“I paused with the pen in my hand. "He burst into flames?""He became engulfed in fire.""Was his buddy made out of orange rocks and at any point yell, 'It's clobbering time'?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Maybe I should add some graffiti to spice it up. For a good time call the Consort. Beast Lord eats your food and turns into a lion in his sleep. Mahon has hemorrhoids. Boudas do it better. Warning, paranoid attack jaguar on the prowl…”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“We don't need teenage bouda sex fiends as interns.How do you know he is a sex fiend?He is fifteen and he's a bouda. Hello?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“You see, the mailman saw your husband during one of his walks.""He's my fiancé," I told her. "We are living in sin."Heather blinked, momentarily knocked off her stride, but recovered. "Oh, that's nice.""It's very nice. I highly recommend it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“Some men got excited by white lace and a translucent negligee. My love muffin got excited by a woman dressed to murder. There was probably something deeply twisted about that. Lucky for me, negligees were never my thing.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Gifts
“Some people got vicious Dobermans. I got a shaved attack poodle in a black sweater. His tough, spawn-of-hell image had taken a fatal blow, but at least he would be warm.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Her imagination painted Georgie twenty years later, sitting in leg irons before some Broken psychiatrist. "Well, you see, it all started with bubbles…”Ilona Andrews Source: On the Edge
“Kate Daniels, trained negotiator. When in possession of some valuable information, give it away to the first sexy man you see with no guarantee of return.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“Who is Hunter Becker?""Becker the Gory? Lighthouse Keepers? Boston?""I would've preferred Becker the Easiley Surrendering or Becker the Quite Reasonable, but beyond that his name tells me nothing.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Enough," Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I crossed my arms. "I'm sorry, is this the part where I fall to my knees and shiver in fear, Your Furriness? Silly me, I didn't get the memo.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Gifts
“We should clap or something." Curran said. "She's trying so hard.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Let's have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don't have to outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Aunt B walked out onto the helipad wearing loose yoga pants. “I’m just here to stretch. Kate, want to help?”“Sure.”Thirty seconds later, as I was flying through the air, I decided that this wasn’t the best idea.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Rises