Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian? Brian is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like Brian? You can't even shorten Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!

If the fair Mancini manages the son as her uncle has managed the mother, France is but a heir-loom to the Mazarins.

I won't soon forget Ben handing me the first of those printouts, literally covered with his notes, arrows, X's, redlinings...My heart sank.

If he was talking to Hunter, he was wasting his time—Hunter was preoccupied shoveling forkloads of Cecily's fries onto his own plate.