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At the Butterfield Institute Dr. Morgan Snow, one of New York's top sex therapists, sees everything from the abused to the depraved, from couples grappling with sexual boredom to twisted sociopaths with dark, erotic fetishes. Cleo Thane is one of those special patients Morgan connects... read more
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At the Butterfield Institute Dr. Morgan Snow, one of New York's top sex therapists, sees everything from the abused to the depraved, from couples grappling with sexual boredom to twisted sociopaths with dark, erotic fetishes. Cleo Thane is one of those special patients Morgan connects with... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Morgan Snow: Phd., therapist
- Noah Jordain: Detective NYPD, SVU
- Mark Perez: Detective NYPD, SVU, Noah's partner
- Cleo Thane: a high priced call girl, Morgan's patient
- Mitch Abbott: Morgan's ex-husband, a film director
- Dulcie Abbott: Morgan's 12 year old daughter
- Nina Butterfield: Phd., therapist, Morgan's friend, godmother, mentor, boss
- Simon Weiss: Phd., therapist
- Gil Howard: Cleo's business partner
- Elias Beecher: Cleo's fiance
- Sheba Larcher: Add a description of this character.
- André Jordain
- Gretchen
- Celia Rodriguez
- Judas
- Mary Kathryn Evans
- Victor
- Belinda
- Tana Butler
- Sam Butterfield
- Peter Pan
- Mr. Beecher
- Hobart
- Jenny
- Coffey Gerard
- Midas
- Krista
- Tyson
- Caesar
- Mr. Howard
Quotes edit
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“Statistically things would get far worse before they got any better.”
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I try to teach my patients the power of not always answering a question. There is no rule of the universe that you must respond to what people ask. You have every right to hold your thoughts inside and not reveal them.
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Men were more excited about a woman they had never tasted or touched before than one they already knew intimately. A stranger whose pheromones a man had not yet become immune to was more desirable than a trusted lover.
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“Freedom is just another word for being alone,”
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“That people don’t disappear when they are mad at you. That fighting it out is healthy. That not everyone takes pills to fight feelings and that not everyone is going to disappoint you.”
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“That’s what is so beautiful about human nature,” she said. “The vulnerable, the sad, the helpless, all protected by the wings of hope and determination that we still, in the face of everything, wrap around ourselves and around each other.”
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There is nothing as sacred as one person reaching out to another with their body to offer connection,
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. —Anaïs Nin
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Skin is alive. It breathes. It is made up of nerve endings. It is sensate.
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leitmotiv of my whole day. This detective was here about Cleo. Something had happened to her. They’d found her. The words were already forming in the back of my throat. Has something happened to Cleo Thane? Is it connected to the other prostitutes who were killed? Is she the most recent victim of the Magdalene Murderer? Is that why she
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It wasn’t a loss of faith so much as a break of faith. A jagged cut that bled and bled and wouldn’t heal, and until it did, he’d rather sleep.
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The first thing she saw were the women's feet, so white they looked like the marble feet on the statue of the Virgin Mary with the gold halo that stands in the Catholic church where she attends mass every morning before coming to work at the high-rise hotel on Sixth Avenue.
Glossary edit
- Halo effect: the favorable bias in interviews, intelligence tests, and the like generated by an atmosphere of approbation. A common error in rating intelligence tests is known as the "halo effect". If an individual creates a favorable impression by his excellence in one trait, you are apt to rate him near the top in every trait.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Butterfield Institute Mysteries. (standard series)
Followed by The Delilah Complex.
This book is in Harlequin Mira. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- M. J. Rose (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Mira
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0-7783-2197-5
Page Count: 371
Publisher: Mira
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0-7783-2197-5
Page Count: 371
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- Dewey: 813.54
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- M. J. Rose: Author's website
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