She snatched the takeout food from him and threw it in a trashcan with both hands. Then she drew herself up like the queen of the mermaids rising from the sea. “It would have been us, huh? If not for me? If I hadn’t broken up with you?” He’d dealt with worse than mermaids, even royal ones, and he...
But by night, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the front shutters were closed, the front door was locked, and it became a private club for the women of Beauford, who entered by the back door. The tea served was of the Long Island variety and the music was a mixture of country, old and new, and classic ...
Beau sat across the table from Will Garrett at Lou Ann’s Diner in Merritt, Alabama. Before. Will had said before. That was a good sign. At first, Beau hadn’t known what to think of Will. Talented as he was, he could be downright weird with his talk about letting the wood speak to you and how you ...
“Hi, Daddy,” she said with a breathless, drama queen sigh. “Hi, Bella.” She was pretty cute. “Rafe,” Jackson said from where he sat strumming his guitar in the best easy chair in the room, “you’ve got an escapee.” What the hell? Alice had decided to leave the family room and head for the stairs. ...
Luke lifted Emma over his shoulder, turned back the comforter, and placed her in bed. He considered only removing her shoes but that was too deep into the bad parent zone. On the other hand, he couldn’t risk her waking and demanding to go back to Lanie’s — because that clearly was not an option. ...
Not even noon, and two celebrities had already walked through the door of Noel Verden’s little patchwork emporium. First came country music superstar Jack Beauford—who maybe shouldn’t have been such a surprise since his ancestral home, Beauford Bend Plantation, was located nearby. He’d come with ...