Minus the pot smoke and a cheerful old lady voice asking if anyone wanted cookies. There were no overhead lights, only worktable lamps; walls and walls of cabinets were hung over counters and counters of beakers and tubes and science gadgetry Ben felt no need to know the names of. It smelled of c...
Jordan knew where to lay the blame for his little Halloween chat with Vaughn, but now they were all suspect. Every watching pair of eyes, every whispered conversation, every checked phone…He had a pen on his desk that he clicked again and again. He never stressed, and now, was ill equipped to dea...
“As far as we know,” he said, setting his mug down on the chapel table. “The feds and the cartel aren’t working together. But someone knew the cartel was taking the gun shipment, and intercepted. So that points to an intel leak on our side.” “Or theirs,” Jinx...
His lips settled over hers without hesitation. He wasn’t shy. But for a frozen handful of seconds, Jess was only aware of one thing: It had been nearly twelve years since she’d kissed anyone but Dylan Beaumont. Panic flooded her veins. She went rigid and resi...
The big blue boat of a car that Tam drove – some all-steel Detroit monster – was in the drive when Mike pulled in at the townhouse. Delta sighed before she could stop herself and Mike shot her a glance through the shadowed interior of the car as he put it in park. “What?...
Every few weeks, Holly made the trip to Kroger, to stock up on basics and fresh herbs, but most times, she popped into the hotspot to pick up a few things here and there. Painfully conscious of her man-sized sweats, and what they implied, she parked at the curb and went into the market in hopes t...
Her stomach was still doing aerobics and now she had to pee. “You know the best thing about sitting in the exact middle in business class?” Jordan asked to her right. He was sandwiched between her and Walt’s oldest, Chase – who was engrossed in Angry Birds o...
There was the tug of worry in his gut, and there was the stiffness in Jenny’s arms around his waist. He could feel the tension in her, knew it wasn’t just the vibration of the bike but a trembling in her body. She’d wanted him – there was no doubting that – but now she was shaken, and he didn’t k...
The oven light was on and through the window, Aidan could see the chicken thighs, no doubt slathered with butter and dusted with parsley. For the first time in his life, Maggie’s cooking wasn’t a distraction. He and Carter stood shoulder-to-shoulder in Maggie...