Talk about boring..... ugh I skipped about 70%.... who am I kidding, 90% of this book. It was really slow, the characters weren't interesting (more like annoying) and there wasn't any real chemistry between the Zarah (a name I don't like) and Bobby (whose attitude I really didn't like because he ...
He would hate to think he came from such stock. He moved on to the next life-size image hanging from the towering wall—and it took him a moment to realize it was a woman not a man, the tall, ruffled collar dating the image to the time of Queen Bess.“Excuse me—are you . . . ?”Christopher turned at...
“Was I whistling?”Johnny Longrieve puckered his lips and blew out a good imitation of the song that had been stuck in Neal’s head for two days.He tousled the boy’s hair. “Very good.”“What’s it called?”“‘Springtime Brings on the Shearing.’ I learned it from a shepherd when I was a bit younger than...
The shooting pain in her side served to clear her mind of anything but a singular focus: escape. Each volley Sister Elizabeth fired and each broadside it received recoiled and rocked the ship. With her hands held over her head as she rubbed the rope over the broken iron peg, every jolt upset her ...
and Mrs. George Laurence.” Meredith applauded with the other three hundred people in the room, emotion once again trying to get the better of her at the sight of how happy Anne was. “Miss Meredith?” She turned. One of their longtime servers stood behind her, a tray of champagne flutes filled with...
George ran his finger under his collar, suddenly unable to breathe. Dressed in a modest floor-length, black column dress, Anne glided around the perimeter of the room, double-checking the readiness of each station and each server. If her idea had been to blend into the background, she’d failed mi...
You have now successfully licensed a Chicago branch of Let’s Do Coffee.” Forbes reached across the corner of the table and shook Shon’s hand.“Thanks, man. I wasn’t sure this one was ever going to go through. As always, couldn’t have done it without you.”“Now,” Forbes shuffled the folders in front...
Though I believe Flannery would have protested the idea of having dinner with Jamie, once we were there, she did seem to get along with him quite well.The food was good, and the company was excellent. I look forward to “running into” you and your grandson again.Until next weekend,KirbyFrom: Jamie...
Food held no interest for him—though he forced himself to eat something. The rest of the lieutenants were not stirring when he left the wardroom. He took the stairs three at a time in his hurry to arrive on the quarterdeck. The crew on the morning watch had just started washing and holystoning th...
Mental images of a hired coach capsized on the side of the road quickened his heart.What had he been thinking, to ask his mother and sister to take such a perilous journey on their own? “I should ride out and trace the route they were supposed to take.”Susan reached the parlor door before he did,...
She would swear that she’d heard her eyes scream at the thought of putting her contact lenses in this morning. After only five hours of sleep last night, the insides of her eyelids had taken on the consistency of coarse-grit sandpaper. But with only two tests remaining to be graded, she might be ...