He was broad-shouldered, had plenty of swagger about him, and his smile was so natural and effortless that Suzie found her heart gave a little skip.

the water drying on her naked skin;

Her skin goosebumped in the cold air, and then she walked down her slipway into the silky embrace of the water and swam out under her boathouse doors into the wider river.

top bloke,

She took her cup of tea over to a camping chair and sat down. As she took a sip, she felt a warm glow of contentment.

society dismisses fat people, don’t they? Is this person bright, or cunning, or kind? No, society says they’re fat.

She struck her as the sort of person who knew the cost of everything and the value of nothing – and the cost would always be ‘too much’.

she decided to do what she always did when she was stuck with a problem, and that was to go for a swim. Once in the Thames, Judith found she could drift off into her thoughts as she swam along.

unable to keep a lid on his fury.