The Maid's Diary Quotes
"Dark Bones grips the reader from the first page to the pulse-pounding conclusion."
"Loreth Anne White has set the gold standard for the genre."
"A must-read, A Dark Lure is gritty, dark romantic suspense at its best. A damaged yet resilient heroine, a deeply conflicted cop, and a truly terrifying villain collide in a stunning conclusion that will leave you breathless."
"If you see a shocking secret that someone desperately wants to keep hidden, you could be in trouble. People—rich people—will do anything to protect themselves and their families, you know."
"Aren’t you afraid that one day you’ll poke too deep and see something you cannot unsee?"
"People hustling and bustling to work on this Thursday morning, oblivious to the fact that in the blink of an eye they, too, will be sitting in a chair, waiting to die."
"Everyone has a past. Everyone has made a mistake. Everyone has a secret. A vulnerability."
"The body keeps the score even when the mind can’t."
"No one’s life is that perfect. It’s a curated illusion. Smoke and mirrors. Misdirection."
"We become what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be."
"I’m this crazy roller coaster of emotions. One second I’m sky high, next I’m at the bottom of despair."
"People can seem so ordinary on the surface, but scratch the veneer and there’s always a secret beneath the gloss."
"We’re investigating a missing person incident on the North Shore. We have reason to believe you and your wife can assist us in that investigation."
"The world doesn’t end at Daisy. What harm will a little fling bring if you keep it quiet?"
"The world is not within our control, boss."
"If you see a shocking secret... you could be in trouble. People—rich people—will do anything to protect themselves and their families... even kill."
"It’s been here all this time, all those lost and painful and dead years. Locked in fucking Daisy Rittenberg’s safe."
"The anxiety and all the resulting cortisol pumping into her body are probably far worse for Baby Bean than a teensy bit of wine in the balmy fall sunshine."
"He just made a mistake. Boys do what boys do—it’s so hard growing up male these days."
"You who still choose to believe there are slutty females out to lure and entice men expressly to gain favors, and that the men are powerless in the face of free sex and those women are to blame."
"Either accept this and allow myself to be violated all over again—remain the Anonymous Girl and hide even deeper behind my masks and coping mechanisms. Or this time stand tall. Fight back. Be seen. No longer the ghost."
"I don’t need justice. I need to stop him. And her. And others like her. Women like me—we need to show men they will not get away if they try something like this."