“They stopped and bowed their heads close together as the revelers ate and danced and celebrated around the glow of the fire. Darkness was falling over Lilyvale, the pink horizon a glorious and unusual marvel.Lily and James hardly noticed, lost as they were in the preciousness of the moment. "Lily mine," James whispered. "We're finally home.”

“She had never been so close to anybody. It was as if they were one being, together, not predator and prey, but partners in a dance. Poppy-and-James.”

“I picked out Nathan and James standing next to each other and wiggled in between them."Dude we got lucky, threesome." James whispered over my head to Nathan."Puh-leez..." I muttered and rolled my eyes.Nathan shushed us both.”

“You shouldn't be too hard with little boys. You should treat them as precious, because that's what they are. —James Harker”

“I didn’t fall in love with James. Falling sounds like an accident. Falling hurts. I’d fallen in love with Michael, fallen hard like slipping off a cliff and hitting the rocks below. Falling in love was something I’d vowed never to do again.I chose to love James.”

“Thought you were making a James Band Joke. Hard to tell with that accent”