CHAPTER THIRTEEN Ian Exhausted beyond comprehensive thought, I dragged myself into the living room after grinding for hours in the workshop on a curio cabinet. A custom order the client wanted by the end of next week. My muscles were strained and protested movement, but the burn felt good. Beside...
Her skin was heated and she realized it was from the sun when she breathed in the scent of salt water. The steady thrum of the ocean roared in the background. Opening her eyes, she squinted to look up at Alec’s face as he sat on the edge of her chair, hip to hip. “Hi.” She...
My hands slapped the wall by her head in a meager attempt not to touch. I was at my breaking point. Two years. Two years of celibacy, and one kiss was blasting that all to hell. Pressing closer, I pinned her in place, every inch of us colliding. She tasted like merlot and ...
Troy pulled his truck into the driveway and cut the engine. Fisher was sitting on his front steps, forearms draped over his thighs, looking like he’d slept as little as he had this week. Opening the car door, Troy stepped out into the humidity and up the front walk. Fisher rose. “What brings yo...
We’d had quite the crowd tonight. Seemed the closer it got to St. Patrick’s Day the larger the draw. I’d been down a bartender, too, since my manager had the night off. Crazy didn’t begin to describe my mad rush to fill orders, to pretend I’d been listening to the patrons’ stories and, most drain...
He’d stopped at the Small Rapids police station before hitting the road. This early in the morning, the calls were still forwarded to whoever’s on call, so the station was empty. So were the files. Not a damn thing on Eaton or Drake. Shocked at the caller ID, he ordered his heart rate down. “What...
"Did you have fun?" He closed the partition for privacy. She grinned, her face in contrasting shadows and moonlight. "It had its merits." He pulled the remote for her thong from his pocket. "Like this?" Suspicious of her grin, he pushed the button, but instead of her writhing in her seat, his oth...