The dog pranced delightedly around his feet as if he'd been gone to another planet instead of merely underneath a car.

I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any power now. Sam and I are together. It's not an option.

Are you alone?" So that's what this call was about. For some reason, the question made my throat tighten. "No," I said, "Elvis is here. Would you like to talk to him?

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them

A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.

Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.

Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish.