Was it his commanding height that drew her gaze? Certainly he stood head and shoulders above the crowd, but that was secondary to some inner magnetism, a hint of wildness about him that was immediately apparent to her and that held her attention. His hair was golden, burnished by a much hotter su...
On Christmas day, too, with so much to do! Even then she knew that it was an alien presence entering her room that had disturbed her. Looking round, she saw that it wasn’t her room but Cliff’s, and the alien presence was none other than the man himself bearing a breakfast tray. ‘What a rare treat...
The pattern of the previous day was followed. Matt, who drove, parked her car where she had parked it the day before. Nerissa was waiting in the house for them, and Matt drove them to the hospital in his car. If Nerissa noticed the below-zero coldness between Zoe and Matt, she tactfully refrained...
Even in her anguish she was squeamish enough to choose the other bed, the one without the scent of the other woman’s perfume lingering on the spread. The thought of lying where that woman had lain filled her with revulsion. She closed her eyes, but all she could see was th...
On one particularly benevolent golden morning it was difficult to resist the treacherous invitation of the sea. Swimming was dangerous because of the strong tides that swept in both directions around the headland, so they walked as usual. Noel was not the kind of man to ke...
If he said something was so, then who would dare to deny him! ‘I’ll set up a session tomorrow. The number on the card I gave you will get you straight through to my secretary. Call her in the morning, and she’ll tell you when to report.’ ‘This is pointless. What’s the use of going to all this tro...
Instead her eyes met floor-length blue drapes, matching the canopy on the four-poster bed in which she lay, and the scarecrow arm of a tree, black and leafless, tapping on an unfamiliar window pane. She sighed in despair, realizing that it hadn’t been a bad dream but had really happened. Driving ...