Lila Greene said, reading the news story headline on her laptop screen, horror twisting through her. As if answering, her brown-and-black tabby, Chloe, meowed loudly. “I know! Horrible, right?” Lila said to the cat, her only companion in her parents...
“They found the Jimmy?”“It had been stripped for parts and left abandoned on a road on the edge of town. Holton got your name and home number off paperwork in the glove compartment. Of course, when he called the home number, the call was forwarded to me.”Randall had set up a system that ensured t...
For someone who’d almost been killed, she seemed too calm. He worried that her reserve meant she was in shock, though when asked direct questions, she gave coherent answers. Her hand trembled when she raised it to brush her hair from her eyes, and her pale complexion told ...
She cast him a wary gaze across the front seat. “Now what?” Alec scanned the area with predatory eyes. “I’m going to have a little talk with these cretins. I need to find out who they are and who sent them.” “Shouldn’t we call the police?” Still shi...
Proctor’s living room, missing Kevin already. Somehow having him at her side, knowing she had his support gave her more strength and conviction to stand firm in the face of her father's arguments.She braced herself for another round of defending her actions and convincing her father she knew what...
He was no lech, but the idea of her baring her breast, even to feed her son, was fodder for vivid images in his mind’s eye. He could too easily imagine her curves bared for his exploration, their bodies tangling in the sheets. Considering Brianna was a new mother, those tantalizing fantasies left...