He handed one of the Kevlar vests to Lucian. Better to be safe than sorry. It was one thing to go in on something when you knew what was waiting behind the walls, it was an entirely different thing to go in on something when you didn’t have a fucking clue. Lucian pulled of...
Nicole barely looked up from the laptop she was typing on, and Amelia, sitting beside her, kept her eyes down on her phone. Both girls already had to-go cups of lattes sitting in front of them, and another was waiting for Violet. She picked the cup up, taking a sip of the Chai latte and letting t...
Calisto greeted respectfully the moment he answered his ringing cell phone. “Calisto,” Affonso replied, sounding more chipper than usual. “You know, my boy, you could always drop the pretense when I call and address me the way we both want you to.” “As in, ‘Afternoon, asshole’?” Affonso grunted u...
Cecelia asked quietly. Antony hummed under his breath, wrapping his arm around his wife’s lower back as she stretched over his body under the blanket. Their makeshift bed on the floor wasn’t particularly comfortable, but it worked. “Together, you me...
Jordyn thought she had a grasp on the many masks he wore daily, from father, to business man, to husband, to mafia crime boss. Thought being the key word, because frankly, she didn’t understand a damned thing about the man. His switches flipped on and off in such fast burs...
Her eyes opened wide. “Morning, doll.” Melina groaned as the events of last night came rushing back to her. She’d had sex with Mac, and not just a hot meeting of fumbling bodies. No, it had been a great deal more than just sex. Mac had taken her body to heights of pleasure she’d never experienced...
She didn’t know what that god awful ringing was, but it needed to go away. Finally, she found the cell phone ringing and pressed the home key, knowing it would ignore the call. She eyed the alarm clock on her stand, noting the early morning time. Whoever was calling at six in the damn morning cou...
Clear and streaming through his lids. Waking him up. Calisto, stiff in his arms and neck, pushed himself up from whatever he had been slumped over. A steering wheel. Then there was pain. Radiating and sharp. &nbs...
Violet heard her father say. Her steps faltered, and she stopped just outside the dining room’s entrance, where the people inside couldn’t see her. Only a few minutes earlier, one of the maids had come to find her in the library to say dinner was waiting and so was her fat...
Kolin said. Adriano nodded; he wasn’t really listening. “Whatever, man.” “Hey.” “I said whatever,” Adriano repeated. “Adriano,” Kolin barked. The warning in the man’s tone caugh...
Plain and simple, no need to be dramatic, it just was. If the inmates weren’t attempting to pull some stunt on the guards, the guards were causing shit for the inmates. Sleeping with eyes wide open was a rule, if you could sleep, because the noise at night turned up to a w...
With the car cruising at a speed far beyond the limit, Anton wasn’t concerned in the least about being pulled over by highway patrol. After hanging up on his wife, he’d all but turned silent again. There were no other noises he wanted to hear other than her voice, just to ...
“Demyan Avdonin, I swear to God if you don’t pick up that fucking phone of yours I’m going to smash it into the wall. I have to be up at five to get ready for work!” Why was it that every time he began to fall asleep, something or someone was waking him up? It was starting...
Even Ana was a little bit jealous at how her sister-in-law didn’t seem to age a day. Wearing a tight club dress with heels sky high, Sofia drew the gazes of several men as she and Ana walked into the joint. “Sofia,” a familiar bouncer drawled, grinning salaciously. “Good t...
Chapter Six CATHERINE Catherine stepped into the familiar restaurant and breathed deep. The comforting scents of pizza, pasta, and all the sauces that came along with the restaurant’s famous dishes washed over her senses. If there was one thing Andino Marcello knew, it was good Italian food. ...
She grimaced every time Franco directed even a glance her way. She turned as cold as ice if he did touch her. And when Franco did touch Kim, Gio burned red hot inside. Sweet Jesus, what did I do this time? Betrayal rested heavily in his gut, leaving...
Abriella whispered when Tommas’ fingers stopped their travels through her hair. She’d been enjoying his attention. It wasn’t nearly often enough that she had his love and time on only her. When she did, Abriella felt like the queen of his world. “Keep going, Tommy. Please.” Tommas chuckled, the m...
Blinking rapidly, she breathed and attempted to see, move, or just do anything. Nothing happened. An ache had settled in the creases of her arms and legs. Bending them only served to settle the throbbing pressure deeper into her muscles. Pain radiated from the right side of her jaw as she opened ...
Of course, instead of being caught up in the passengers and attendants like I usually would be on any other flight, I was entranced and trapped by the tanned, handsome not-quite-a-stranger across the row from me. I learned that he was thirty-one, unmarried, and without children. And given the fac...
He didn’t know what his lover wanted exactly, but he decided that whatever it was, she could take it. She watched him with those knowing green eyes of hers from down below, her hair tumbling down her back in waves. The pout of her lips showcased her two front teeth, and it made her all the more s...