In a matter of minutes, they stood upon a verdant, level sward of land just beyond the roiling Gael Burn. The sun was flirting with the clouds, and the air was potent with the essence of spring. Freedom lay just within the curtain of trees not a hundred rods away. But Roderic failed to be distrac...
Caleb wobbled on her shoulder, but found his balance without the aid of his bandaged wings after a bit of scrambling."You will take him then?" Marta asked, her old voice rusty in the narrow room."Unless we can learn who the culprit is, I have no choice," Cat said. She turned hopefully toward her ...
It was a braw day in New Town. The bluebells were just beginning to bloom, the apple blossoms smelled like a wee bit of heaven, and the sun had made a rare spring appearance, sparkling on Edinburgh like firelight on brilliants. Stilling her tiny purse so as to avoid striking any oncoming pedestri...
Talked about a horse, and somebody named Grey, and about... about a fella they called The Ghost," said Jacob, lifting a bony hand to rub his opposite arm. "One fella, he says they had t' head back t' town before you got there and riled up the folks. Then this other, he says nobody'd believe Rylan...
His belly was lean and hard, undulating with hillocks and valleys of pure muscle.Dear God, thought Rose, leaning back to observe her handiwork. Even without his array of weapons the man looked to be the consummate warlord. Dressed in nothing more than his plaid and knee-high horsehide boots, he s...
A gun! Brenna froze, terror choking her. She’d been careless, distracted. And now it was too late. “Time’s up, Fox.” His words mimicked Brenna’s thoughts, mocking her. And it was those words that tore her from her paralysis. Spinning desperately about, she slammed her heel into the attacker’s han...
The laces on her bodice were too tight. Or maybe... She kept walking, forcing one leg in front of the other. Maybe it was the people's stares that made her chest ache and her legs wooden. Maybe it was the little boy who was pointing at her or the miller whose eyes looked as if they might pop from...
He stood not four feet away, so there seemed little reason for shouting. "Stanford," Dugald said softly, nodding slightly from his seat at the trestle table and ignoring the many faces that turned from their meals to stare at them. "You are a coward and a bastard," Stanford said, his tone straine...
Joseph needs the rest," Clancy said. "I can go on," Raven insisted, gritting his teeth and holding himself stiffly upright in Clancy's saddle. He'd been conscious for several hours but looked pale and strained. His leg was swollen and red from his foot to his thigh where his pants abruptly ended....
Fleurette demanded. They’d returned in utter silence to Lucille’s spacious home, and though Fleur’s growling anger had lost a bit of its biting edge, it continued to gnaw at her guts. Damn the barbarian to utter darkness! “Thinking?” Lucy asked, and...
"Drink," he said. She did, then trembled, and drank again. He watched her throat move, then lowered his gaze. Although she had replaced her bodice, she hadn't taken the time to pull the ties tight. The neckline sagged slightly. That alone was enough to cause him heart palpitations. Under that gow...
Ty shouted, racing into the house. Sparks were shooting from the microwave like a light show gone mad. Shielding his eyes with one hand, he gathered his nerve and punched a button. The blue sparks faded to oblivion, but his temper did not It had only been a few hours since he’d forced himself to ...
Nairn O'Banyon has had a couple of bad centuries. Back in the Middle Ages, he was a feared warrior, a charming womanizer, and a...well...he was strictly human. But a dark curse has made him a changed man. In fact, during moments of great passion, he becomes the feral hound his conquests oft accus...
The decision had been made and she felt better for it. Dagger was a formidable adversary, but mayhap this Scotsman was just as deadly. In fact... She watched his eyes. There was something there that spoke of her own demise. Mayhap his allure was more dangerous than Dagger's evil, for he tempted h...