I didn't come in here to argue with a woman with big hair

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.

I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly

Pretty much everything about you gets me hot.

Guys don't get romantically involved." "What do they get?" "Invold, period.

The concept of psychic energy is easy for most people to imagine. After all, it's just one step beyond intuition - and almost everyone is comfortable with the idea of intuition.

I love threats. They make great quotes. Is that recorder working, Irene?

Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down, and don't think readers will, either.

I think I'm going to cry, this is crazy." "No, you're just processing. Go ahead and cry." "I thought men got nervous around crying females." "I'm a Marine, remember? We're trained to handle anything.

A lady with a past has nothing to lose. But a woman with a future can't be too careful.

Reading is air in my lungs, fire in my blood, company in my thoughts.

Don’t spoil kids by trying to buy them off, to buy their time. Kids aren’t stupid. They know a bribe when they see one. They want a parent not a payoff.

But Jocelyn Morgenstern was not the kind of woman who wept, not the kind of woman who broke, or Valentine would have broken her long since.

God reveals your destiny through synchronicity.

The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .

The relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection.

The spirit knows that its growth is the real aim of existence.

I'm getting back to my old roots.