(2.5 Stars)After reading all of the fabulous reviews for "Saving Forever," I could hardly wait to read it. However, as I progressed throughout the story I found myself wondering where is the conflict/challenge/problem? Well, when I reached the end of this short story and still found myself asking...
Alex glanced over his shoulder as Jamie watched him rifle through the groceries. “Oh no, you aren’t. Not yet.” She smiled as she ran her tongue and teeth over her lower lip before she turned, walking into the living room and dropping down on the edge of sofa. “I'm not?” He glanced out of the kitc...
“What the hell are you talking about?” Luke stared at Emily’s old boyfriend through the glass, with his arms crossed. He wanted to break that glass down and hop over and pound that arrogant jerk’s face in. But he also knew that he was here on sufferance, a special privileg...
He’d go to prison, and he would never get out. She was partly to blame. She should have destroyed the files. She could have, or she could have omitted his name. Erased it long ago. She had done none of those things, even though she knew she was falling in love him. She knew she was falling in lov...
Her face crumpled as disappointment filled her. She’d wanted to show Cliff the new clothes Joy and she had just brought home. They made her feel pretty and professional at the same time, and she’d wanted to talk to him about his day, and hers. The text was brusque and held...
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She shivered from the cool air and no blankets. She sat up and froze as she reached for the duvet. The sound of the floor creaking down the hall caught her attention. It wouldn't have been a big deal, but Alex was in the bed next to her. His heavy breathing was usually a comfort to her, but terro...
They were meant to be together. They would just have to work things through, there was no other option. She wasn't interested in working for anyone else, and she certainly didn't want anyone else in her bed or in her life. Her father texted to see if she would be able to join him for breakfast, a...
Cara, who hated to fly under the best of circumstances, released her white-knuckled grip on the ‘oh-shit’ handle and heaved a huge sigh of relief. She swallowed, trying to quench the dryness in her mouth, and focused on bringing her heart rate back to some normal rhythm as Dani drove the plane to...
I feel I have enough information from both parties to decide a fair and proper outcome.” Thursday night, Elijah and Charity barely slept. They lay on his bed staring up at the ceiling and talking. The hospital’s attorney was confident everything wou...
In fact, I threw up again after setting up our late-night dinner date. “I knew you’d come around,” he’d said, before I hung up. “And now that my wife is out of the picture, you can move back to Minneapolis and into my place.” “That sounds great,” I ...
Alex Reid had been swamped while Jamie had been gone. He must have spent most nights in the office as her tablet and business phone had synced to all his work and she was able to go through everything he had done. He’d made rough notes for her and had Gina fill in on a few meetings to write press...
He was in a very bad mood indeed. It had been a bitch of a morning, and there was no one—no one—he could tell what was wrong. They would think he was crazy, and if they did not, they would be terrified. He could not do that to his family. Someone was following him. He knew they would call him cra...
It wasn't a bad way to be woken up, really. In fact, it was a pretty nice way to wake up, and Mark smiled as the woman in his embrace stirred, not yet fully awake, and snuggled closer. His arms tightened around her. “Mmmm… mornin’,” Erica said without opening her eyes. &nb...
Jamie turned once more in front of the bathroom mirror, taking notice of the fact that she still had a little way to go, but overall... for the first time in her life, she was happy with herself. Content. She would always be bigger than the models on the covers of magazines, but she was a healthy...
As the time grew near for Ryan to leave, Chrissy found herself contemplating giving up her scholarship to join him. Jason would hear none of it and wasn't the support she hoped he would be. Her mother was a drunk, and her dad was gone, so she didn’t know how to make a relationship work. It terrif...
Connors, have that report on my desk by tonight. I also need you to pick up my dry cleaning in an hour, and the people from the Anderson Company are coming in tonight so I need you to look at meeting room five and make sure it’s ready for them.” “Okay.” Jamie marked everyt...
If Pepper, who had at least some military training, couldn’t see a way out of here, what was she supposed to do? Dear God, please, please, please get us out of here alive. She felt bad about her furtive prayer. What did she do to earn God’s attentio...
