“I’m not a serpent, Father. I’m a crow.”
— Eli Easton
“‘And it means naught to you to obey your father’s orders? Where is your fealty?’ Christian felt his face flush with a surge of bitter rage. ‘I keep faith with those who have kept faith with me.’ William shook his head in disbelief. ‘God save me from ever having sons like you.’ ‘I would wish it on no man,’ Christian said sincerely.”
— Eli Easton
“What you are to me is the guy that I’ve been madly in love with since sixth grade. You’re the guy I think about every night when I’m in bed by myself. You’re the one who doesn’t want me but insists on keeping me tied so close that I can’t have anyone else, who keeps one hand on my collar and the other hand up his girlfriend’s skirt. And I can’t do it anymore!” ~ Jordy”
— Eli Easton
“Michael looked embarrassed. “No, I don’t really… I mean in real life, I don’t do that. I read BDSM once in a while, but honestly, I prefer the sweeter romances.”“Sure. I believe you. Bondage Ben.”“Stop it.” Michael laughed.“Cracky McCracken.” James flicked an invisible whip.“I am not! I’m more like Nick Normal.”“Nipple Clamp Ned.”“Vince Vanilla.”James gave him a dubious look and snorted. “I doubt that very much.”Michael shrugged with an evil little smile. “Well, maybe not entirely vanilla.”
— Eli Easton
“I guess I might be bi-curious,” Ben said quietly.””What?””I said I could be sorta bi-curious,” Ben said loudly. “That’s someone who is fundamentally straight but is curious about sex with”
— Eli Easton
“Joshua tried to find the right words to explain how things were–how they’d always been. “It’s like… prairie dogs.”Ben quirked an eyebrow at him.”You see the holes. ‘N’ you know the dogs are around, even if you don’t see the dogs themselves.””What the hell are you talkin’ about?””Gay. Cowboys. They’re there. Like a lot of single cowboys, they go into Billings once a month, only they ain’t there so see women. There’s no point in flingin’ yourself around in public, ‘s all.”
— Eli Easton
“He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.”
— Eli Easton
“Say yes, Jordan,” he said, shifting closer.“No,” I said.Owen smiled. “Close enough.” And then he kissed me.”
— Eli Easton
“Crying. Milo was crying. It was a soft, muffled sound, but Jason’s ears were quite powerful and the house was otherwise quiet. It sounded something like sobs and something like a dog’s throat-whine. Aw. Hell.”
— Eli Easton
“Don’t worry about what other people think. Do what makes you happy. Do whatever it takes to make the people in your life happy. Court joy as if it were the air that you needed to breath[e].”
— Eli Easton
“Michael scrambled around again and kissed James’s lips and cheeks in brief, silly pecks.“Breakfast?”“You offering or ordering?” James grumbled.“I’m offering to cook if you’re offering up the groceries. Do you have eggs?”“No, I have sperm. What the hell do they teach you in school these days?”Michael giggled. “Chicken eggs, wise ass. In your refrigerator.”
— Eli Easton