What's taking so long?" Fancy didn't bother to knock, just turned the knob, pushed the door open, and walked in. What she found made her mouth fall open, her eyes widen, and a blow torch blow across her face. Mitch lay spread-eagle on his bed, both hands and legs secured with some sort of leather...
After a tough Wind Warriors mission, he eagerly looked forward to several days at home to do nothing more than rest, relax, and live in quiet tranquility. Not that he actually enjoyed those highly rated goals, but at least getting away held a few benefits. Slowing his truck, he pulled into the pa...
Lavender assailed his olfactory senses as the small flame cast shadows across part of the living room. He'd actually slept well and without nightmares, which plagued him now and again. A respite he gladly took. His body quaked in an effort to produce warmth even as goose bumps prickled his skin. ...
Trinity stood at the entrance to the barn and breathed in the fresh Kentucky air. Still a bit chilly from recent rains, the fall temperatures promised a much more comfortable stay than on the plains earlier this summer. “Get through this. Finals in two weeks.” “Yep.” Lacey...
Brie still couldn't believe she was going to purchase pajamas with him. She never went shopping with her female friends much, let alone with a guy. For sleepwear, no less. Truly, her life had been turned upside down in a day's time."Ready?" Rye walked into the living room, tucking his Polo shirt ...
He could feel her nervousness, sense an innate deeply masked fear of him, yet she stood toe to toe and threw back his challenge in his face. Not many women had the gall to do that. Maybe nurses were tough creatures after all.A quiet mewing caught his attention. Intrigued, he glided toward the sma...
"Rye? Are you home?" Glancing around, she found the kitchen and living room empty and void of footsteps or other sounds indicating her live-in boyfriend might be home, just unable to answer. "Great." Stepping inside, she lightly plopped a couple of shopping bags on the counter, then shut the door...
Opening my eyes, I discovered three things. First, I snuggled under the blankets with Meat, both of us naked as the day we were born. Second, hushed voices in the hallway carried through my bedroom door. Third, Meat grinned down at me like a Cheshire cat for some unknown reason. Probably a carryo...
One glance into the living room sent her heart racing and a shiver of fear up her spine.Tanner sat on the couch with Hercules draped across him.He looked up at her with a sheepish smile. "I wanted to check on you. The guard dog sat on me so I wouldn't peek into the shower."Said canine snored loud...
Twists and turns of the adopted and pieced together family tree are a bit odd in my case. Not bad, but unusual came to mind. Toss in a few abilities and it became a melting pot with a unique flavor. Most men would run for their very lives just hearing about a few of the more interesting members, ...
The boys had just gone to bed when a knock sounded at the door. I peeked out to find Ducian, one of the local vampires and an erstwhile friend, standing on my doorstep. My heart thudded and mind raced at all the possible horrible reasons that would bring him to my doorstep. "Hi," I whispered with...
Leave it to his sister and her co-workers to land him knee deep in dead bodies before lunch. "We have to assume he's contracted hits out on each one of you." He addressed the small group of Wind Warriors still present at the park. Other FBI agents worked close by, gathering evidence from around t...
Again? Lark muttered under her breath, mentally chastising herself for accepting this job, once again playing a blonde bimbo with no more on her mind than finding a sugar daddy and latching on to him like a life vest after the boat sank. Nearly a month ago, she'd turned in her status change with ...
She would never walk the runway in Paris but, at the same time, held her own in the physical looks department. Her sandy blonde ponytail hung just past her shoulder blades, making her hair a few inches longer than his own. Large brown eyes enhanced a rounded face, long eyelashes framing sparkling...
As much as she tried to remind herself of the previous flops when it came to relationships, the spark of eternal hope surged into a small flame, one that refused to extinguish easily. Perhaps that persistent belief that the man of her dreams could land in her life at the drop of a hat spurred her...
Ben tilted his head as if wondering why he was moving files from the heavy metal cabinet into the smaller tote. Pausing, Dusty plopped down in the old wooden chair, the seat squeaking under his weight, and petted the dog’s head. Ben looked up at him as his tail brushed the floor. “Looks like our ...