Mick replied, increasing the pressure on her throat even though doing so made him cringe inside. Still, he achieved the result he’d wanted. Caterina’s fight-or-flight response kicked in. Her skin erupted with the deep maroon color of his cotton robe and her hands tightened on his wrist, almost pa...
It would give Victoria too much power over him if he appeared overly eager as had happened to men for centuries, whether human or Hunter. When he opened the door he kept a neutral face, especially given the glare shooting at him from Victoria’s cadre captain. “Welcome,” he said and motioned for t...
Bruno and Howard flanking him. Bruno had a goofy look on his face. Howard had a towel around his neck, hands wrapped around the ends of it. The pose made his muscles look even larger and more menacing. “You wanted to see me,” Whittaker said, his com...
He was too impatient. He raced to the stairs to the lower level and took the stairs two at a time. At the landing for the shop level, he glanced at his smartphone. And saw Prince Sergei rush through the lobby. He stopped short. What the hell was the prince doing back in th...
At that earnest and beautiful face that had intrigued him so from the moment he had seen her. Then he shot an anxious glance at his father. “Dad, Bobbie and I need a private moment.” “Don’t you think I want to hear the explanation also?” he challenged. “This is between Bobbie and me,” Adam reiter...
Up ahead, another car was already parked at one side of the road while along the other, a fence kept an assortment of goats and cows in an emerald-colored pasture thick with summer grass.She slowed as she pulled up behind the other car, and Aidan asked, “Is this where we’re shopping?”“We call it ...
Weak and thready, but there.She hooked her hands beneath his armpits and pulled, trying to drag him indoors, into the growing heat of the room. But moving him was like trying to move a felled tree. His body was stiff and unresponsive. Deadweight, heavy, but she put her back and legs into it, drag...
After Sebastian left, she couldn’t muster the energy to change. And despite how tired she was, her mind was a Tilt-A-Whirl of emotions. Foremost among them, disgust at how she had behaved toward him. She’d driven him away and, in doing so, hurt him. Sebastian’s face was like an open book and at h...
Adrian asked, stroking his thumb once again along the perfect dent in her normally resolute chin. Wishing he could reach up and trace the edges of those full lips that had tempted him for so long. “I was not ready to die, if that’s what you’re asking,” she said with determ...
She bit her bottom lip to keep from crying – again – as Jase approached, dressed all in black once more. Leaving her exactly as he’d come to her for their one night together. Maybe not exactly. She didn’t think that either of them could ever be the same again after tonight. He paused in front ...
Lee never released the tight hold he had on her neck, and since her toes were barely brushing the ground, there was little she could do to get any leverage. Once she was on terra firma, however…He carted her by the scruff of her neck as his bodyguards followed him to the entrance to the alley. As...
He had gone a little too far with his assistance. And she had responded, wanting him like she’d never wanted anything before. She didn’t like that he could make her lose control. She knew where that could take her. He had almost made her forget that she was here to do a job. Almost, she reminded ...
Needing one last, sweet bit of her, he slowly caressed her nether lips and the sensitive nub at her center before urging her beneath the sheets and to the middle of the mattress. “Don’t leave,” she said as he got to his feet beside the bed. Reaching for him. &n...
As she met his gaze, she realized he understood. He slowly shifted his hand back and cradled her cheek. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean to . . . .” He paused, clearly uncertain of what to say, much like she was in uncharted territory. She hadn't planned o...