Alistair said. Sloan, on the verge of screaming, instead nodded politely and lifted the heavy platter and passed it to him. She paused long enough to curse whatever person or god was responsible for the current seating situation, and wishing, to her utter disbelief, that C...
Lucian said. The state patrol officer mustered enough energy to give him a smile that said he’d never heard that one before, and then he went back to writing in his notebook. Lucian had been in the backseat of a police car before, but never in this ...
Nana would have killed her, cleanliness and godliness and all that, but she didn’t care. She was bone-tired from the day, sex sleepy from the night, and more than she wanted to admit, she wasn’t quite ready to wash off traces of Demon. She couldn’t suppress the chuckle at his name. Silly name for...
Thud. The pound of fist against bag rang in Joe’s ears, the rhythmic sound almost hypnotic. He’d already gone for his daily run, but clearly hadn’t burned enough energy. He was still keyed up, and truth be told, he didn’t want to go home. He hadn’t run into Verna in the last week, and it had take...
By lunchtime, she’d fielded a number of Leighton’s requests, still as terse and unyielding as ever, but she found comfort in that. She could honestly say she had no clue what was happening between them and what it meant for her future. She wasn’t even certain she still wanted to leave. It was a m...
D’yavol held her in a tight embrace, much as he had all of the night before, but she could tell from his breathing that he too was awake, though like her, he seemed reluctant to break the spell. Real life waited outside of this bed, and Julie was in no hurry to return to it. A grumble from ...
But then again, Ariel didn’t suppose jail was intended to be comfortable. She looked around again, noted the small basin-toilet combination and then let her eyes drift to the bars that separated her from her daughter and her husband and her life. She still could barely believe that she was here. ...
the woman said, her voice wavering but strong. “Take your hand off the door. Close it quickly. Do not scream,” Cruz commanded. The woman looked genuinely terrified, but that wasn’t his problem. He took one step toward her, and she quickly closed the...
That’s a tall order.” Apparently, Alexander was in no mood for jokes. “It is, but I want to know. Everything. We can even start small. How did you pick his name?” Quinn sighed and bent down to scoop up Ethan, who lay on his play mat and drifted between sleep and awake. “That was easy, believe it ...
Cody. He was still here. After what he’d seen yesterday, after what she’d done, he hadn’t left. That awareness made her queasy, the squeeze of happiness fighting the rush of shame. She’d never let anyone come to her parents’ house. Ever. But he’d been there, been inside, seen what she’d come from...