A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2) QUOTES

1 " Hanni, I’m going to have to watch you carefully. You may break a lot of hearts in London.”
“What am I to break?” she asked with that lovely innocent smile.
“Hearts. Lots of Englishmen will fall in love with you.”
“I hope so,” she said. “I’m gonna be hot sexy dame. You can give me tips. "

― Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2)

3 " We have to get rid of pain in ass. She will not let me have good time. We should take her out.”
“Take her out where?”
Hanni grinned. “You know. Take her out. Waste her. Bang bang. Curtains.”
“Hanni, I don’t think we’re going to be able to waste the baroness, but I agree she’s not going to make things pleasant for us.”
“Then we must plan way to make her go home.”
“Make it not nice for her here. She likes to eat. Serve her very little food.”
“For someone straight from the convent, you are quite devious,” I said.
“What means devious?”
“Sneaky.”
“Oh, like pulling a fast one,” she said, beaming. “Yeah. Sure thing, baby. "

― Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2)

5 " Fill in?” she demanded. “For the weekend?” She winced as if each of these words were causing her pain. “I am afraid we do not handle that sort of thing.” By that she implied that I had requested a stripper straight from the Casbah. So "

― Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2)

7 " Wow, holy cow, hubba hubba, gee whiz. That was some guy. Don’t tell me he’s your main squeeze!”
“My what?”
“Your honey. Your sugar. Isn’t that right word?”
“In England we’re a little less colorful with our language.
“So you say it?”
“Boyfriend? Escort?”
“And is he?”
“Obviously not anymore,” I said with a sigh. "

― Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2)

9 " A peacock was calling from the copse nearby—that unearthly shriek that sounds like a soprano being killed with a saw. "

― Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #2)