I purchased this on my Kindle awhile ago and finally sat down to read it. I really liked the characters, Emma and Cole specially, but I found that some of the plot lines were easy to predict. There were some steamy scenes which were exciting, but they were all in the last half of the book (from 5...
Layla is very independent women who really really enjoys the company of men. When she feels she has been stabbed in the back by her sister and wakes up with a co-worker of her sister's boyfriend she decides that the list she made in high school is no longer something she needs to worry about and...
My tables all had their food and now I was just refilling drinks and bringing checks. Mondays were always crazy busy. Good thing I’d eaten some toast at the start of my shift this morning, because I hadn’t had time for even a bite of lunch. I delivered a tall vanilla milkshake to a toddler who sm...
After just thirty minutes of Eric working on reading and Jordan working on writing, they’d convinced me to play cards. “Go fish,” I said, narrowing my eyes in mock seriousness. Jordan pulled the card he needed from the pile on the table and did a little dance to celebrate. They’d been swimming ag...
It was a place in my head where I was wound to fight. I pictured good hits and thought about the euphoria of scoring and winning. Since my injury, thoughts of maiming John London in the next game we played against his team also fueled me. But tonight, I wasn’t feeling very...
Like those around him, Cole was absorbed in his thoughts. He nearly plowed into a woman who charged past him, talking loudly on her cell phone. A warm surge of pride filled him when the illuminated yellow ‘Emmaline’s’ sign came into view. Running a bakery was hard work, but she was committed to i...
It was the most imperfect manicure I’d ever gotten, but I wouldn’t be removing the polish anytime soon. Melody was eating a frosted doughnut across the kitchen table from me, and her nails were the same sparkly shade. She’d spent the night before with us, and tonight we were taking her to her fir...
I have to corner him and get down on my knees to get it on him. “Hey, man, it’s me,” I say in a soothing tone. “I’m the guy who brought you those doggie cookies you like so much.” I pet him for a minute, and he stops shaking. “Ready,” Quinn says, walking into the kitchen wearing a white parka and...
He and Reed played against Ty and Kelana, and Abby watched from the sidelines with Charlotte and Jen. “Those two are like little boys when they get together,” Charlotte said to Abby, rolling her eyes. “Abby, how long have you been with Chris?” Jen asked, eyeing her. “Um … We’re not together. I’ve...
And in the span of one day, I now had the same worry about his family. They were so easy to like, and I already knew I’d miss them if this was a here today, gone tomorrow kind of thing. “So Chloe tells me you work at the library,” Orion’s mom Diane said to me. ...
Finding those cute sunglasses you lost when you were really just trying to find your other shoe? That happened to me recently, but on a much grander scale. Since losing my parents and younger brother Seth in a plane crash ten years ago, I’ve been alone. You wouldn’t have k...
Line drills wore down even those of us in top physical shape if we did them long enough. “Again,” Orion yelled. We all went back to the line, the scrapes of blades on ice and an occasional grunt the only sounds in the arena. I’d sweated all the way through my clothes and pads, but I didn’t mind l...
“Uh…Murph just texted and said he needs our help.” “With what?” “I don’t know. He just says to call him.” I pushed a couple buttons on my truck’s Bluetooth and dialed him. The ring of his phone echoed in my silent truck cab. “Aiden,” he answered. “I need you guys to come back here. Drew’s gone.” ...