God, was she really going to go through with this? One of the performers, Grace, patted her arm and gave her a grin. “Don’t worry, Belle. It’s only a date. It’s not like you’re selling your body!” She eyed the dark-haired woman in a short leather dress. “I know but I’m only a waitress. I don’t kn...
The lawns leading up to it were striped and lined with flowers, and Harriet imagined the gardens would be spectacular. “Are you coming, love?” her mother called to her. With a sigh, Harriet followed after her mother. Catching up to her, she caught that look again. The look that said ‘poor heartbr...
Please tell me you'll come with me. It might do you some good to get out and meet new people, not to mention break out of that vanilla shell of yours...” “Vanilla? Now you're comparing me to a flavouring?” “NO! Come on, you know what I mean. You've been in what, four relationships and had maybe h...
You’re working late today. Mr P. Evans Violet stared at her computer screen and rubbed at her forehead. How like him. Direct and straight to the point. Patrick Evans didn’t believe in unnecessary etiquette, she thought with a snort. Though she’d only worked for him for six months, she quickly got...
The lawns leading up to it were striped and lined with flowers, and Harriet imagined the gardens would be spectacular. “Are you coming, love?” her mother called to her. With a sigh, Harriet followed after her mother. Catching up to her, she caught that look again. The look that said ‘poor heartbr...
Paquita. The final moments. Paquita and Lucien are to wed. The harps tinkle and that is my cue. As I make my entrance across the stage, I glance across at my Master in the wings and a sadness I almost cannot bear crosses my heart, for at the end of this performance I will be free. A dancer since ...
Justin stepped around her and eyed her with a grin that made her shudder. She wore the sort of outfit she always wore to work - a shirt and pencil skirt - but as he looked over her with his lips turned up at one corner, she felt as if she were naked. “What’s the meaning of this?” she demanded as ...
Samantha peered out of the backseat window of the car and grimaced. With its four grey towers, pointed turrets and dark stone walls, it looked every bit the haunted castle. She glanced around at her three friends and wondered why she’d agreed to this. They gaped up in awe at the keep as it sat on...
Ebony narrowed her eyes at Blake. “You’re just jealous because I wasn’t flirting with you.” He shrugged, stretching the confines of his tight black shirt. His dark eyes twinkled with mirth. In his roadie gear, he could just be one of the guys who worked backstage but to Ebony he was so much more....
His hair was mussed as if he’d been running his hands through it repeatedly and his t-shirt must have been torn in the scuffle. Grace had to clamp her arms around her waist to prevent herself from flinging her arms around him in relief. Grace came to her feet, grimacing as the blood rushed back i...
“Run through it again,” she called to Len, her lighting guy. Everything had to be perfect. She’d invested a fortune in this event. She needed to bring some new blood into the club if she was ever going to cover the cost of the unnecessary sound-proofing of the London club. It had all been fucking...
Georgina tried to wriggle away from them but as soon as one hand left her, another joined in. Her cries of protest were quickly drowned out as one long haired man pressed a kiss to her mouth. When he drew away, another replaced him, this time tasting at her with his tongue. Georgina’s head swam w...
She shook her head. Back to school at the age of twenty-eight. Who’d have thought it? She eyed the intimidating building with its gothic architecture and huge windows. So this was Hollybourne School. Don’t forget the slaves part. Hollybourne School for Slaves. She snorted. Under its guise of resp...