He was late and she wasn’t about to go into the gym for the very first visit all alone. She sent him a quick message. Livvy: Are you going to be too much longer? Should we reschedule the gym? Call me, please. Ten minutes later, she was pacing. S...
Ohio ruling on the exclusionary rule and due process, Mr. Jacobs. Evidence obtained through an illegal search, which is a Fourth Amendment violation of due process, is inadmissible.” Ethan twisted the handle on his office door and frowned. He didn’t remember locking it. Juggling his coffee cup an...
As she raised her head to check the time, she stiffened. She couldn’t see the LED clock on her nightstand; what’s more, there was no light whatsoever. What was going on? Attempting to get up, she found that she couldn’t, not with her arms stretched above her head and her wrists bound in some kind...
He knows everything. Evidently there is an old pagan custom during changes in life. Surrounded by friends and loved ones, a person is spanked to ward off evil spirits. A birthday was considered a change in life.” “Oh Cici, you weren’t gullible enough to fall for that whopp...
Her trembling fingers flew over the keypad. Damn! She hit six instead of five again and growled in frustration. “I can’t do this. It’s too complicated.”His hands brushed hers aside as he entered the correct code and deactivated the alarm.“Come on, babe. It’s not that bad.”“Yeah, Mom, it’s so easy...
Having no appetite, she hadn’t gone down for breakfast. Neither did anyone summon her. For that she was eternally grateful. Now, that her mind and body had calmed after another intensely emotional meeting with the master of the house, she walked to the window and stared out.The sun was near its z...
She knew it would take time to regain her strength and endurance, but Lexie found it frustrating. She also knew it was futile to talk to Jonas about returning to work even part-time when she couldn’t go out for the day with requiring a nap like a cranky toddler and then falling asleep again befor...
He said she was stuck to him like glue until the trial was over, which meant at home and at work. So here she stood, uncertain, on the outside looking in.If the set up was the same, Dex was like the CEO and Sean the operations director. Dex saw to the membership, educational classes, supervision ...
Mina Hobart belonged in a parlor, sipping tea with her lady friends and wearing taffeta or lace, not in the middle of the godforsaken wilderness, by God. And, she surely didn’t belong on the seat of a buckboard trying to handle two pair of ornery cattle. As he watched her pull back on the reins a...
Stacy smiled as she looked up, watching her friend pause and blink as her eyes adjusted to the sudden change in light. As usual, Jessie was late, ten minutes Stacy saw as she glanced down at her phone. Not bad, she thought with amusement, it was usually more. Jessie lifted her chin when she spied...
The pictures were gruesome, even to Angie, who’d enough horrifying crime scene photos to last a life time. In these, the young woman’s face was swollen and discolored, her hair dark with blood making Elaine Danson unrecognizable. She’d carried ID, her purse strangely left with her body. The kille...
Hand in hand, they stopped often to kiss, neither ready for the weekend to end. When they reached the top of the steps leading down to the dock, they lingered, allowing the others to board the waiting plane.As they trickled past, Sydney recognized a few from the dungeon last night. Josie from the...
The news was excellent. All eight of the new females had tested positively and conception rates were predicted as excellent with a highly matched pair. The lone piece of bad news that wouldn’t go over well, was that not all of the warriors had matched well with their female. They would have to be...
He enjoyed the way the rosy blush of her cheeks spread down her throat and across the tops of her tempting round breasts. Close to forty and after two children, they were still firm, despite their ample size. Her belly was flat, her hips shapely and her divine ass, high and tight with enough fles...