While he didn’t appreciate them as his father did, especially when they shed on all the furniture and covered his clothes in cat hair, they were little more than a mild inconvenience. But watching Billie Van Horn skitter around them, jump away and generally act as if she was in mortal danger ever...
There was a sense of movement in the way the man leaned too far to the right. His body was still a squarish lump, but she knew how she would slice away the excess clay and mold what was left. The head would follow, with the arms and the tray of dishes to come last. The tray that would be on the v...
Sasha informed Cassie as she banged the wooden spoon on the inside of the pot. “I know,” Cassie said and smiled down at the toddler sitting by the kitchen table. “You’re a big girl and you help me a lot.” The praise earned her a big grin. Sasha was ...
Malik said as he held open the rear door of the limo waiting at the main entrance to the palace.“Thank you,” Liana murmured, hating how nervous she felt now that she and Malik were together. She wanted to tell him that he looked pretty good, too, what with his robes and traditional headdress. The...
She’d found a spot that attracted good foot traffic, and didn’t offend any of the already established restaurants in town. As she scooped out another serving of Mushroom and Three-Cheese Lasagna, she wondered what she was going to do with herself when the weather got really cold. No one was going...
On cue, her bones began their slow dissolve and her heart performed a steady but disconcerting cha-cha. He’d removed his jacket and loosened his tie. What was it about a man in semidisarray that sent the most sensible woman on the planet into emotional regression?“Are we neighbors?” she asked, do...