In preparation for the upcoming Experiment in Terror book, Come Alive (#7) on June 23rd, I thought I would do a giveaway. Cuz, hello, more Dex coming at you!
You can win a signed copy of the novellas And With Madness Comes the Light AND On Every Street (from The Artists Trilogy), plus two magnets.
The contest is open internationally and will run until Friday May 31st!
TO ENTER you must provide your favorite Dex quote below. If you do not have one, please tell me why you’d like to get to know Dex Foray. Comments are being moderated because of sneaky spam, so your comment won’t show up right away but I’ll still be able to see it, so don’t worry.
Good luck!
Cindy says
My favorite quote from Dex
Into the Hollow:
“I love you Perry,” he whispered, mouth moving in my hair. “I love you so fucking much. And I’m losing myself. I’m losing myself to you and I don’t care anymore because there’s never been a better feeling in the whole fucking world. I love you. So much. Too much. Always.”
Jennifer Sutton says
I truly think Dex is a swoon worthy man. He has his aww moments and then his oh yeah moments. My favorite aww moment “Just like this. I need you tonight, just like this. Please.” In that moment I would have been a goner, regardless of how much it may hurt later. But my most favorite oh yeah moment was when the clothing optional conversation took place and Perry tells him he is beating a dead horse. “I’m beating something horse-sized, that’s for sure.” I look forward to the next book and am counting the days.
tina hall says
I was just so tired of wanting something I absolutely knew I could never have…the dex files.
I absolutely loved this book because we finally know what dex feels for Perry, and that he’s not as big of a jerk as he seems.
Yasmine says
“That wasn’t just fucking. That wasn’t just long overdue.
This was love.
I was head over heels in love with her. No, that didn’t describe it. I was tear my fucking
heart out and throw it at her, beg her to take it into hers. I was falling from the greatest
heights with no safety net below. I was giving everything of my own life for hers, giving
up every inch of my soul so she could wear it proudly.”
Janet Marsico says
My favorite quote is from Lying Season “It’s not magic, Perry. You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known and before you say anything, you’ve always been that way to me”
Alexandra A says
“Let me stay with you,” he asked gently. “Let me sleep with you.”
“Just like this. I need you tonight, just like this. Please.”
I LOVE this scene in Into the Hollow <3 And I ADORE Dex<3
nastahsia says
“You’re the light in all this madness. You’re my light. I should have been with you…” The thought hit him as his face crumpled in amazement. “Oh God, why am I not with you?”
“Because you’re an idiot,” I said.”
*makes me swoon every time!
Julena says
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”
No, seriously though.… “I took it with all the grace of a dandy and folded it in my shirt pocket. I was a gentleman over everything. An ass-appreciating gentleman. We are the finest kind of man. I should open my own ass-appreciating gentleman’s club one day.”
Thank you, Karina, for all the Dexness!
Emmy @ Sinfully Delicious Book Reviews says
So many fantastic Dexisms but I’ll choose this one…
“I want you to stay with me,” he said. “And that’s the problem. Every time you leave me, I need you a little bit more.”
Halle, Karina (2011–12-12). Lying Season (Experiment in Terror #4) (Kindle Locations 1329–1331). Metal Blonde Books. Kindle Edition.
He was conflicted but his desperate honesty was game changing. Loved it.
Chanpreet says
I haven’t read any of your books featuring Dex Foray. I discovered your book Sins & Needles and was absolutely floored by it. Usually i’ll look up the author if I love a book and read everything else they’ve ever written. Somehow, I didn’t do it this time.
After reading other people’s favorite quotes, you can be d@mn sure I’m going to correct that mistake asap!
AH@badassbookreviews says
“Kiddo. Perry. We’re going to be OK. You still have me in every other way. You…you really have me more than she does. I’m here and I’m going to be here for you. We’re going to get through this. And tomorrow we’re going to leave this crazy place. For good.
Dead Sky Morning.
I love the sexual tension between Perry and Dex. They are like a couple “…who are forever on their first date.”
Karen G. says
These quotes are fabulous! I have not read this series yet but have read so many great things about it. I do have the first 4 books on my kindle, wth is stopping me?!!
Alyssa Lyles says
“When are you going to get rid of the Elvis do, Max? Guess that’s a thing you still do. You know, look like a douchebag.”
