Danica had come up with the idea of having a grand opening, complete with media. At Monette’s request, she did not mention Monette in the press release. Kim, Danica’s second in command, rushed around, making sure everything was in place. Monette had no worries about that. The staff had done a fan...
Not even the newspaper and television stories of “a heated exchange between the two candidates for sheriff” seemed to bother him. Friday morning, Chase woke LaShaun from a sound sleep in a most delicious way. Wrapped in flannel sheets, LaShaun had made her master bedroom his sanctuary. “I’m going...
Denny came into the records room. “It’s on for Friday night,” he said, and slapped Lee on the back. “Awright?” Lee nodded to him. “Sure. What time you want me there?” “Eleven is when the party starts.” Denny grinned. He shuffled his feet in a hip-hop dance. “We gonna get paid some real money, man...
a deep voice shouted. The work crew’s boss gestured to the man operating a dump truck. Bright, hot sunshine beamed down on the men. Work had begun early enough, but even now, at ten in the morning, their shirts were soaked with sweat. In spite of the heat and humidity, the men kept up a steady pa...
She let the attorney do the talking. The detectives took turns asking questions, but they didn’t say much. Edselle told them what MiMi had learned from Nairoby first. Then he described MiMi’s volatile encounter with Yvette Theirry. Drake remarked dryly that they had suspects up to their eyeballs....
She changed the position of the accent pillows on the sofa for the third time. She fiddled with the volume of the compact disc player once again. Mood music was fine, but she did not want it to be suggestive. Yes, she’d been happy to hear from him. Who was she kidding? The sound of his voice had ...
The leaves on the pin oak and sycamore trees had begun to turn lovely shades of dark red and yellow. Mixed in with some of the still green vegetation, the colors were a beautiful blend of nature's best early fall redecoration. Bright sunshine spilled over the lovely landscaped little downtown of ...
He eyed his cousin warily. “What's up?” Marcus took a long pull from the beer bottle he held. Looking Anthony up and down, he gave a short grunt. “Nice clothes. Nice car, too. Living well, huh?” “I'm doing okay. How've you been?”Anthony settled on the huge black leather sofa. “Fine since I got ou...
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Lang yelled. “Jade!” She rushed into his office with a feeling of dread. “What is it? What’s wrong?” “Not a thing. We got more of the grant money than even I expected on my most optimistic day. A grand total of 3.8 million dollars.” Lang waved a sheet of paper in the air. “That’s fantastic.” Jade...
Sunshine came through the bay window bathing Erikka’s baby sister in light. At twenty, Jaci had the velvety skin of a girl with no worries. She wore her black wavy hair pulled back in a thick braid. Large sterling silver hoop earrings brushed her cafe au lait cheeks. She eyed the box of sticky do...
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And, he showed out. He wore a dark blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up and light blue distressed jeans. He stood in Jazz’s living room looking all kinds of good. She allowed him to play the gentleman for all of ten minutes before things got hot. Jazz dispensed with the courtship nonsense he tri...
The Baton Rouge police chief, the East Baton Rouge sheriff and Nedra’s boss were about to announce a new crime initiative. They had all gotten together to apply for a federal grant to fund a program to reduce crime in some of the worst neighborhoods. Nedra was happy to be out of range of the four...
Carlton snapped. “I’ve got a desk piled high with work.” He walked ahead of her into his office. Contrary to his claim, the expensive walnut desk appeared very neat She glanced at the modest stack of files but did not comment. “I hired a private investigator to look into Lyrissa Rideau’s backgrou...