This was more like a 2.5 for me. It was okay mostly but there were some parts of the story I liked. The perfect family consists of Maggie & Mike and their two sons Brian and Jamie. Their perfect life hits a bump when Jamie comes out and lets everyone know he is gay. There is also a minor story ab...
Bailey O’Neil, aka, the Street Angel, has been the arch enemy of Senator Clay Wainwright since he was a district attorney and she a young, idealistic social worker. He put her in jail for harboring a teen offender and never looked back. Eleven years later, she’s a thorn in his side as an anti-gan...
As teenagers, they were called the Outlaws and they kept the police of Glen Oaks on their toes. Though the tight-knit group has left their checkered pasts behind, time has not been kind to the six friends. Beth Donovan is now a widow raising a teenage son alone. Linc and Margo are living proof th...
Dr. Janson stood over the bed. The room smelled like antiseptic. Like hospital. “We’re all set, Opal.” Janson had an easy smile and talked directly to his patient. “Do you have any questions?” White-faced, she gripped Ana’s fingers. “Do a good job.”...
Repeat…”Delaney Dawson looked up from her journal and said, “Oh, no! Not again.”Across the aisle, she heard, “Son-of-a-bitch.”The curse came from the stranger sitting in one of the seats facing her at the airport gate. She’d noticed him the first time her plane to upstate New York had been delaye...
Neighbors reported elderly people in the back bedroom, and her crew had to rescue them. In her mic, she heard, “Don’t be a baby about this, Tess. You have to do what’s right.” “I will, Mitch. I promise.” As they crawled at a snail’s pace, the temperature rose. Sweat beaded on her forehead, neck a...
But fate seemed to be guiding her to this place. She remembered sitting through basketball games, when Damien played all those years ago, but that ended abruptly with her cancer diagnosis. Today, the place had transformed from the crepe-papered tropical site to jock city. ...
Paulina looked over at her sister, who was dressed in a pretty pink skirt and T-shirt to match. Nia’s outfit was in stark contrast to Paulina’s dirty jeans and stained T-shirt. “Let’s go sit outside. I want to talk to you.” Alarm suffused Nia’s face...
Though she was jaded about the current society, having researched it for decades, the ability to go out in real air and run, work up a sweat, was mind-boggling. But she had bigger things to deal with. “Something’s happened,” Alisha said without greeting. Celeste, seated at...
You gonna bunk with her?” Riley looked up from a copy of The Heart of Hidden Cove, a magazine produced by the husband of a firefighter he liked. “Say one word against Jane and I’ll deck you, Decarlo.” “Ha! You and whose army?” The retort was accurate. He’d need a battalion to subdue Rocky Decarlo...
There was no reason in hell a workman should be privy to the emails. He’d had to ask her out to distract her. He knew, he knew, he shouldn’t be involved with her. His concentration on his job was shot when he was with her. He should be glad that she was going to California. &nbs...
She’d been preoccupied at school, short with her mother and distanced from Mark. So she was glad for the distraction of herding forty-five fourth grade students off the bus and into Camden Cove’s Fire Station 1, despite the inevitable excited screeches they emitted. Thankfully, this was not Brody...
From the sidelines, Mike judged it to be going about seventy miles an hour. That new second-string quarterback was good. Near the ten-yard line, Marcus Stormweather leaped off the ground like a ballet dancer. Catching the ball, he landed gracefully, turned and ran into the end zone. “It’d be a to...
Though the tension in Mitch’s neck knotted his muscles, inside he was calm. He chose a booth in an isolated corner, out of view from the restaurant. Mitch could see the doorway and counter, but Johnny could not. Pepper approached them. “What’ll ya have, gentlemen?” “Coffee.” Mitch looked at Johnn...
Waiters carrying flutes of champagne whisked through the crowd, followed by those offering appetizers. Standing next to Rebecca in the reception line, Rachel called on the strength she’d built up over the years in dealing with her parents. She could do this, stay an hour and leave. To make hersel...
Paige smiled down at the six-year-old girl, warmed by the trust she saw in the child’s big brown eyes. Paige ignored the quiet gasp from Casey’s mother, who sat in a chair across the room. “’Kay.” Casey had scooted over on the examining table to make room for her imaginary...
Ana’s hands shook, but she told herself she had to be brave and clasped the phone she still held from calling Magdalena. When the nurse came to the door, she stood. “I’ve sent someone down to meet your sister, Ms. Ludzecky. She can come in and wait with you.” Nodding, Ana ...
The darkness welled inside him and he pounded a fist on the steering wheel. He caught sight of his cell phone on the seat next to him. Picking it up, he held it to his chest. He’d started reading some stuff on the internet, and one of the sites for vets had said to call somebody when you felt lik...
They wanted to know if his absence had anything to do with his family. They’d heard rumors about his sister-in-law. Liam said Gale and Jamie knew and were worried, plus Pat called everybody Brie knew to look for her, so the situation could have been leaked in many ways. Brie’s disappearance had t...
He addressed Kate and Reese with a neutral expression on his face. “Thanks for meeting me here. I’m sandwiched in-between appointments, but I wanted to talk to you two.” “You said it was important.” From where he sat across the desk, Reese leaned forward and linked his hands between his knees. He...
Rafe, in a heavy thermal sweater, a down vest and gloves, braved the cold. His cheeks were bright red and his eyes teary. From the weather or the last parting he was about to do? Either way, Nia moved in close and curled her arm through his. “This is hard.” “Not as hard as...
