“It appeared that spending my formative years getting smacked around by my dad may have earned me the privileged of getting smacked around by a bunch of vampires.”

“The world doesn't revolve around you, Drew.""Well, my world does.”

“Maybe we'll have vampire prom."He shot me an appalled look. "What is this, Twilight?”

“I was once a man. As not all men are good, not all vampires are evil.”

“I won't have any paste-related crimes laid on my head.”

“I wouldn't let him distract me. "Your accent gets thicker when you're being...improper.""Improper, is it?""Inappropriate.""Indelicate?" He waggled his brows just before her rounded a corner, disappearing into shadows.”

“He had dirty-blond good looks to match a dirty-good smile. Yes, dirty. There was just enough twinkle in his smiling brown eyes to suggest there might be all manner of naughty-guy impulses rattling around that cute body of his.”