The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

by Ally Carter

“Even mistletoe is poisonous.” “To dogs,” Deborah said. “In large enough quantities, everyone’s a dog,”

“Because even though I’m a sucker for an only-one-bed romance, I don’t know if it counts if there’s a second bed on the other side of the wall.” “But I like your bed being on that side of the wall. I like it even better when you’re in that bed. And— Wait. You read romance?” “Sweetheart”—Ethan lowered his voice and his eyes—“I absolutely read romance.”

“I know the world hasn’t given you a lot of reasons to believe this, but just so you know, if you were mine, I’d never make you park the car because my shoes are suede. If you were mine, I’d carry you through the storm. If you were mine, I’d fight the sky.”

“You know, if mankind has one universal superpower, it’s gaslighting women into thinking they’re the problem.”