"And I [Jenna] could use some time away from here, she thought. Somewhere balmy and tropical" (Chapter 1, p. 8).

"In her secret heart, she [Jenna] wished that they could overcome the age difference and the fact that they really did exist in two separate worlds. But she knew it just wasn't meant to be. She just had to accept that they were destined to be what Shakespeare called 'star cross'd lovers'" (Chapter 1, p. 11).

"I can't escape it, Jenna thought grimly as she rushed from the water, striding up onto the sand. Death follows me" (Chapter 4, p. 51).

"Be careful. Sometimes, once you start poking around, you can't avoid striking a nerve" (Chapter 6, p. 90).

"Though she could only guess at the sequence of events, there was no doubt in Jenna's mind that Larry Grantham had not committed suicide. Neither had Whitney Bannister. And Dominic Mellace's death was no accident" (Chapter 9, p...