Bethany Lovell says
I love how Dex just lays it out there for Perry in this quote. Too bad she never listens or believes…
“Honestly kiddo? You’re beautiful. You use your weight as an excuse but you’re just all woman. Not every woman has to look like a stripper. Or a model. Or Megan Fox. You’re petite, have a tiny waist, a fantastic rack, a devastating ass…what the hell more do you want? You should know it. Everyone else knows it…that’s why you’re getting all these asinine comments. Can’t you just see that it’s just jealously that’s ripping these people apart?”
Kari says
Fav Quote:
“Well, the flannel-coated pussy stealer won’t be taking care of her for much longer,” I said, unbuckling my seatbelt. She looked at me blankly. Perhaps she didn’t appreciate her sister being referred to as “pussy”. I cleared my throat. “I meant flannel-coated…ginger douche.”
She dipped her chin and said dryly, “Dude, the term is douchecanoe.”
Just love it
Paula Novack says
“I love you Perry,” he whispered, mouth moving in my hair. “I love you so fucking much. And I’m losing myself. I’m losing myself to you and I don’t care anymore because there’s never been a better feeling in the whole fucking world. I love you. So much. Too much. Always.”
I love you, too, Dex. So much. Too much. Always. Love, Paula
Lori says
My favorite Dex quote comes from “And With Madness Comes The Light”: Karina Halle
“Because even after all this, I still loved her. Love and hate were two sides of the same coin, and my coin was destined to land with love facing up. And the minute I made peace with those odds was the minute I’d start winning.”
It’s so Dex… and yet it was so refreshing to finally know that’s the way he felt about Perry — finally! Once he made up his mind, there was no stopping him.
Heather Nelson says
This is me trying, Perry,” he said softly, the anger being drained of his face. “This is me taking my heart out of my chest and putting the bloody mess in your hands. I can’t give you much more than that
Why are you so embarrassed?” he asked playfully. “So you passed out during an attempted blowjob. Who doesn’t?”
Katie Pruitt Miller says
“Well, they say the way to a woman’s heart is through her vagina.” ~ Dex
Alicia B says
Oh Dex, how i love thee! He and Perry are by far my favorite book characters EVER! I wish they were real so i could follow them around and make them be friends with me! Does that sound like stalking? Noooo.
Ok favorite quote? This is a tough one, because pretty much everything Dex says makes my panties disintegrate. Too much? my bad. Well here’s one that I thought was rather hilarious…From And With Madness Comes the Light:
“Hello?” Bird’s stoic voice answered.
“Hi, Bird?” This is Dex Foray, we met back in Red Fox last October…”
“Dex,” he pronounced my name slowly. “I knew it was you.”
“Oh,” I said, taken aback. Shit, maybe he was more new agey than I thought. “Could you sense me?”
“No, I have caller ID”
Maryann Shaw says
You are special kiddo, and not entirely in the special Olympics kind of way.
Or
Anytime he tells Perry she uses her weight as an excuse.
Jasmine Cardi says
Hi there! I love me some Dex!! I have reread the series and might just go a third time in preparation for Come Alive. So many awesome Dex quotes but I must say one of my fav’s is from Into The Hollow: “No, you’re not shooting me down, kiddo. Because I’m not really trying. When I do try, you’ll know it. And then you’ll throw the whole damn rulebook out the window.” Classic cocky Dex, super confident yet makes you swoon at the same time! I love Dex. Can’t wait to read the next book. I loved this series so much I have written about it on my blog 7 times. I am in a bookclub and the June selection will be Dark House! I just cant stop spreading my love for Dex and Perry. Even if I don’t win I hope you read this and see how much we all love your books! Thanks again!
Willow Dolbear says
My Favourite Dex line is from The Dex Files: “if you look up biggest douchebag in the dictionary, you’ll see my picture”
Laura says
I think when I first begin reading this series I quickly fell in love with Perry. However, after reading The Dex-Files, particularly this quote, I began to fall in love with Dex’s character. “I’m a hypocrite because I can’t stand weakness in others, even though I’m born of weakness myself. I dish it out and then laugh when they try and dish it back. Like I’m above it. And sometimes I think I am.”
elena k says
i have read sins and needles and loved it so i cannot wait to read about dex foray. nobody can resist a sexy,dark with an aura of weirdness hero. thanks for the giveaway.i would love to win. kisses from greece
Loren says
What the hells wrong with you? I did no such thing, and you know that’s not the dex foray special. The dex foray special involves two lubed fingers, a lot of tongue and a cigarette for afterwards.
