When Rachel squawked like that, Emma knew better than to interrupt. She glanced up from her e-reader to see the squawker in question at the end of Emma’s bed holding that cursed white bikini, one piece in each hand. The strings of the top dangled nearly to the floor of the hotel room they shared ...
His body had cooled—on the outside—but the inside was still pretty keyed up. He wasn’t really interested in much of anything other than getting Grace back in his bed, but this time for the whole night. When the crunch of gravel sounded outside, breath he hadn’t realized he...
Evan clamped his teeth tighter on his mouthpiece and kicked closer to the section of the reef where today’s restoration had focused. Some of the other guys hated the team’s day job of working for ReefCo, but Evan didn’t mind it so much. The fish were friendly and bright, the pay was good, and the...
Evangeline announced late one afternoon as they watched a movie, snuggled together on the couch. Convinced he’d misheard, Matthew hit the volume, almost dropping the remote. “Out? As in out in public?” Other than an occasional rooftop visit, they ha...
Amanda squeezed Juliana’s hand weakly. “Dr. Cane. You came.” As if there’d been a possibility she wouldn’t have. She’d told her clients she’d be gone for two months. Not forever. This was her job, her life. Her identity. “I got here as fast as I could.” &...
Punching her time card in the antiquated machine mounted to the wall of the open kitchen. Making a phone call at the honest-to-God pay phone nestled between the upright video game and the bathrooms. She moved with vibrancy, like the progression of a blooming flower caught ...
Or maybe that was the heat in Keith’s expression as he swept her with another gaze full of promise and wicked intent. When she’d knocked on the door, she’d expected to have a nice evening with Keith that included a satisfying round of intimacy. In the past, he’d proved to ...
The second thing he did was insist she get in it while he made her a tray of tea and crackers. After the emotional breakdown in her office, Alex had half expected Phillip to jet back to Washington. They didn’t have a real marriage; theirs was based on rules. She got that, ...
And Lucas Wheeler was exactly the man to give it to her. Cia eyed her very male, very blond and very broad-shouldered target across the crowded reception hall. The display of wealth adorning the crush between her and Lucas bordered on garish. A doddering matron on her left wore a ring expensive e...
Not for the first time since leaving Austin, Gage questioned the wisdom of bringing his dog on a business trip. Of course, it wasn’t a normal business trip—unless showing up at your ex-girlfriend’s office building unannounced and uninvited counted as customary. And Arwen w...
Uncertainty seethed behind his ribcage. He couldn’t take a deep enough breath to still it. Last night, he’d entered the river with no more intent than to ensure Ashley remained safe and awake. Explaining how he’d left it was impossible. Where had all that raging passion come from? Citizens did no...
How, he had no idea. He’d tossed and turned all night, only to fall asleep at 5:00 a.m., thirty minutes before his alarm.If only he could blame the inability to sleep on Avery’s thievery or the merger plans or the damaging press he had been combating. As bad as all that was, it couldn’t hold a ca...