The sooner you get dressed the sooner you can start fawning over me like a proper date and remember just because I agreed to go out on this date with you doesn't mean I am easy. I expect you to do a little work to get my out of my pants.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me. Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
I cannot tell her I have been moping over a broken heart when I have worked so hard to convince her I have no heart at all.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
A kiss for luck, demoiselle?" It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last. Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
She gave his hand a small squeeze. "Jason, if we're going to try this then I'd like to take things slow." He frowned. "What I mean is nothing beyond the level we were at last night." She worried her lip between her teeth. "What I mean is no actual sex." He narrowed his eyes on her. "But, you'll still sleep with me naked and let me do a hundred other naughty things to you?" he asked in a serious tone. "Yes." He brushed his lips against hers again and moved back a few inches to look into her eyes. "And you'll still cook for me and call me Master?" Her lips twitched. "Yes to the cooking and not a chance in hell for the other." He sighed wearily. "Fine, how about Lord and Master?" "Uh...no." "God?" "Nope." "My liege?" "Wait.....no." He gave her one of his lopsided smiles. "I'll wear you down eventually.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
The Bradford appetite was a disability, damn it and should be treated as such.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
If she tried to leave without him he would burn her house down, plain and simple.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I just want you, Trevor,” she said, knowing nothing else mattered as long as she had him. “You have me, sweetheart,” he said, pulling away just far enough so that he could look into her eyes. “I promise you will always have me.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
If you fuck this up, I’m gonna have to kill you,” Rory swore, leaning in to kiss him. “I’m not gonna fuck this up,” he promised as he met her lips in a hungry kiss. “Good.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
I don't know how Haley put up with you for the last few weeks. I would have killed you by now." "Haley worships me," he said with a snort. "Yeah, okay," Brad said, laughing. "That's why she dates other men and screws you over just to laugh at you." "Exactly." Brad looked over at him. "You are a seriously f*cked up man, aren't you?
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
Every time he glances at me I feel it just as surely as if he has reached out and run his finger along my soul. It is all I can do not to smile at the sheer wonder of it.
R.L. LaFevers (Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1))
Connor; "Push me and you might just find yourself locked in the trunk of a car and on a ferry headed off to Nova Scotia. . .Again" he said Softly loving the way she practically shook with rage against him. "I knew that was you, you bastard" She snarled, looking torn between going for his nipples again or just out right killing him. "You deserved it", he felt obligated to remind her. She scoffed. "I was twelve!" "you super glued my shorts to my ass!" the smile that teased her lips transformed her face from beautiful to breathtakingly beautiful in a matter of seconds. . . She chuckled softly as she moved to put a little space between them. "I actually forgot about that".
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
I’m not asking you to love me. I’m asking you to let me love you. I’m fine if you never say it. I just want you, Madison.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))
Jason felt all the blood drain out of his face. He stood there as the reality of Mitch’s words hit him hard. One day it would be another man Haley would talk to, watch games with, or just sit in absolute peaceful silence while they worked or ate, and worst of all it would be another man holding Haley in his arms at night. 'Fuck…,' he gasped. 'Oh great, you broke him! Are you happy now?' Brad demanded. 'Come on, buddy, we’ll get you fixed up with a cold beer and a plate of hot wings. How does that sound? Does that sound good?' Numbly, Jason nodded.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
he already decided she was marrying him no matter what. Informing her that they were getting married was just a courtesy
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
This wasn't going to last anyway. He'd have ended things in another fifty or sixty years with her. He'd never want anything permanent with her so this really didn't bother him. This was fine. This was more than fine, he thought as he drove his first through the wall.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
All that mattered was that he could look forward to aggravating the piss out of Rory each and every night.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
Truly, we are the gods' own children, forged in the fire of our tortured pasts, but also blessed with unimaginable gifts.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
Apparently she was beyond words so she pushed the card into his hands. He looked down. Blinked. Blinked again before stumbling back into a chair. Did he just wet himself? Ah, who cared? He was holding four tickets to the Yankees vs. Red Sox at Yankee Stadium for this Friday and they were without a doubt the best seats in the stadium. His eyes shifted from Haley to the tickets and back again before he made a split second decision and made a run for it. He didn’t make it five feet before his little grasshopper tackled him to the ground and ripped the card from his hands. He spit grass out of his mouth. “Fine. You can come with me I guess,” he said, earning a knee to the ribs.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
How exactly do you get banned from a pizza delivery place?" "Hey, don't judge me! Those bastards had it out for me!
