“Excuse me,” she said, her voice tight. “But if I’d known there was going to be a firearms examination at the end of the kidnapping, by God, I would have studied for it!”

“All he'd done was lose her underwear and practically get her blown up.Hell. This had to be the absolute worst first date of her life.”

“The man in 4B wondered if he could have your autograph. He told me his daughter is a huge f”

“Excuse me,” she said, her voice tight. “But if I’d known there was going to be a firearms examination at the end of the kidnapping, by God, I would have studied for it!”

“I believe in love at first sight, and I believe that’s what we’ve got going here. I was willing to die for you. I’m sure as hell not going to pass up a chance to live with you.”

“She’d never known a man whose initial move was to undress the woman he wanted.”

“You can’t possibly be afraid of trees.”

“He should probably make love to her.”

“The man in 4B wondered if he could have your autograph. He told me his daughter is a huge fan.””

“He wanted to paddle her himself, then shake her, then sit her down in a chair and explain to her why she must never, ever get herself in a situation where she could be shot at again—and then throw himself at her feet.”

“He caught her, and he held her, and he let her cry, and cry, and cry, and he let her use his sheets to wipe her eyes, and her nose, and God knows what, because he had plenty of clean sheets, and he only had one Kat.”