Quotes From "Saving The Sheriff" By Roxanne Snopek

You're pretty low maintenance, as women go."" I am, am I?" She sounded amused." Yeah. Like a cactus. Roxanne Snopek

She tossed a handful of snow at his face, then shrieked as the wind whipped it back into her own. Red hooted. "Karma's a boomerang, sweetheart. Don't forget it. Roxanne Snopek

Life's too short to say no when love shows up at your door. Roxanne Snopek

Consider yourself warned, Frankie. Something about these mountains convinces previously sane women to give up Starbucks for saddle sores. Roxanne Snopek

I hope you brought your handcuffs, " she added. "I won't go quietly."" I might use them anyway, for fun, " he answered, remembering the sensation of her warm lips against his. Roxanne Snopek

Bending the law is different from breaking, my lovely, strategically-challenged Francesca. Roxanne Snopek

I'm named after my father, Rudolph, " he said, then shot her a stern look. "But if you connect that with my red nose -- Roxanne Snopek

Consider me your rescuer, not your jailer, " he said to Frankie, without looking at her. His gut told him that, on the criminal mastermind scale, this one landed closer to Tinker Bell than Lizzie Borden. Roxanne Snopek

Great. He had a ranch with no power, a burgeoning blizzard, animals depending on him and now, a frightened, felonious elf to look after. Roxanne Snopek

She pulled her arm free from his grasp and stood back, her arms crossed. "So, what then? You're holding me hostage? Are you even really a sheriff?"" I am, " he said, highly amused at her attempt at bravado. "You wanna see my badge? Roxanne Snopek

It's nothing fancy, I opened a jar of sauce and cooked the linguine. But there's fresh Parmesan and I even found a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.""You found wine." Earlier he'd been thinking about microwaved Who Hash, solitude and if he was very lucky, beer. But a hot, fresh-cooked meal? Candles? Wine? And a chatty yoga-elf chef? With a body like a Las Vegas showgirl? Roxanne Snopek

I'm resourceful, " she called after him. Resourceful, he thought, rinsing his hands with the ladle she'd left in the bucket. "A euphemism commonly used by successful criminals, " he called out to her." If I were so successful, " she called back, "I wouldn't be talking to you. Roxanne Snopek

She was licking something off the end of a wooden spoon. Red froze. His body reacted as if he'd walked in on her twirling half-naked on a pole.... Frankie was intriguing. Unsettling. Challenging He wanted to figure her out. He wanted to play strip poker with her. He wanted to throw her on the couch and ---"A touch more oregano, I think." Frankie pointed the spoon at him. Roxanne Snopek

Rory's big labradoodle made a snap judgement that Frankie was everything her life had been missing up until now. She flung herself into the girl's arms, wiggling and whining, a shaggy mass of chocolate-colored enthusiasm." Mistral likes you, I see." While he, the one who filled the dog's food dish, had gotten nothing but suspicious glances since he arrived two days earlier."of course you like me" she said, baby-talking into the dog's fur, "I'm extremely likeable." If the dog's expression was any indication, Frankie was about to get nominated for sainthood.. She glanced at him. "Maybe she'd like you more if you weren't so.. testosterone-y."" But then you might like me less . Roxanne Snopek

Once in rur-al Flathead coun-ty Stood a cru-wel Christmas scene Dumped for slaugh-ter were the rein-deer When an elf did intervene. Roxanne Snopek