The others gathered around without the usual laughing and teasing that happened at break times. They were a strong, united team, and she supposed they sensed something was wrong. She asked, “Remember when the inappropriately named well-being center was closed down?” “Jacks...
Of course she was really grateful for the extra donations of food. That had been wonderful. She hated the weeks when meal after meal was rice or pasta with some vegetables and maybe a piece of fresh fruit or, even worse, just soup and bread. So to have a full nutritious meal, plus a dessert, was ...
She was young. Not as young as JJ, not an adolescent, but certainly not thirty either. Probably not even twenty-five. How did Elsie know she was a Parker, though? She was slender and not particularly tall, but she wasn’t as short and slight as Elsie. Her body did appear to be fine-boned though, a...
Now people had started getting romantic in various parts of the room, often on the couches but some on the floor. Gaynor was ready for an orgasm. Hell, she’d almost come when the woman on stage had come! But that didn’t seem to be Tor’s plan, so she followed him around on her fuck-me shoes, hopin...
He spent time with his patients, especially a young female werewolf who’d narrowly escaped death in a car accident and whose self-confidence was at a rock-bottom low. He’d listed her for extra physiotherapy, but he also wanted her to talk to other patients and staff members. Staying out of cars w...
Not once all night had either Josh or Pete mentioned love. In fact what they’d said was that they only fucked women who understood it was all a bit a fun. Was that really all they thought of her? She’d thought they were waiting until she was twenty-one because they loved her and may even mate her...
Although he was technically on vacation for a week after he returned from a job, in fact that week was peppered with smaller tasks that needed to be done. Boring stuff like writing reports and adding photographs of people he’d been watching to their information files. Not to mention chores like c...
It was a tribal band around her lower thigh with a dagger hanging from it. He’d never seen anything like it, and it was incredibly sexy. One day he’d ask her why she’d had it done. But for now, he knew it was his subconscious trying to tell him something. But what? All mor...
He wanted something potent, extreme even, but short lived. A beating that would have them moving cautiously for several days after it, remembering every delicious touch of the whip wasn’t quite what he wanted. Nor was leaving them handcuffed or tied up and teasing them on and off all night. ...
He had a list of questions he needed to ask other pack members. He suspected humans hadn’t been included in that pack until her human grandmother because there was such a heavy preponderance of males. However, it was possible that some of the men who’d found their mates in other packs had inadver...
They’d both been quite silent since they’d kissed Eve goodbye at the old schoolhouse. Morgan felt completely crushed. All his hopes, dreams, ambitions, were held in the hands of the slender blonde who’d just turned her back on them. “Well that went well. Not,” he said sadly. &nb...
I wish I was ten years old again and believed in magic. If I was, I’d ask your genie to get me the hell away from this pre-wedding party right now. Her mother’s cousin’s only child, Sophia, was marrying the love of her life tomorrow, and it seemed the family had invited ev...
asked Willow, surging forward to grab her sister. Yeah, Rhion wanted to know that, too. Also why weren’t they in bed? It was almost 3:00 a.m. and he was more than ready for a few hours sleep before the working day began again. Rhion followed Willow and Cadfael into the apa...
Every now and then she almost panicked, worrying that somehow the clinic wouldn’t be there when she arrived, that George would have succeeded in taking back the land and closing it down. Or that the attorney would be wrong and it had never belonged to Dr. Thorne at all. That she would have come a...
She knew it was his old life and not what he was now, but she was still fascinated to know the old him so she could tell how he’d changed. She was also well aware it might have been destroyed by vandals or thieves, or simply be inches deep in dust, cobwebs, and stinking of rotted food. &nbs...
She rattled metal gates, tried to turn door handles, and stomped on electronic door openers, making sure everything was still locked up tightly. “And to think I assumed I had the easy job. This is taking ten times longer than normal,” she grumbled to herself as she peered ...
Ezra had been wondering all week where it would be placed. One group wanted it down by the tiny river so anyone who wanted to could jump into the ice-cold water after their sauna. But most of the non-shape-shifters preferred having it closer to the buildings so they could easily get back to their...
Asher had almost blushed at his bad manners. Fancy getting in her way, trying to detain her when she needed to visit the restroom. He was an idiot of the most stupid kind ever. How could he ever have been so rude and crass? The workshops were being held on two different le...
No one in the hallway? Good. Even though her shoulder was strapped to her body and hurt like hell, Leticia was determined to go out into the garden and begin planning how she’d tackle turning it from a tangled wilderness into a productive vegetable garden again. She tucked...
Kenz seemed to have no fear at all, walking across the roof as if she was on solid ground, helping drag the heavy canvas off the roof and fold it, enthusiastically hammering eyebolts loose, and untying ropes faster than he could have done. Once the roof was cleared and everything was locked away ...
He wanted to keep her in his arms forever. Instead, he had to watch her return to her family home. And even worse than that, he knew he wouldn’t see her until Thursday morning. That was thirty-one hours away. Once he was sure she was safely inside, he turned to his brother...
“You can’t come in my car. How will you get home?” Leah complained. “You should have thought of that before you trashed my car,” said Hardy. “Will you shut the fuck up about your car? You locked me in the trunk of it, remember? And I’m serious. This...
For a moment he was terrified that Lutterworth was after Judith to attack her, maybe even kill her as he’d originally threatened, and Nelson wished he’d hidden her somewhere else. But then Lutterworth stopped and was jingling his keys again.Likely Mr. Davey knew they’d all be listening and worryi...
She was standing, yes, but he could tell it took an effort of will for her to do so. Her legs were a tad wobbly and yet she’d hurried down the steps in her fuck-me high heels without the least sign of wobble. That meant her orgasm had been a good one, which was what he’d wanted her to have, what ...
Pretend it’s a bed. Hold your arms up near the bedposts as if they’re chained there. Or tied up. Hmm. Chain or rope? What do you think I should use?” asked Curtis. “I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.” Nevertheless, Nicholas lay down and stretched his arms...
Dylan had brought Hawthorne back to the apartment when Maelor had told them the building was secure, but Hawthorne had still been mulling over what she might know that had caused Jackson Hamilton to pursue her. Dylan had tried to be helpful, but he had absolutely no ideas to give her, merely acti...