"'Only a Beloved can redeem a Dark One's soul. But I don't need a woman to live a happy life.'" Prologue, pg. 10

"Oh dear. He wanted a Diviner, and I was anything but one." Chapter 1, pg. 24

"He spent the time it took us to circle around the castle to a parking area at the back to give me a quick history of the place. By the time he escorted me into the main building, I knew it was approximately six hundred years old, had been inherited by his father via his grandmother's mortal family, and although it was beset with a dampness issue that no amount of modern technology could seem to fix, it housed nothing more extraordinary than a family of vampires." Chapter 4, pg. 54

"'He shot my dress, yes.'" Chapter 5, pg. 67

"He smiled. Right into my head. It was such a sweet, gentle brush against...