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
I may have let you have your naughty little way with me for the past couple of months, but that doesn't mean I'm going to allow you to keep treating me like some dirty little boy toy. If you want to live with me then I expect you to put a ring on my finger.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
I want you, Rory,” he said against her lips. “Forever.” “I want you too, Connor,” … “You’ve got me
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
You spit in this?" "Yup." Chris shrugged. "As long as you're honest.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))
Can we get back to work now?" Haley asked, sounding innocent, but Zoe didn't miss the woman's lips twitching or the humor sparkling in her eyes. Something told her that this woman truly enjoyed torturing her husband. "For god sake's, my little grasshopper, you love the Yankees more than I do! What the hell is going on?" He turned accusing eyes on Zoe. "How dare you brainwash my wife?" he hissed. "A re you going to leave so that we can get some work done?" Haley demanded, turning her attention to the computer. "No," he said stubbornly, folding his arms over his chest, glaring at them. "Buttercream frosting," Haley said softly, never taking her eyes away from her computer screen. Jason licked his lips as he looked his pregnant wife over hungrily. "Tonight?" he croaked out. "If you're good," Haley said, with a small shrug. "But you have to leave-" "Bye," Jason said quickly, cutting her off and rushing out of the trailer just as fast as he came.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
What if I promise to make you a batch of brownies tomorrow?" she asked, deciding to use his love of baked goods against him. He snorted in disbelief as he got to his feet. "I'm not some whore you can buy with a pan of yummy baked goods, woman. How dare you insult me?" he said on a sniff as he folded his arms over his chest and did his best to look put out. "Fine," Haley said with a sigh. "What if I promise to make a big bowl of frosting tomorrow and let you lick it off me?" She had to bite back a smile as Jason shifted anxiously while he licked his lips and ran his eyes hungrily down her body. "Buttercream?" he croaked out. "Mmmmhmm," she said, walking over to him. She cupped the back of his head and gently tugged him down for a quick kiss. "And if you're good I might lick some off you," she said, loving the idea. "Get your own bowl of frosting. I don't share," he simply said, giving her one last kiss before walking out the door, whistling happily, no doubt thinking about the large bowl of frosting he was going to devour tomorrow.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
They stared at each other for several long minutes hoping the other would give in. Finally she broke. “Fine, will you go in with me then?” “Will it make you feel better?” “Yes.” “Sure thing. The worse thing that could happen is people will think you are carrying my baby. I’m sure it’s perfectly normal for a female teacher to be with her male student at a pharmacy in the middle of the day buying a pregnancy test. What could go wrong?” he asked wryly.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))
The next day, Greg is so large that he cannot even ride the car to school because he can't fit in the car. His parents believe this to have been caused by a food allergy and resolve to take him to the doctor later.
R.L. Stine (Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps, #4))
Why couldn't her damn reliable car have stalled on the way over here or better yet, run out of gas leaving her stranded at the mercy of the wildlife that would maul her and save her from this hell? Was it really too much to ask?
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
I don't want to get involved in this," Jason said, cutting him off. He moved to step past the man only to pause. "Just....just make sure she takes her medication and you should be safe, I mean fine." Jason quickly walked away before he burst into laughter at his friend's horrified expression. 
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of the sun, its warmth and light reaching into every corner of my soul and chasing away the shadows. I surrender to that kiss - surrender to the strength and the courage and the sheer goodness of the man.
