"While six-foot-two Max sported thick, light brown hair, striking green eyes, and classic, all-American features that would not be out of place in a Banana Republic catalog, the man in the bed resembled a plump lawn gnome. Which was astonishing to Max, because only last night the man had resembled Mel Gibson." Chapter Two, Page 20

"In the car, all three boys sat in the back as usual. The eldest made a gun with the fingers of his right hand and pretended to shoot their mother in the back, through the seat. The other two boys covered their moths and tried not to laugh." Chapter Nine, Page 105

"'And yet with all of this - a family, a demanding career, and a stalker - I still have time to be a good homemaker.' She said this out loud, because it felt good to say it out loud." Chapter Eleven...