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In Death: Book 7

Holiday in Death (1998) (edit title/settings)

by J. D. Robb (Author) (edit contributors)

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No one likes to be alone during the holidays. And for New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: All of the killer's victims... read more

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  • “... Galahad, who'd been enjoying a nap on the pillow, gave one ferocious hiss and leaped off."Now you've done it" Eve grunted as he rolled on top of her again. "You annoyed the cat.""Let him find his own woman," Roarke muttered, then crushed his mouth to Eve's.”
  • “You're perfect." He smiled when he heard the beep that signaled the first car arriving at the gate. "And prompt. Let's go down so I can show off my wife""I'm not a poodle," she muttered and made him laugh.”
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  • “It’s more than you think it can be,” she heard herself say. “It changes everything, and fixes everything that matters. Maybe you’re never going to be the same, and maybe part of you is always afraid of what will happen if . . . but he’s always going to be there. All you have to do is reach out, and he’s going to be there.”
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  • “Life’s messy, Eve, and I’m afraid you’ve gone and carved yourself out a life, with all the conflicts and problems and hurt feelings that entails.
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  • “Then you touch me, Roarke, and I don’t. I don’t feel that. I don’t remember that. It’s that simple. It’s just . . . you.” “I love you,” he murmured. “Outrageously.”
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  • “I don’t intend to interfere with your work, Eve, but we’re entitled to a life. Our life. I want an evening with my wife.”
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  • “The wood’s for friendship, the metal for love.” He waited until Eve opened the lid to reveal the two silk-lined compartments within. “One part is for your memories, the other for your wishes.”
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  • He suggested that I fuck myself, which is a function I am not programmed to perform. He ordered me to go to hell, which was not possible, then countermanded that order with one to come into this room and shut down for the night. I was programmed to reengage at seven A.M.”
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  • “The wanting of you never stops.” His fingers skimmed over her hips; the trousers pooled at her feet. “The loving of you never peaks. There’s always more.” Undone, she leaned against him, her face buried in his hair. “Nothing’s the same for me since you.”
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  • It annoyed him when she did or said something that touched him. But it couldn’t be helped. And he owed her for risking, nearly losing, her life to save his. That simple fact, Summerset knew, made them both uncomfortable. Perhaps he could even the scales, by a small weight.
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  • “Maybe you’ll pick up a few more Christmas presents on the way.” Eve stopped by her car. “Was that sarcasm?” “I don’t think so. It was too direct for sarcasm.”
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  • “And you, you want to ride with me any more today, you yank the stick out of your butt.” “Respectfully, Lieutenant, I was unaware of any foreign object in that region.”
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She dreamed of death.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 20

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This is book 7 of 47 in In Death. (standard series)

Preceded by Vengeance in Death, and followed by Midnight in Death.

This is book 83 of 105 in AAR Top 100 Romances 1998. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. J. D. Robb (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Susan Ericksen (Reader)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1998
ISBN: 978-0425163719
Page Count: 336

Awards edit see section history

  • RRA (1998: Best Alternative Realities or Time Travel Romance)
  • RT (1998: Reviewers' Choice -- Futuristic Romance)
  • AAR (1998: Top 100 Romances , #83)

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2095 vol. 6 FT MEADE
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Profanity. Sexual content.

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
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  • The Immortals
  • Heartbreaker
  • Mercy
  • Killjoy

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Naked in Death
  • Glory in Death
  • Immortal in Death
  • Rapture in Death
  • Ceremony in Death
  • Vengeance in Death

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