Monica Gardner is starting over. The brokenhearted St. Louis native has nothing left at home any longer: her future is being an ER doctor at a New Orleans hospital. Her first day makes for a bumpy start as she continually runs into Dr. Elijah Holmes - a man who could make her change her mind abou...
She absolutely despised being in front of the camera. That’s one of the reasons she chose to be a writer. Writers were heard, not seen.Think about syndication, Paige reminded herself.She chanted the phrase over and over again as she followed the station manager.“Hair and makeup will meet you in h...
As they danced, Phil concentrated on the muscles beneath her fingers as she held on to Jamal’s solid back. She couldn’t remember the last time a man had looked at her with the same intensity as Jamal was looking at her right now. He ran one hand down her spine, stopping ju...
She knew she was heading in the right direction the moment she saw the numerous cars parked along the tree-lined street. Phylicia had told her to anticipate half the town showing up for the picnic being thrown by Dr. Landry, who owned the Gauthier Pharmacy and Feed Store on Main Street. &nb...
Asia said as she pulled Dexter’s arm more securely around her midsection. The couch afforded them very little room to maneuver, but making it up the second set of steep stairs to the bed had seemed like more effort than it was worth. It was just fine with her. Over the past hour, she had discover...
Now that they both knew what would happen when they got back home tonight, the desire to get there was more than she could stand. However, all thoughts of rushing through their evening vanished the moment they arrived and Mason caught his first glance at the brilliant disp...
She needed a second to recover. Or maybe an hour.“Did you really say his lap looked comfortable?”She slouched in her seat, complete and utter mortification weighing down her limbs. Why not just jump the man in the middle of her front yard?Callie closed her eyes and took a moment to relish the pin...
It truly was the sweetest torture in the world, living so close to her, imagining how things would be if they gave in to the powerful chemistry that pulsed between them. His current favorite nighttime fantasy was thinking about what would have happened if the oven timer had not gone off the other...
She hadn’t bothered with underwear. Carter told her it would just hinder access.“I only have diet soda and water,” she called.“Diet soda kills,” Carter called back.Lorraine chuckled and grabbed two bottles of water. She walked over to where he stood in front of some of her less risqué portraits. ...
Bastian Theater, and as Wendy Kincaid finished her closing speech, walked offstage and disappeared behind a heavy velvet curtain, she beamed with pride. The cozy campus theater was filled to capacity, including the VIP sections rimming the back row and the balcony, and Wen...
It had taken more effort to secure the zoo than she’d first anticipated, but it was done. Everything else was in place for Mr. Lohman’s Safari-themed Valentine’s Day experience. She went back to her desk and pulled up her checklists for the other experiences scheduled. All of the dinner reservati...
“Pitiful,” he huffed. “At least get it to the twenty.” He brought a cut crystal tumbler glass to his lips, mumbling, “I would have taken it to the house,” before downing a generous portion of the casino’s top-shelf Scotch. Every seat in the ultra exclusive Players Club at Atlantic City’s Rio Gran...
“It’s not much further,” he said. “I don’t mind the walk,” Deirdre returned. “I’m enjoying the scenery.” “Just wait,” he said. “You haven’t seen anything yet.” They rounded the wall of jagged stone and came face to face with one of the most breathtaking sights he’d ever encountered. Theo heard De...
“What kind of question is that?” Aunt Lorna’s surprised laugh made Renee feel marginally better. “Well, I just told you I’m contemplating going away with a man I’ve only known a few weeks, when I’ve been going out with another man for several months now.” “First of all, I think you’re forgetting ...
The last time she’d made this journey, her knees had felt like water and she’d been sure she would have to financially support Susan Renee after her dear friend was fired for loaning Payton her press pass.Today, no one questioned her presence as she entered the Sabers’s sacred domain. Agents were...
And, okay, just a tad turned on.Who would have thought that Mason Coleman of all people could make her cheeks heat with embarrassment, or make her nipples pebble as if they had been hit with a blast of freezing cold air? Of course, it had been quite a while since her nipples had seen any action t...
Just as she was about to shut down her laptop, Stewart responded with a request for her to step into his office on her way out. Leslie rapped lightly on the opened door and peeked in. “You wanted to see me?” “Yes, yes. Come in,” Stewart said. He tos...