#fantasy

You're not safe with me." He cut me off, seeming to growl. "I don't want to be safe. I want to be with you. You can't do this alone. ↗

— S.G. Holster

#fiction #romantic-suspense #teen-fantasy #teen-fiction #urban-fantasy-series

If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this." She shook her head, and he freed her. She scrambled away from him, feeling the grooves of the headboard bite into her back when she slammed into it. He sat back on her bed, his hands on his jean-clad thighs. The hair at his neck curled from dampness. "You don't have to be afraid of me." She almost laughed. "A stranger breaks in, and I'm supposed to be cool with that?" "Amy, we're not strangers. ↗

— Jaime Rush

#pnr #psychic #romantic-suspense #urban-fantasy #romantic

Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man or better than a man, but not like a man. ↗

— John W. Campbell Jr.

#horror #science-fiction #science

The sahara desert the Rapunzel the charity the gifted tales. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#science

I had no weapons. No plan. Nothing but my blood and my hands. They were coming, and there were more of them than I'd realized. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

The telltale clenching of hands into fists is all the invitation I need as I close the gap to hound his personal space. Suck on my aura you spineless shit! ↗

— Poppet

#paranormal-urban-fantasy-romance #urban-fantasy

His eyes went to predatory mode, following my every movement. The gold flecks in his eyes gleamed. I was going to have to burn him again. I could see it in his eyes. Were-cats and their constant need to poke and bat at things. ↗

— Kenya Wright

#urban-fantasy-series #urban-fantasy

I wasn't built for running away from monsters. I wanted desperately to run toward them--track them down, kill them. Luckily, I was used to restraining myself, used to acting human even when I wasn't, and the human part of my brain reminded me that right now, preternatural beasties weren't exactly my primary concern. Someone had made a strong attempt at killing me this morning.... ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

Day has mixed her urban fantasy with biblical references, tight plotting, exciting action, and a hero...or two...you won't soon forget. Eve manages to be a kick-ass--and yet human and vulnerable--heroine. I would highly recommend this book and I can't wait for the next in the series. [on Eve of Darkness ] ↗

— Erin Quinn

#endorsement #sj-day #urban-fantasy

I had my knife in hand before I realized I'd reached for it and had kicked open the...front door before it ever occurred to me that it might have already been unlocked. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy