Box Set Vol. 1-5 Ella Cox Copyright © 2014 Ella Cox All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher www.mahoganypublications.com Chapter One Chase I was with a whole bunch of...
Everyone rose to their feet for a standing ovation as Craig Spellman handed Peter Kim the Business Man of the Year award. Jake had to admit that Peter was an accomplished man. His speech was inspiring and appropriately self-effacing. But woven into the often humorous and occasionally humble remar...
came the voice again. Coral tried to bring the face into focus. The man she saw was bigger than the one she had fought, this voice pitched lower, and with no edge of insanity. “You’re not him,” she whispered. “Who?” Trying to...
For Shortz, the true meaning and magic of the holiday began on Christmas Eve 1958, when he was eight years old. “My twin brother, Ned, and I were in the living room with our father, who was relaxing in his favorite easy chair after setting up the Christmas tree,” Bob said. “It was our family cust...
Spring. Present day. One year after Edward’s releaseWHILE HIS MISSING YEARS, ALL ELEVEN OF THEM, HAVE CONGEALED in his imagination, this past calendar year has had texture, a clean arc and recognizable seasons. It represents a coherent passage of time for Edward. Three hundred and sixty-five days...
We did not know it then, but we conceived a child that night. We were much too concerned with other things to suspect it. I was busy fashioning Camille into a proper wife. It took another two months of rigorous drilling to separate the last wheat from the chaff. It is difficult to say how Camille...
I’d never felt so exhausted; I felt needles in my eyes when I blinked. Never mind how Marlboro Man’s eyes must have felt after staring into a blazing prairie fire for over four hours. I heard a mama cow moo in the distance. What was she telling me? You were stooooooopid. Go in after him. I wasn’t...
“Dear,” she said, “you really need to come to church more often.”“I only get one real day off,” I reminded her, but half-heartedly. She was right. I did need to go to church more often. Church wasn’t just the religious thing to do. It was where everyone in town congregates at least once a week to...
the sickness hot: the plague (being) virulent; refers to the year 1609. 4. punk: prostitute. 6. Coz’ners: tricksters, confidence-men. 10. figures: horoscope. 11. flies: familiar spirits. 12. Stone: the much sought after Philosopher’s Stone, which could turn everything into gold. 9. humours: for J...
Since she had come downstairs dressed in riding garb, planning a brisk, early gallop, she was obliged to accept with a show of good grace. “Do you always rise so early?” she asked, pulling on her gloves of York tan. Justin was about to answer in the affirmative, when he caught himself. He smiled ...
Inside were already five crates, one stack. It was waiting, but not for them. It was locked. Coal 106 advanced on the crowd of workers who had already arrived, not so hampered by Venus fly traps as she, all pounding on the doors as if this would shatter them. They swore at...
The man had a huge desk with a glossy black surface, and the latest high-tech comp sitting on top of it. Everything was neat, tidy, and in its place.Rynan and Justyn were leaning against the wall nearby. Rynan was scowling and Justyn was grinning. Something told her that was usual for these two. ...
It had been closed before the parade and now, the parade over, it was still blocked off between Aiken Avenue and Stanworth Drive. Not a car was in sight. But plenty of people, old and young, some in costume, roamed up and down and across the street in the warm sun. Quite a few dogs were out, too....
He’d always been nervous around fine ladies, feeling himself something of a hick, out of his element. But he was drawn to this woman. He felt a strong need to reach out even if the result was mortal embarrassment. He bowed and graciously swept his hat in a vertical circle, dislodging a fine dust ...
A bunch of kids had been spotted hanging around the secret room in the middle of the night, so Frank Caldwell had to stand guard to keep people out. The town meeting was at six that night, and everyone was there. I mean everyone. The town hall was a...