This was free for kindle, so my expectations were not too high. Turned out to be a good, casual read. There seemed to be too much going on, too many side stories thrown in. This seems to be the curse of the "first in the series": a need to get all the background set up. It will probably become r...
Hartoin. I crouched on the edge of my parents’ bed, my toes gripping the side board until I stood and let fly. I fell, eyes closed, into the marshmallow fluff of what my mother called The Oasis. I lay, face down, sinking into the double layers of down, smelling Mom’s perfume and feeling the stres...
It was a pretty exclusive neighborhood for a transcriptionist. Evan must’ve been quite a salesman to afford it. I let myself in and went straight to the master bedroom closet. It was a walk-in with most of it dedicated to Claire. She had twenty-two purses with matching shoes. My purse and shoes h...
I can only describe it as wrongness. My so-called partner, Aaron, was an incredible cook and he’d been improving my palate. That smell would’ve made Aaron gag. It also would’ve made him cook, which is a great thing as long as he isn’t making crab. I hate crab. We made it down the corridor with Wa...
I didn’t care what Julio thought. Parking garages were gloomy at the best of times with plenty of places to hide. Plus, Dad and Chuck would ask if I got someone to walk me out and neither of them were above calling security to confirm my story. Julio put me in my truck and I locked the door imme...
Lucia was hobbling around and fussing over him. He was loving it. She tucked him in and got him a bottled water. Pretty good for someone with an open infected stab wound, but I’ve noticed that women usually rise to the occasion when someone they love is wounded or ill, no matter their own conditi...
The breeze felt like silk on my skin. Seven-thirty was a good time of night in the Central West End. The street lamps lit the dusky shadows of evening making golden orbs for me to follow home. In the warmth of that June evening, I allowed myself to feel good. The streets were parked up early with...