"It was an outrageous house, a birthday cake in a showcase filled with bran muffins. And it was inhabited by David Peter Dodd." p. 2

"If he was dead, then this had to be heaven because the Mystery Woman was sitting astride him, her warm hand pressed against his chest, her nifty butt resting on his thighs." p. 22

"Kate sat up in the bag and watched a little old lady inch across the front window. The woman was standing spread-eagle on the wide outdoor window frame, looking in at Kate. She reminded Kate of Piglet when the wind had picked him up and plastered him against Owl's tree-house window." p. 3

"David Dodd's touch filled a small corner of her that that been empty." p. 47

"'Want to get married?' 'I'd sooner get boiled in oil. Nothing personal.'" p. 52

"She'd experienced it many times before. Stage fright, she thought...