R.L. LaFevers (Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2))
He sighed heavily. "You pissed me off." Well, that was totally unexpected....sort of. "Hey, I said I was sorry about hitting Mitch with that sword. How was I supposed to know the thing would leave a welt?" she said defensively. "That's not what I'm talking about. That didn't bother me." "Is it because I kicked your ass at skee ball?" "No! And that game is rigged anyway so it doesn't count." "Riigghhht," she said, drawing out the word. She thought over the rest of the night and couldn't figure out what she'd done. "Okay, you're gonna have to help me out here because I'm drawing a blank." "I'm pissed because all those men hit on you and not once did you tell any of them to f*ck off because you had a boyfriend!" he yelled. Her face went expressionless. She blinked once and then again. Then she burst into uncontrollable laughter.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
You think you can uncuff me now?" "Sorry, man, I have orders not to do that. Madison said she would bring me a huge slice of cake if I left you cuffed." "You're leaving me like this for cake?" he asked dumbfounded that cake held that kind of power over a boy. He wondered if it was like bloodlust.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))
Bradfords don’t have weddings. Weddings imply that some planning went into it and the bride was asked when what it really comes down to is a kidnapping, a terrified Justice of the Peace, a quick ceremony and a race across town to have the marriage consummated before the bride comes to her senses and gets the marriage annulled.”-Zoe Trevor gasped in outrage.“You said that it was the most romantic night of your life!
R.L. Mathewson (The Game Plan (Neighbor from Hell, #5))
That better not be what I think it is," Joe mumbled in the dark. It was. "It's not. Jeez, woman, someone's paranoid. It's my pocket light," he said, wincing. Ah, he was only human after all. It wasn't the first time she got him hard nor would it be the last time. The physical discomfort was a small price to pay to have her in his arms. "Well, then your flashlight is growing. Jeez, Eric, put a leash on that thing before it stabs me!" she teased. "But it likes you," he pouted. She giggled. "I seem to remember a certain tenth grade math class where it liked standing up in front of the entire class." He sucked in a breath. "Hey, that traumatized me!
R.L. Mathewson (Sudden Response (EMS, #1))
I tell you what, Rory. If you're ready in an hour, I'll buy you an extra-large cup of cocoa before we go out, one before we come home and as many as you want in between." As many as she wanted? Dear God, she was in heaven, she thought with a content little sigh before something occurred to her and when it did, her eyes narrowed dangerously on him. "This isn't some sort of sick joke, is it?" she demanded, because really, this was hot cocoa and she didn't screw around when it came to her cocoa.
R.L. Mathewson (Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3))
Ah, Robert?” “Shhhh, not while I’m praying,” he said, momentarily losing his place before he started again, “thank you for letting us survive that trip from hell. Thank you for ignoring my prayers for a quick death when I didn’t think that I’d be able to survive another day of starvation,” he said, making her roll her eyes in annoyance. “You were given three full meals a day just like everyone else,” she pointed out, not bothering to mention the fact that, on most days, he’d received second helpings. She sat down on a bench near their luggage, wondering just how much longer he was going to keep this up. “I’m sorry for all the cursing that my wife forced me to do while I was on that boat,” he continued, ignoring her even as he amused her. “As you know, she’s been such a bad influence on me. Thank you for pulling me from near death and somehow giving me the strength to survive.” “Near death?” she asked, frowning. “When were you near death?” “When was I near death?” he asked in stunned disbelief as he opened his eyes so that he could glare at her. “How could you forget all those times that I could barely move? When I struggled to find the will to live so that I wouldn’t leave you a young widow? Did my struggle for survival mean nothing to you?” he demanded in outrage, terrifying the people that were forced to walk past him to get to the docks and making her wrack her brain as she struggled to figure out what he was talking about. “Do you mean those few times when you had a touch of seasickness?” she asked, unable to think of anything else that he could be talking about since he’d been the picture of health during the majority of the trip. “A touch?” he repeated in disbelief. “I nearly died!