He clipped on her helmet and pulled her tight against him. She curled around his back and hung on for dear life, closing her eyes for the entire ride back to his place. When he pulled up to his house and parked the bike, he scooped her into his arms and carried her into the house. &nb...
Jani sat down beside Aileen on the couch, a bowl of Cheerios in her hand. She took a spoonful and spoke as she chewed, “You can’t stop smiling.” Aileen tucked her feet under her and sat cross-legged facing Jani. She grinned and stole a Cheerio out of Jani’s bowl. “I’m not ...
The mid-size car she hired wasn’t available so the young teller bumped her up to a Mustang. Blue. Sapphire blue. She laughed out loud in the parking lot when she tossed her suitcase and bag in the trunk. The weekend might actually turn out to be fun. The week itself had been busy. She’d painted t...
Other members of the team jogged by them laughing. Aileen tried not to, but the giggles escaped. Jani wiped the wetness from her face with a dramatic swipe. “Payback’s a bitch.” She turned and sprinted back to the water table. Aileen watched her go,...
Mostly because they’d already been locked in the room for long enough to be really suspicious, and staying any longer was likely to get them kicked out of the party. Parker wouldn’t have minded, but if he got thrown out he would have to kiss ass to get back in next year, and they did need the cli...
She had met the moving company earlier. It hadn’t taken long to unpack, and all that was left were five clothing suitcases in her bedroom. She then ran out to grab food for dinner and breakfast in the morning. She kicked the door shut with her foot and glanced around. It w...
She had her feet up on the coffee table beside the can she was still nursing and her hands resting on her belly. “Everything alright?” He dropped down beside her and polished off the rest of her coke. “I haven’t heard anything from downstairs.” She leaned her head against ...
Later, man!” Dale called out as his buddy got up to leave. Logan slapped Dale’s hand and bid him adieu. “See you around nine at the Cave.” “Word,” Zip called out, and he packed his cigarette against his hand. Not giving his f...
Exhausted, she crawled into bed with her clothes on and made sure to set her alarm so she would wake up on time. She needed to get off the emotional rollercoaster she had been on. Too tired to even think anymore, she fell asleep and decided to deal with life in the morning...
He almost couldn’t believe his ears. For a moment, Tyler wondered if he was too drunk and he’d misheard, but he hadn’t had that much to drink and he was pretty sure that Aileen had said exactly what he thought she had. Buffalo. His lips pressed together in a thin line. Pho...
A smile touched her lips as she lifted it to read three words. I love you. "Mmmm, me too, baby." She tugged the covers up and let out a content sigh, glad for a long night pressed to the bed beneath her man. It set things right, and whereas no one could possible understand...
The air carried the touch of winter, but no one cared: they had been dancing jigs and reels all night to the strains of violin, pan pipes, and accordion, and their cheers accompanied the rhythmic stamp of the dancers. The scent of peach pies and spiced punch mixed with the smoke from bonfires. It...
Not even close. Charity knew her mouth hung open. She closed it and blinked several times, trying to make the man at the entrance turn into Elijah. Alex. The bastard of an ex-boyfriend who had disappeared when her mother had gotten sick. What the he...
Just one more stupid hour. Jamie resisted the urge to look at her phone for the fifth time in twenty minutes. She didn’t know what she was expecting to see on it. It wasn’t like time would move any faster. She turned her attention back to her sister’s engagement party, whi...
Clara turned her head to watch her mother pinning the hem, flounces just high enough for the even paler blue of the underskirt to show below it. “Oh, Clara.” Cecelia’s eyes were wide. “You’re going to look beautiful.” “Thank you.” Clara tried to smile at her sister where she was perched on the be...
He knew that he was probably moving too fast, rushing around the clubhouse in an attempt to make sure everything was ready to go, and Erica's hand suddenly on his shoulder made him sure of that. He paused, and looked over at her. She was smiling at him, her eyes dancing with laughter, and for an ...