He was back--and he wanted herKate hadn't planned to settle old scores with Alasdair Drummond. But when he reappeared in her life, she realized that here was her chance He had been her first love, yet he hadn't even considered her as more than a friend.This time around, Alasdair made it clear he ...
‘Look, Alasdair, we went through this last time we met, and the answer’s still the same. I don’t consider it a waste. I’m a good teacher, and I get damned good results with my pupils. Nor,’ she added fiercely, ‘do I look on Foychurch as the back of beyond. It’s a friendly, thriving village commun...
‘Why, hello, Kate. Adam didn’t say you’d be here when he recommended this place.’ ‘Hello yourself, Jack. Adam mentioned that you’d been in Dysart’s this morning.’ Kate smiled at him brightly, resolving to do her brother an injury the first opportunity she got. ‘Let me introduce you. Alasdair Drum...
Now it was a privately owned hotel, recently refurbished to such splendour Jo wished she was wearing something more in keeping with her surroundings. Her dress fitted her to perfection, and it had been so expensive Kate had hidden the price tag, but it was nevertheless a black knit dress. Which w...
‘Eleni asked when you last ate,’ he reported, letting Isobel down in the armchair. ‘This morning on your beach,’ she gasped. No point in mentioning that grapes had been the only thing on the menu. Nor that she’d parted with them and everything else in her system in the guest bathroom, with an enc...
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‘Sorry, sorry.’ She rubbed her wet face against his chest. ‘Tears twice in one night. Personal best for S. Tracy.’ Jake waited until she was calmer, then fetched a shot glass from the minibar. ‘Medicinal cognac. Down with it, darling.’ Sarah drank the mouthful of fiery spirit, and felt better as ...
Instead she found a message from her father on her phone, demanding her presence up at the house. She heaved a sigh. It was show time! Instead of rushing off straight away, Harriet washed her face, renewed her make-up and re-coiled her hair even more tightly than usual. Armour firmly in place, sh...
‘Where are you going?’ ‘Back to my room before Sofia finds I’m missing.’ He pushed the tousled curls back from his face and kissed her at such length they were both breathless when he let her go. ‘Come back to bed,’ he whispered, but Eleanor found the strength from somewhere to shake her head. ‘T...