Elisa P. says
“I fucked up. More than I have ever fucked up before. I had the love of my life in my hands for one beautiful, exquisite moment before I ripped her apart and my heart bore the paper cuts.“
Ta again for this series! <3
Kimberly B says
One of my favorite Dex quotes is from Dead Sky Morning
“”You’ve got a beautiful face,” he continued, his voice a register lower. The roughness of it made the hairs on my arms stand up. “Gorgeous eyes. I mean I’ve rarely seen eyes like yours. Fuck. It’s like looking out at the ocean, trying to read it as the weather’s changing. Perfect lips. The most adorable freckles and the tiniest little nose. You’re like a sexy…bunny.””
Veronica says
“I was head over heels in love with her. No, that didn’t describe it. I was tear my fucking heart out and throw it at her, beg her to take it into hers. I was falling from the greatest heights with no safety net below. I was giving everything of my own life for hers, giving up every inch of my soul so she could wear it proudly. I was a former king on my knees in front of the queen. A jester begging for a chance. I was powerless, helpless and at her mercy.” Definitely my fave quote. Just love getting inside this man’s head.
Annie Cheney says
You’re welcome. Thank you for passing out.
In the hollow PG 211
Chris Mowery says
My favorite line right now by Dex is:
“Baby”, he said his tone gruff yet solemn, “there’s nothing you could ever do to make me resent you. You’re my light, remember that.”
It shows just how far he has come and how much he feels for Perry. Can’t wait for more Dex and Perry!
Tasha says
“I sure wish I could get hit on by douchebags all night, dance to asinine monkey beats and drink $20 beers”.….
Sharon Hollowell says
“you never know There’s supposed to be a shitload of ghosts in this hotel , maybe you could help one of them”. He just says whatever comes to mind. I like how he calls Perry kiddo all the time :). I also remember , ” Whatcha doing wifey“
You just never know what he’s gonna do or say. I just love reading about Dex and Perry. He’s so messed up and sexy. Then he’s becoming a better man for Perry . I can’t wait to see what happens.!!!!!
Elizabeth says
“I love her, more than anyone should love anything. The kind of love that either fills you up or eats away at you. I love her at my own risk. I love her…dangerously.”
*swoon* Can’t wait for more Dex!! You rock, Karina!
Lariza says
My fav Dex quote: “I fucked up. More than I have ever fucked up before. I had the love of my life in my hands for one beautiful, exquisite moment before I ripped her apart and my heart bore the paper cuts.” Oh Dex!!
Brooke DeVoter says
I just want you to enjoy all the pies in life, Perry,” I said, gazing at her, trying to get her shy eyes to meet mine. “That’s all.”
megan Murphy says
I have read the whole series and tried to pick my favorite quote but couldn’t decide ‚so I decided to write about why I would love to meet dex ! Dex is such a great fit for this series between his seeing ghosts and his horrific childhood and as you learn more and more about him you can’t help but fall in love with him not just because of how sexy he is portrayed but because of the person he turns out to be! As the series progressed there were points where you couldn’t believe he was saying or doing what he was doing and then you learn he was doing it to only protect the ones he loved and cared for and no matter how much suffering it mention for himself he would live with the pain! So I would love to meet him because in this world there’s not many selfless people left and dex seems to be one of those few people who still put others feelings and well being before there own!
linda Ackels says
☆☆“Perry was my light. I didn’t know it at the time, but I know it now. And in her light, I lost the madness. It only came back when she left. ” I paused, looking around the tall trees and the sun streaming through them, unable to stop my mouth from going on. “She makes me want to live life as it should be lived. By the balls, you know.” –And with madness comes the light ♡☆☆
Pam says
My favorite Dex Foray quote: “You’re the light in all this madness. You’re my light. I should have been with you…”
So far anyway. I have read through On Demons Wings and I can’t wait to read more!
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Jessica Lehman says
Don’t bullshit a bullshitter! I want more Dex please!
