If anyone loved danger, Jev Brennan did.

You’ve never had someone you love snatched,” I shot back, annoyed by her ignorance. “Any sense of safety kind of bites it after that. You watch your back because no one else can.

Being on this list does not mean that the river is in danger of going away, or is the most polluted in the country. The list is designed to highlight immediate threats and problems. There is hope for all the rivers that are on this list.

He’d never forgotten the sweep of her soft mouth against his, the taste of her sweetness, like strawberries, and the way she fired his insides to life.

Legendary manners there, Karim,” she commented, her voice calm. “Your mother teach you?”

“I was taught the advantage of surprise,” he responded as he walked over to her massive desk.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.