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801 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2014
Nothing good ever happened in basements.Understatement!
I would have given anything to get him back. But I wouldn’t give everything. “I’m sorry, Leander,” I said. “I’m sorry I wasn’t strong enough then. And I’m sorry I’m not weak enough now.”There’s even humor. Regarding Christine:
“We have been friends for a long time, and she…well, she notices things. It’s one of the reasons she’s good at her job. She would have made a fine detective.”The charming Griffin has his own demons—a rough past has given him the equivalent of PTSD, But Whyborne is there to help him.
“Don’t be daft. She’d be a terrible detective. No subtlety whatsoever.”
I didn’t want him to hurt, or to be afraid, no matter how bad things looked. Because I wanted him to be happy. Because I loved him.Even at the beginning of the series, you know this is going to be a romance for the ages.
“Don’t be absurd. Do you think I’m going to sit here in Widdershins while you go haring off? One or both of you would end up kidnapped, or eaten, or God knows what. Then who would I talk to at those dreadful formal affairs? Far better I come along.”She's not wrong!
She’d done this for me, hadn’t she? Dressed formally, fixed her hair, put on jewelry, and forced her aching, weak body to navigate the long stairs, just to meet Griffin.How can you not love Heliabel?
“I’m just a farmer’s son from Kansas, who’s spent the last decade pretending he’s someone better, and you’re so far above me. I knew it even before I saw your house, knew I didn’t have anything to offer a man like you, but I love you so much,Oh, Griffin!