Samantha Cooke says
I am currently reading the series but have only read up through Lying Season but my favorite Dex quote so far has been:
“You’ve got a beautiful face,” he continued, his voice a register lower. The roughness of it made the hairs on my arms stand up. “Gorgeous eyes. I mean I’ve rarely seen eyes like yours. Fuck. It’s like looking out at the ocean, trying to read it as the weather’s changing. Perfect lips. The most adorable freckles and the tiniest little nose. You’re like a sexy… bunny.”
Angie says
“I love you Perry,” he whispered, mouth moving in my hair. “I love you so fucking much. And I’m losing myself. I’m losing myself to you and I don’t care anymore because there’s never been a better feeling in the whole fucking world. I love you. So much. Too much. Always.”
Hang Le says
“This is me trying, Perry,” he said softly, the anger being drained off his face. “This is me taking my heart out of my chest and putting the bloody mess in your hands. I can’t give you much more than that.” Can’t resist a man who puts it like that…Dex!!!
Mindy Knisley says
I love this quote: “To cement my point, Dire Straits came on and after Perry proclaimed her sudden (and surprising) love for the band, the douchefucker stood up and asked her to dance like he was a Cajun Rhett Butler.”
alma says
“You’re my light in all this madness, Perry”
Melissa Hardy says
“Because sometimes I lie, Perry. We all lie, even you, but not everyone is brave enough to admit it.”
Erica Rios says
“Honestly kiddo? You’re beautiful. You use your weight as an excuse but you’re just all woman. Not every woman has to look like a stripper. Or a model. Or Megan Fox. You’re petite, have a tiny waist, a fantastic rack, a devastating ass…what the hell more do you want? You should know it. Everyone else knows it…that’s why you’re getting all these asinine comments. Can’t you just see that it’s just jealously that’s ripping these people apart?”
I could name a million snarky shitastic Dex quotes that I love but when I read this it made me fall head over heels in love with Dex..I’ve always been self concious of my weight like Perry but hearing Dex in his own words make her feel beautiful well it made me feel beautiful too and wish all men would view all shapes and sizes the same within like Dex..Gawd I love him!!
Jamie Whitwood says
There’s too many to list where I would have a book made with nothing but Dex quotes but the one I did Lol at would be “uh oh. Hulk alert. Not my chips!” Also I think Dex would the most awesomest person to know becuase well he’s an asshole and I’m attracted to that. Well and he’s complete with facial hair.
Mags says
“You’re the light in all this madness. You’re my light. I should have been with you…” The thought hit him as his face crumpled in amazement. “Oh God, why am I not with you?”
“Because you’re an idiot,” I said.”
Or … this one…
“.……You have every right to hate me for this lifetime and many others. You have every right to never see me again. To spit on my grave. But tonight, now, I’m not going to give up on you or,” his voice fell with weight, “die trying.”
Helena Diter says
maybe it’s that she made it, and when she handed over that first slice and met my eyes, I could see she made it for me. and no one had ever made me anything.
Nicole says
I want to get t know Dex because I have heard incredibly a,axing things about him!
Patty Euefueno says
Thanks so much for this opportunity! I absolutely love all of Karina’s novels!
Dex Foray makes me weak in the knees! Here is one of my fav quotes.
“Oh, it’s looking fucking fantastic kiddo” Dex says, his voice comimg in low and smooth over the line. ” I just want to hug you for keeping that camera rolling while May was talking”. I’ll have to run it over some other footage and do that little sub-title thing underneath, but it really helps our case, especially when you get that blue shit on the screen! That really is something.
Christina says
Just one quote? It’s so hard to pick!
I have to go with this one:
“This was love. I was head over heels in love with her. No, that didn’t describe it. I was tear my fucking heart out and throw it at her, beg her to take it into hers. I was falling from the greatest heights with no safety net below. I was giving everything of my own life for hers, giving up every inch of my soul so she could wear it proudly. I was a former king on my knees in front of the queen. A jester begging for a chance. I was powerless, helpless and at her mercy.”
When I first read it, my heart dropped. The events in Lying Season are a sledgehammer to my heart from both POV’s! Love Dex.
Heidi says
From On Demon Wings (still makes me sigh):
“Perry,” he said quietly, his fingers trailing down the side of my face, “you’ll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the first day I met you.”
Jenny Pessoa says
There are so many Dex quotes I love, bc duh.….i love me some Dex! But this one is pretty darn good.…taken from “And with Madness Comes the Light”.….
