But then, home again as their plane touched down at Heathrow, she started to feel nervous for another reason. All of a sudden their joyful wedding in Scotland and their trip to Italy seemed light years away, and to a certain degree she knew she would have to come back down to earth. She couldn’t ...
Grace’s eyes widened more and more the further Marco’s chauffeur Miguel drove them up the long sweeping drive that had met them the moment he’d pressed the remote device in the car to open the ornate electronic gates at the entrance. As they drove past the colonnade of tall trees lining the way s...
The fiercely warning glance Zahir gave her in return was enough to quell the courage of Ghengis Khan himself, and she couldn't deny that her legs weren't shaking. 'How dare you address me in such a manner? Such disrespect would be enough to have you incarcerated. In future...
As soon as the impassioned exclamation had left her mouth Sophia had wanted the floor to open up and swallow her. It made her feel like the one jarring note in a symphony that had been harmonious until her arrival. Yet, blunt as her refusal had been, she had good reason to detest alcohol. Living ...
After surveying the cloak of spark ling white that blanketed her garden as well as the street outside the next morning Marianne tidied the house, made herself a hot drink, then tinkered with an unfinished song she’d been composing on the piano. But her mood was not buoyant, and she struggled to s...
This wasn’t the way she’d envisaged her stay in Greece starting out. In the streamlined, beautifully accessorised marble bathroom she took a quick cooling shower and then, in a bid to lift her spirits, selected one of her favourite dresses to wear. It was a burnt orange halter-neck in a flatterin...
Can I get you a cup of tea or coffee?’ ‘No, thanks. I can’t stay very long, I’m afraid.’ Her neighbour’s assertion was music to Ailsa’s ears right then. But even as she sighed inwardly with relief, she didn’t escape feeling guilty. He was standing in the middle of the kitchen, his shoulders hunch...
Holding her hard against him, he held onto her slender trembling body like a lifeguard held onto someone who was nearly drowning. Reece wanted to weep, too—not just for the tragedy that had befallen their expected baby, but also for the loss of the trust and the love they had once shared so passi...
Having already been into his secretary’s office twice to see if Layla had left a message, Drake now found himself in front of the coffee machine on the landing outside his office, pressing the button for yet another cup of strong black Americano he didn’t really want. Time had moved through the d...
All he knew was that it was like the most delicious dream he could ever imagine finding himself waking up next to a softly slumbering and naked Lara. Raising himself up onto his elbow, he gently moved the silken strands of dark hair that caressed the side of her face. She ...
Remembering the first time she had seen it, having already been bowled over by the size and beauty of Marisa and Diego’s spectacular residence, just a few lanes away, Briana could still recall her jaw dropping at her first glimpse of the dazzling white mansion with its secluded drive lined with a...
