{"author":"Laura Oliva","author_id":"Laura+Oliva","total_quotes":24,"quotes":[{"text":"MacMillian pinched the bridge of his nose. Conspiracy theories, secret societies... What the hell had he gotten himself into? What was next? Vampires? Werewolves?","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["conspiracy-theories","secret-societies","vampires","werewolves"],"id":4611,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"What was she doing here? Private detectives were for insecure housewives, parents of troubled teens, bent old ladies who'd forgotten where they parked. She was none of the above. She was a sane, stable, capable adult. Yet here she was.Desperate times, and all that.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["private-detective","urban-fantasy-romance","witches"],"id":55201,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"Lena scowled at the empty space in her living room. 'Oh sure, thanks, I had fun too.' She'd stayed awake, spilled a cup of perfectly good tea, and for what? A spirit with the noncorporeal equivalent of erectile dysfunction. Mostly she was fine being permanently on-call in the Veil. On nights like this, however, it sucked.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["ghostly-encounter","humor","psychic-abilities","psychic-medium","spirits","urban-fantasy"],"id":63206,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"Something that sounded like ripping metal shredded the deadly quiet. The inaudible bass smoothed into a low, steady hum. Outside, a low, mechanical growl rumbled closer and closer. Darius caught his breath. He knew that sound, and it wasn't magic.It was a motorcycle.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["magic","motorcycle","urban-fantasy-series"],"id":83597,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"Something about the floating club reminded him of Wonderland. Not Disney's Wonderland, either, but Wonderland according to Lewis Carroll: dark, sumptuous. Treacherous. It was the sort of place where anything could happen...And probably did. He had a feeling if a deranged, bloodthirsty monarch suddenly swept in and started demanding people's heads, no one would bat an eye.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["underground-club","urban-fantasy-romance","witches"],"id":231657,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"When had she moved so close? Her brain screamed at her to back away. She would regret this. She already regretted this.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["romance","romance-novels"],"id":253329,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"Bez blew out a breath and leaned heavily against the bar. 'Honestly, D, you're better off busting your subversive cherry with something else. A nice werewolf killing. A vampire blood drive.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["paranormal","urban-fantasy-romance","vampires","witches"],"id":256478,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"MacMillian steepled his fingers on the head of his cane. Anticipation rose in his chest. Lena and Cyrus Alan might have an advantage over him when it came to hunting ghosts, but this was where he excelled. This part of the game was all about patterns. He saw patterns. Always had.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["investigation","private-detective","urban-fantasy"],"id":270067,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"That, my dear detective, was the other San Francisco. You've probably seen it before, just out of the corner of your eye. You've probably dismissed it all your life. Maybe you always told yourself you'd just had too much to drink.' She paused, her gaze heavy on his face. MacMillian squirmed. 'But I'm guessing you always knew better.'His head was throbbing. He shook it once, twice, but it didn't clear. 'I don't get it, Miss...'Alan,' she supplied.He nodded. 'Ms. Alan. Why are you here?'Her eyes darkened. 'Because there are things that go bump in the night, Mr. MacMillian. It's my job to bump back.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["demimonde","ghosts","hidden-world","monsters","san-francisco","urban-fantasy"],"id":277868,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"},{"text":"MacMillian groaned again, and sat up. 'Clients?'Yeah. You know, people who'll give us money in exchange for work.","author":"Laura Oliva","tags":["humor","sarcasm","urban-fantasy"],"id":288765,"author_id":"Laura+Oliva"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}