He smiled tolerantly at her. Rubbing his smooth chin its recently assassinated chin hairs, he studied her. She barely came up to Ronan's shoulder, but she was every bit as big as he, every bit as present.

She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one. Ronan wasn't a fan of lamps.

All of them are men, not a girl amongst them unless you count Tommy Falk because his lips are so pretty.

Grace reached over and began stroking her fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes and let her drive me crazy.

My most memorable adventure was investigating the chalk cliffs in Yorkshire. While clambering over kelp-covered boulders half-covered by the sea, I fell and smashed my tail bone on one of them.

He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.

I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several years.