anbananova 's review for:

Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb

3.5

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it was nice and short. still sad to miss the gift exchange between eve&roarke. 

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“He nearly smiled at the annoyance in her voice. “I admire my wife’s courage, her dedication to duty.”
“You tossed in ‘my wife’ to irritate me, didn’t you?”
“Of course.” Satisfied, he picked up her hand, kissed the knuckles.”

“I’m only going to say this once,” she began. “And only because it’s Christmas.”
“Banking for landing,” he warned her as he approached the private airstrip. “What are you only going to say once?”
“That maybe all these toys of yours aren’t a complete waste of time. Overindulgent, maybe, but not a complete waste of time.” “Darling, I’m touched.”

“Why do people live in places like this? There’s nothing here. You see all that sky?” she asked Roarke. “You shouldn’t be able to see that much sky from down here. It can’t be good for you. And where do they eat? We haven’t passed a single restaurant, glide cart, deli, nothing.”
“Cozily?” Roarke suggested. “Around the kitchen table.”
“All the time? Jesus.” She shuddered.
He laughed, smoothed a finger over her hair. “Eve, I adore you.”

“A horrible thought snuck into her busy mind. “We don’t have like a thing for New Year’s, do we? No party or anything.”
“No. I didn’t want anything but you.”
She looked back at him, narrowing her eyes even as the smile spread. “Do you practice saying stuff like that?”
“No.” He rose, framed her face and kissed her, hard and deep. “I have all that stuff on disc.”

“Properties I’ve transferred into your name.” Roarke spoke absently as he continued the scan.
“Transferred? What the hell for?”
He skimmed a finger lightly over her wedding ring and earned a punch in the shoulder. “You’re welcome.”
“Take it back. All of it.”
“It’s complicated. Taxes. Really, you’re doing me a favor.”