Randall stared out of the front window of his shop, Cruz Apothecary, watching as his fellow business owners scrambled to haul their sidewalk fare indoors. In New Orleans, it was impossible to predict the pop-up thunderstorms that accompanied the heat of the summer. Personally, he loved the sound...
They make people so rude. Orlando: I feel ya. Andrei: For the past 10 minutes, I’ve watched my waiter texting instead of taking my order. Orlando: You need to get passive aggressive. Start talking real loud about people who don’t think they have to work around there. Andrei: Since I’m alone, that...
They can unlock the door any day, but it won’t matter. I’m trapped in a prison with no chains or bars. It will always be that way.” —Bailey’s Journal, B.D. Chapter 5 Then… Wednesday nights were the only night Masked Image closed. Joe, the shop’s owner, probably wouldn’t have chosen to shut down t...
He could practically feel Lena’s excitement rolling off of her in waves as she patiently waited for him to finish. Dan and Kera sat in the corner doing their damnedest to appear as if they weren’t watching every movement but he could read Kera’s moods too easily for her to get away with that one....
At least every fifteen minutes, one of the diva’s tried to make off with a jewel. One even went as far as to demand a trunk load of the designer dresses, claiming they were his own, and forcing them to intervene. How they managed to stuff so many kleptos into one room was beyond him. The only thi...
ice cream show-down that kept Shannon staring at the clear door in the frozen-food section of Jimmy’s food mart. At seven months pregnant, Genie’s cravings were at best unpredictable and he didn’t want to come home with the wrong thing, again—she owned a gun. His cell phone rang as he reached for...
Rolling onto her side, she did her best to ignore the ache throbbing at her wrist as she blinked at the darkened ceiling in surprise. She’d slept the entire day away. Tossing a glance around the room, she didn’t spot a clock. With a sigh, she clicked on the bedside lamp and went in search of her ...
Thirty days spent with Carter where she fell asleep each night in his arms. Every day he looked a little more relaxed, and Serenity was happier than she’d ever been in her life. She would be devastated when he grew tired of her, and he would. In this, she had no illusions. There wasn’t anything s...
It was the first thought that hit Benton when he spotted the party going on inside the open lounge. Better yet, Benton should’ve never accepted Hawke and Jamie’s invitation to join them in New Orleans for Cade and Dylan’s wedding reception. The Victorian house they were staying in had been conver...
There was no way in hell she was eating anything else in front of someone as fit as Drew. She’d been surprised to realize Mandy’s usual position at the hotel was as a waitress. Having the girl’s skinny model body hovering over her as Aubree lusted over the cake didn’t help matters in any way. “Th...
The men were tanks who hit like sledgehammers. Even Ryan, who fought without rules, cringed every time he heard a punch land. It never ceased to amaze him when someone stood steady afterward. The sound of the crowd, no matter how small the fighter’s name, always roared as loud as a packed stadium...
His Cajun accent took me by surprise. I didn’t realize I hadn’t heard him speak before. In every interview I’d ever seen, Killian was the one who answered every question. I knew he had a sexy English accent, but Cajun? Whew! It’s every bit as hot. My shock over the sound of his voice is the only ...
It seemed strange it would be right here where she caught the bus each morning and evening. She couldn’t recall why she had been there at that exact time but it didn’t change the outcome. She was dead. She had been brought up to believe things would be different when this day came. There would be...
Jacob was hers. There was no way she would be allowing him to walk away from her and their baby now, after seeing him again. She thought she could, but when she turned in that chair and locked eyes with him, she realized she was weaker than she could have ever known. It had taken every ounce of h...
Today was a new day. After four solid days of listening to multiple lectures, Riley had finally given in to her aunt’s demands to attend service at least once. Of course, then Billy had ended up getting called into work as Riley had been getting dressed to leave. Her relief over her near miss las...