"Tonight, however, she had other plans, other company in mind, and the thought made for a weak feeling in her crotch" (Chapter 1, page 1).

"[Hickock] wasn't seeing enough tits in the book these days, and the man had ignored his request for more" (Chapter 3, page 12).

"After only a brief pause, Amanda strode forward, and the others gave way like yachts before the Queen Mary" (Chapter 5, page 20).

"[Stone Barrington] was the sort of man [Amanda] might like to be seen with. She would think about that" (Chapter 9, page 38).

"Stone was placed between Amanda and Arrington, and his hostess gave him the distinct impression that she would have arranged things differently if she had met the other woman beforehand" (Chapter 15, page 65).

[Stone] remembered, in a high school science class, seeing a captive black widow spider as it came upon a fly in its web and watching as the spider had sucked...