The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly.

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

Anyone got X-ray visión?I asked, trying to smile. Where is Superman when you need him?

I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games.

This was an unpleasant trend. I didn’t want a lot of guys popping in and out of my bedroom. I wanted one who would stay.

Eric followed Vlad Tepes’s stubby finger, identifying me as the future Happy Meal. Then he stared at Dracula, looking up from his kneeling position. I couldn’t read his face at all, and I felt a stirring of fear. What would Charlie Brown have done if the Great Pumpkin wanted to eat the little red-haired girl?

It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.