Never be afraid to tell me anything,” he whispered against her hair. “No matter how ashamed you might feel. I’ll never judge you, Rachel. I love you.

— Maya Banks

No amount of saying ‘I love you’ and ‘I trust you’ makes it true when it isn’t.

— Maya Banks

Okay, be serious. Aren't you ever afraid of anything?"" Plenty of time," he said softly." Even when what you're afraid of defies all logic?"" Especially then. It's been my experience that fear doesn't have a set of parameters. We can't turn it off just by realizing we shouldn't be afraid.

— Maya Banks

One song bled into another, and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in the small space the two occupied.

— Maya Banks

Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worry because she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good. I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't Bethe same girl if she did.

— Maya Banks

Pull himself together? This was a man who looked permanently cemented together.

— Maya Banks

She laid her head against his collarbone, and he kissed her temple. To her shock, she felt a shudder roll through his body about the same time she registered wetness against her skin. Tears. His tears. She started to turn around, but he tightened his grip.“Stay,” he said in a choked voice. “Just let me hold you, baby. Just let me hold you.

— Maya Banks

Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.”“You’re not?

— Maya Banks

The arrogant man probably thought his path to heaven was already assured, and that he acted in accordance to God’s will just buy breathing.

— Maya Banks

There was a multitude of sexual scenarios, from simple one-on-one couple fucking like bunnies to an outright orgy with no less than eight people joined likeness.

— Maya Banks