" Zane looks pensive, and then his lips twitch. “They say most girls end up marrying a guy just like their dad.”
“Oh God … That’s so lame,” I say, spluttering as coffee dribbles down my chin.
“I believe it’s a tried and tested theory,” he says, standing up and wiping my chin with the back of his hand. I jolt at his touch.
“Now it’s a theory? I thought it was a saying? Next you’ll be telling me it’s a fact.” I flop back down on the couch.
“Empirical evidence shows that sixty-eight percent of girls marry a guy who displays similar personality traits to her father ...” His voice trails off as I shake my head. “What?” he asks, his palms open and raised.
“You really need to get out more. Where’d you glean that interesting nugget? The desperate men’s journal perhaps? "

― Siobhan Davis , Beyond Reach (True Calling, #2)