They prepared to leave several hours before, Amity racing around with mania in her eyes. She fit Una, Gwen, and Kamil into matching outfits: all in dark purple, with their little legs and arms wiggling, their dark eyes shining. Amity kissed each of them softly on their foreheads and lifted them e...
I had kind of expected that he would want to go home and shower and change… or that he might have things to tend to on his day off. What I hadn’t expected was for him to leave me a note that said he was going to see James. Why couldn’t he let that relationship lie? From what I’d seen, Seth didn’t...
Over the past few months, Branden Kingston had been as good as his word, appearing in her office with increased frequency. Several more picnics had followed the first, until it became perfectly impossible for Melinda to deny her heart what it wanted any longer. Finally, she had broached the sub...
The stars were just starting to peek out of the sky, and the day was cooling swiftly into a cold desert night. So far, all of her trips to the palace had been in the back of an expensive car—relatively smooth, and shielded from the elements. Not so in the jeep. &nb...
Kally's face broke into a wide grin. She had been waiting at his bedside for this exact moment, and now she pulled him into a tearful, but gentle, embrace. “I was so afraid,” she whispered, softly kissing his cheek. “So afraid,” she repeated, her voice quavering slight...
As the engines slowly shut down, I realized there was still a faint roaring sound outside. “What’s that noise?” I asked the crew, unbuckling my seat belt. Nareem and Raj exchanged knowing glances and Nareem gestured to the other side o...
I did my best not to tell too many lies when he would ask me about my past. It would be too easy to slip up and forget one later on. If he asked me a direct question about my past, I would answer it as honestly as I could. Otherwise I tried my best to just not let it come up at all. It wasn’t har...
She saw several from the vendors she had lined up for the football player’s wedding and a few from stores she had contacted about Hannah’s shower. After dealing with her emails she glanced at the planner on her desk to double check if she had any other urgent tasks to de...
Usually, when she stormed away from a man she expected him to follow after her, and if he didn’t, he’d be in a world of trouble. This time, though, she didn’t know what to say to him, or how to explain herself. So she rushed to Malik’s personal driver instead. Amie took ...
The sound of the microphone snapping as Giancarlo roughly pulled it off him was so close to her ears, and she could hear the sound of the battery pack spinning its way across the floor and hitting a wall as he tossed it aside. She couldn’t make out the individual questio...
It would be a good time in Seattle to call her brother—not too late, not too early. He’d probably just be sitting down at the breakfast table for some cereal that was way too sugary. She squared her shoulders, preparing herself. Nicole had never once lied to her brothe...
But then, the first time, she had been enraptured in conversation. This time, she was miserable and torn. During their brief conversation, it hadn’t occurred to Lucie to let the Sheikh know he would be having a child. In all the thoughts she’d had in the short time since...
Two days after the night that Aiden had to rush to the hospital because Mark was having a seizure, we finally had time to sit down and finish our talk. “How’s Mark doing today,” I asked him. “He’s great. I talked to him on the phone this morning...
Farber had told her would be safe to continue drinking throughout her pregnancy—when and if that ever happened. She had liked the taste so much that even though she no longer realistically thought she would ever be pregnant, she had taken to drinking it when she wanted something hot. Without wa...
It felt like it was holding her, restraining her. Nadya dreamed she saw Salman, trying to get to her, but a woman with an Ambien for a head showed up, dressed in her mother’s clothes, and kept chasing him away. When she woke, she felt that she’d been fighting battles all...
He was going to be sore in the morning, but I wasn’t going to be the one to tell him that. He had actually started to have fun and I had a feeling it was just what he needed. I sang along with the Christmas music and he had even begun humming along with me. I had a feeling that was a big step for...
They were preparing a patient who had just gone into labor. Amy thrust a pillow beneath the young woman’s back while Rosie checked her watch; her shift was due to end in just a few minutes. “This will be you in not too long,” the blond woman moaned, looking at Amy’s bump...