“Yes,” I told her, looking her straight on, my heart banging in my chest. “I love her, more than anyone should love anything. The kind of love that either fills you up or eats away at you. I love her at my own risk. I love her…dangerously.”
<3
Carrie Jones says
I can’t remember if the invention of Douchecanoe was Perry or Dex. But I will go with the following quote as one of my favorites “well, they say the way to a woman’s heart is through her vagina.”
Amber says
“I love her, more than anyone should love anything. The kind of love that either fills you up or eats away at you. I love her at my own risk. I love her…dangerously.“
Just one of many Dex quotes that I love
Elise Ford says
Oh we’ve had nothing but foreplay since the day we met
Barbara Lopez says
hmm I can pick sexy qoutes or sweet ones or hot or wise or funny. Basicaly Dex is what I love in a man in real life. But in The DEX Files I read something that made fall in love…again, with him. Sorry I know is long!
“My name is Dex Foray and I’m a hypocrite. Proud of it, too. I call my mother a monster but I’m the one who took her last name. Maybe because unlike my dad, she never left me. There’s something to be said for sticking around…even if it kills you.
I’m a hypocrite because I cant stand weakness in others, even though I’m born of weakness myself. I dish it out and then laugh when they try and dish it back. Like I’m above it. And sometimes I think I am.
I’m a hypocrite because I hunt ghosts and I’ve pretended all this time that the ghosts haven’t been hunting me.”
Now comes my favorite part…
“And I’m a hypocrite because I judge people. I judge the fuck out of everyone I meet, from their music tastes, to their jobs to their lifestlyle choices. I judge them but fuck them if they dare judge me. They think they understand this monster in me, the monster in all of us. But they don’t.
They don’t know where I’ve come from.
They don’t know my side of the story.
But now you do.”
Gracias for the giveaway and for giving us Dex and Perry!
Debbei Yodamom says
“Who is it?” I asked teasingly
“Bigfoot,” Dex answered from his room.
“What do you want, Mr Foot?“
“Please, just call me Big.“
I snorted. “You wish.“
“You know.”
Dawn Anspaugh says
ok but its a long one. I had gotten Perry pregnant,i no it couldn’t be. I saw her sadness. I saw her truth, for two seconds my hart could have burst with such happy heat. perry had a life inside of her that was both hers and mine. the one thing I always wanted but never dared to dream and it happened. it was ours ounce. my hart shrank because she lost the baby. she lost it what was ours what was love what was life. so sad but so knowing how he really feels Is awesome.
Kristen Anderson says
“I suggest you get packing as fast as you can. I’ll help. Where are your bras and underwear?” I can’t wait for more Dex!!
Melissa P. says
“I love you Perry,” he whispered, mouth moving in my hair. “I love you so fucking much. And I’m losing myself. I’m losing myself to you and I don’t care anymore because there’s never been a better feeling in the whole fucking world. I love you. So much. Too much. Always.”
― Dex, Into the Hollow
Alisha Cunningham says
“I’ve got a little paddock set up for them around the bend. Actually, I could let them roam free, they’re so well trained,” Rigby boasted, looking proud of himself. “That’s why they’re called the dolphins of the land.”
“More like assholes of the land,” Dex muttered, showing me his sleeve that was covered in gobs of llama spit.
Leea says
Favorite Dex quote is from On Demon Wings.
“Perry,” he said quietly, his fingers trailing down the side of my face, “you’ll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the first day I met you.” >/i>
Jennifer Deliganis-Bess says
“Well, the flannel coated pussy stealer won’t be taking care of her for much longer,” I said, unbuckling my seatbelt, she looked up at me blankly. Perhaps she didn’t appreciate her sister being referred to as “pussy.” I cleared my throat. “I meant flannel-coated…ginger douche.” — Dex (And With Madness Comes The Light)
Jennifer Watkins says
“When I’m with you, I lose this darkness, this madness around me. The madness inside me. But I had to go mad to realize that. I had to lose you to know it.”
I think this sums up so much of their relationship. *sigh* *swoon*
Kelsigal says
I seriously love every bit of Dex’s character from his smart ass remarks to his mood swings but nothing is as great as the real vulnerable Dex that is scared and confused so I love when he speaks the truth and tells Perry “Just like this. I need you tonight, just like this. Please” made my heard melt