He should have called from the plane to let her know that he was coming home, to tell his wife that he’d made some decisions that he wanted to share with her. But he’d wanted his arrival to be a surprise—and instead, he surprised himself by coming home to an empty house. He dropped his duffel ins...
When they got to their door, he slipped his key card into the slot, and the light blinked green. Was that some kind of subliminal message? Did green mean she was supposed to go for it? Or was she looking for signs where there were none to be found? ...
It was just the kind of high-handed macho move she should have expected from him. But he’d looked so sincerely frustrated to hear about the latest rumors churning through the hospital gossip mill, and when he’d looked into her eyes—damn, but she was a sucker for those deep green eyes—she’d felt e...
Not because he was having a good time, but he figured if he at least pretended he was, it might get his brothers off his back for a while. He had a couple of beers early in the evening, because Luke was buying, but then he switched to soda. It was rare for Matt to overindulge, he never had more t...
But at this point, Corey thought that attempting to deny the attraction between them would be like closing the barn door after the horse had gotten out. And the desire that raced through his veins reminded him of Lucifer racing across the field, sampling his taste of freedom. Heady and reckless a...
Tristyn met her at the door, offering a towel in exchange for the food boxes so that Jordyn could dry off. “Maybe the weather was an omen,” Jordyn said, kicking off her shoes. “As soon as I saw the forecast, I should have canceled the date and stayed home.” &nb...
The first was for anything she might need at Cielo del Norte, and the other was for everything else, which would go into storage. Thankfully, she didn’t have a lot of stuff, but she still had to sort and pack everything before she handed over her keys, and the task was much more time-consuming th...
Cullen said. “We’re on a tight schedule. You’re going to have to figure out a way to make it work. The new surgical wing has to open on time. The board refuses to give me any room for negotiations.” For a day that had started out with so much promise, it had gone straight ...
As the vehicle drew closer to the house, she recognized it as Jordyn’s hatchback. She didn’t know why her sister had stopped by, but she was grateful for any distraction from thoughts of the upcoming renovation that had plagued her throughout the day. She only hoped it was...
Rachel froze, her shocked gaze moving from Andrew to the little girl and back again. Was it possible that she’d misunderstood the child’s words? But no, she could see it now. The familial resemblance wasn’t obvious, but it was there—in the shape of her eyes, the curve of h...
Jack Garrett slid into the vacant seat across from Gord Adamson, a former law school classmate and occasional courtroom adversary, at The Winking Judge, a small pub across the street from the courthouse. “I was surprised to get your call,” Gord admitted. “I thought you’d g...
What had started as a single-day celebration of the harvest back in 1859, when most of the town’s residents were farmers, had become a four-day mid-October event. For Ashley and Paige, it was an annual ritual that brought back mostly fond memories of their teenage years. Because she’d been a book...
Or maybe she was more annoyed by the content of the message than the delivery, because the brief statement confirmed that he was having a great time on his date with Whitney and wasn’t in any hurry to come home.She was annoyed, too, with her own response.No problem.But what other response could s...