Falling for Rachel (1993) (edit title/settings)

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• Rachel Stanislaski: A public defendant. Youngest of all the Stanislaski children; the only one to have been born in America. Takes her work very seriously.
• Zachary Muldoon: Nick's stepbrother. He owns a bar called "Lower the Boom" which he has taken over now that his father has died. Used to be in the navy.
• Nicholas LeBeck: Zack's stepbrother who is a member of the Cobra gang and gets in trouble, needing Rachel's assistance as his public defender. Resentful of Zack who he sees as running away and leaving him on his own.
• Alexi Stanislaski: Rachel's brother and a cop. Third of the Stanislaski children.
• Mikhail Stanislaski: Rachel's brother, he works with wood, whether this is carpentry or sculptures. Second oldest of the Stanislaski children. Married to Sydney Haywood, CEO of Haywood Enterprises.
• Natasha Kimball: Rachel's big-sister and eldest of the Stanislaski children. She owns a toy store called 'The Fun House' in West Virginia where she lives with her husband, the composer Spencer Kimball, and children, Freddie, Brandon and Katie.
• Spencer Kimball: Natasha's husband and famous composer. Father to Freddie, Brandon and Katie. Pianist.
• Reece: One of Nick's friends, he is part of the Cobras.
• T.J.: One of Nick's friends, he is part of the Cobras.
• Cash: One of Nick's friends, he is part of the Cobras.
• Sydney Stanislaski: Mikhail's wife who is CEO of Haywood Entreprises.
• Yuri Stanislaski: Rachel's father who runs a construction company. Planned for years to get his family away from Ukraine and to freedom.
• Nadia Stanislaski: Rachel's mother
• Freddie Kimball: Spence's daughter and Natasha's step-daughter, though she says that 'step' is 'just a word.' Freddie is short for Frederica; thirteen years old.
• Pete: one of Zack's customers
• Judge Beckett: Judge in Nick's case. A female judge, known for her eccentricity.
• Rio: Chef at Lower the Boom. Saved Nick's life years ago.
• Brandon Kimball: Middle child of Natasha and Spence
• Katie Kimball: Youngest daughter of Spence and Natasha

Quotes edit see section history

• “Con games and sticky fingers. This is the big leagues. What you tell me stays with me unless you want it different. But you play it straight with me, or I walk.”

  Rachel

• “What? Just because we like slogging through the dregs for a living, for little pay and less gratitude? Nothing. Not a thing”

  Alex

• “You don't have to watch me do anything, Alexi, and I can play big sister to whomever I choose. Now why don't you take that big bad badge of yours and go arrest some harmless vagrant.”

  Rachel

• “Sorry. I didn't realize it was a family argument. You go ahead and yell at her all you want.”

  Zack

• “No - I mean, no more than usual. He snarls, I snarl back. He swears, I swear louder.”

  Zack

• “You listen to me, you sorry, spoiled, sulky little jerk. You've got two choices - pretending to be a human being for the next eight weeks or going to prison for three years. I don't give a damn which way you go, but I'll tell you this. You think you're tough? You think you've got all the answers?”

  Rachel

• “No, man. You had an agreement. Last I looked it was a free country and people could go for a walk when they felt like it.”

  Nick

• “You're both hotheaded and stubborn - which is easy for me to recognize, as I come from a long line of the same. You don't like to admit you made a mistake, and you'd rather punch your way out of a problem than reason it through.”

  Rachel

• “I see. Well, since you didn't perjure yourself, I may be able to cut a deal. it has to be an early evening, somewhere I can dress comfortably. And you won't...Get pushy.”

  Rachel

• “I don't know how to tell you how beautiful - except that sometimes when I look at you, I remember how the sea looks, right at sunrise, when all the color spills out of the sky, kind of seeps over the horizon, everything's so vivid, so...I don't know, special. When I look at you it's like that.”

  Zack

• “Ah, threatening a public official. Try it, Buster. Let's see how tough you are.”

  Rachel

• “I think it's more to the point that Rachel has her eye on Zack every bit as much as he has his on her.”

  Natasha

• “Idiot. You gave him a dream. It's very possibly the first time anyone ever understood what he wanted, deep down, and gave him a shot at it. He didn't know how to handle it, Zack, any more than you would.”

  Rachel

• “If I was twenty years younger, thirty pounds lighter, didn't have a wife who'd slit my wrists and still had all my hair...”

  Pete

• “I noticed that. It's easier to beat yourself up about it if you tell yourself love had nothing to do with it.”

  Beckett

• “I could kill you for scaring me like this. If you weren't flat on your back already, I'd damn well put you there.”

  Zack

• “What I think makes you, LeBack, is a clear-thinking, potentially responsible adult who has grasped not only the basic tenets of right and wrong, but also of loyalty, which is often more valuable.”

  Beckett

• “You said, 'I didn't plan on falling in love with you,' and I said, 'Me either.'”

  Rachel

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Lower the Boom: Zack's bar.

Organizations edit see section history

• The Cobras: a town gang.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Luring a Lady, and followed by Convincing Alex.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nora Roberts (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Profanity. Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roberts, Nora
• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Nora Roberts: Author's website

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history