R.L. Mathewson (Truce (Neighbor from Hell, #4))
You knew? How the hell did you know?" he demanded,wondering which bastard in his family had ratted his ass out. "It wasn't too hard to figure out, Trevor," she murmured, looking totally enthralled with what she was doing. "What the hell does that mean?" He'd been careful, very careful. He'd never read anything in front of her, never wrote anything more than his name or a word or two in her presence. There was no way she could have found out without one of his interfering relatives clueing her in. "Who the hell told you?" Zoe rolled her eyes even as she leaned over to press a quick kiss on his lips, which made him slightly happy, but not enough to forget that he needed to kill one of his relatives. "You never read anything around me. You think you tricked me into reading for you. Then there was the time we ran out of condoms and you flipped out because you thought there was supposed to be 42 condoms in the box of 24." "Would it have killed them to put a few extra condoms in the box so that you could have seen to my needs?" he asked, remembering that damn night and trying not to wince. Okay, so maybe he gave himself away...just a little.
R.L. Mathewson (Perfection (Neighbor from Hell, #2))
Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it’s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page, the need to keep going, even if it’s hard, because someone’s in trouble and you have to know how it’s all going to end … that’s a very real drive. And it forces you to learn new words, to think new thoughts, to keep going. To discover that reading per se is pleasurable. Once you learn that, you’re on the road to reading everything. And reading is key. There were noises made briefly, a few years ago, about the idea that we were living in a post-literate world, in which the ability to make sense out of written words was somehow redundant, but those days are gone: words are more important than they ever were: we navigate the world with words, and as the world slips onto the web, we need to follow, to communicate and to comprehend what we are reading. People who cannot understand each other cannot exchange ideas, cannot communicate, and translation programs only go so far. The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity. And that means, at its simplest, finding books that they enjoy, giving them access to those books, and letting them read them. I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad book for children. Every now and again it becomes fashionable among some adults to point at a subset of children’s books, a genre, perhaps, or an author, and to declare them bad books, books that children should be stopped from reading. I’ve seen it happen over and over; Enid Blyton was declared a bad author, so was RL Stine, so were dozens of others. Comics have been decried as fostering illiteracy. It’s tosh. It’s snobbery and it’s foolishness. There are no bad authors for children, that children like and want to read and seek out, because every child is different. They can find the stories they need to, and they bring themselves to stories. A hackneyed, worn-out idea isn’t hackneyed and worn out to them. This is the first time the child has encountered it. Do not discourage children from reading because you feel they are reading the wrong thing. Fiction you do not like is a route to other books you may prefer. And not everyone has the same taste as you. Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian “improving” literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and worse, unpleasant. We need our children to get onto the reading ladder: anything that they enjoy reading will move them up, rung by rung, into literacy. [from, Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming]
Neil Gaiman
He pressed another kiss to her lips as he took her hand into his. "I'm sorry for being a jerk last night and almost making the biggest mistake of my life. I was afraid of hurting you. I know what I am and I also know you deserve a guy that can spoil you rotten and take you to all the nice places that you deserve. I-" "Jason, I don't care about those things," she said softly. He shook his head stubbornly. "It doesn't mean that you don't deserve them, but if you give me a chance to make up for my past stupidity, and I'm not just talking about with you, I promise that I will do my best to make you happy." "Jason-" "I want to try this. You and me, I mean. I know I'll most likely fuck up along the way and you'll want to ring my neck, but I want to try. I'll do my best not to hurt you.
R.L. Mathewson (Playing for Keeps (Neighbor from Hell, #1))
Her hands shot up. “See that’s exactly what I’m saying. You’re seeing what you want, and what you see you explain away and excuse things like you’re fixing me. I’m not perfect, Ephraim and I really wish you would see that.” “You drool.” “What?” That caught her off guard. “When you’re asleep you drool. I’ve woken up more than a few times with a little puddle forming on my chest.” After a thought he added. “And you snore. Not a delicate snore either mind you.” “I do not!” Her face colored with indignation. He sighed heavily as if the knowledge pained him. “Oh, but you do. I’ve even heard Jill talk about it. Did you know that’s the main reason she was happy about her room. Actually, she and Joshua thanked your Grandmother for putting you at the other end of the house, something about finally getting a decent night’s sleep. They compared your snore to a chainsaw. I can see why they’d say that.
R.L. Mathewson (Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/Sentinel, #1))