What a waste of time. If I could give this book NO stars, I surely would. From the very 1st paragraph, it was glaringly obvious that Herron was going to follow contemporary romance boilerplate #1. Predictable does not begin to describe this book. Fortunately, it only took about a few hours to r...
Austin has to attend his best friend´s wedding, who is going to marry Austin´s former date Marilyn...He does not want to show up all alone, so he asks Marci, a sexy waitress at the restaurant he visits frequently.In exchange for two thousand dollars, Marci will pretend being Austin´s fiancé for a...
Fearful yet determined, Ivy Stanton returns to the small Appalachian town she left fifteen years ago... the night her parents were murdered. But in coming home to Kudzu Hollow, she discovers she is not alone in her search for the truth: Matt Mahoney, the man who saved her life, who haunts her dre...
Wive and Mommi wanted for Hansom Daddi and Dorabl Twins How could two tiny girls cause so much trouble? Zeke Blalock had moved his vet practice to a small town to have more time with his daughters. Now, thanks to the twins' advertising scheme, he was up to his neck in wife candidates! And worse,...
Suzanne Hartwell was all work and no playuntil she caught the latest Hartwell bridal bouquet and received a hope chest from Grammy Rose! Suzanne had to convince the most stubborn cowboy in town to sell his ranch, but the magical hope chest suddenly made Suzanne want to mix business and pleasure....
Married to a stranger?Emma Wadsworth couldn't remember the car wreck that put her in the hospital - or the past five years of her life. But there was no denying her instant attraction to the sexy stranger she saw when she opened her eyes. Grant Wadsworth - her husband...?With every look, every to...
Adrenaline pumped through him. If Easton’s prints were on it, he could use it to make a case. “Josie, while I look around, page Easton to meet us.” “Sure.” “Be careful. If you see him, don’t let on that we suspect him. Text m...
“I didn’t do it…” “Do what?” Slade asked. “Didn’t have an affair with…Dr. Emery…” Carrie gasped. “And I didn’t kidnap the baby…” “Then who did?” Slade asked. “Mrs. Emery said I did…that I stole babies for him because I was sleeping with him…” Tears leaked down her pale checks as she struggled for...
"That Roth woman backed out?""Yeah, and two more buyers canceled today.""Our flooring contractor showed up with the wrong kind of materials, too," Reid added. "He has to reorder, which will set us back a few days.""Blast it all to hell." Lance closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose as...
Knowing the senator would try to prevent him if he suspected that his son had skeletons in the closet, he decided it was better to cover his bases. With the election coming up in a few months, Senator Stowe would definitely be protecting his campaign. Even if it meant withholding pertinent inform...
Unfortunately she hadn't been able to convince Rainey that she couldn't continue this pretense of marriage. Her uncle had helped himself to the liquor cabinet while she'd phoned Chelsea. Chelsea had been ecstatic about hiring Harry Henderson on a more permanent basis.How the hell had things spira...
Instead the sunroom and outside facilities were cheery and relaxing. But the mental hospital radiated a different feel. The building was housed behind a gate, as if it were a prison. The building was old and weathered, the land dry and parched. Jaxon phoned ahead to ask pe...
Bennett was Boyle Gates’s cousin and seemed to have moved right into the Circle T, apparently hoping to keep Gates’s operation running smoothly in his absence. “You come to check up on me?” Bennett asked the deputy. Ray scanned the room, noting the ...
“Is she running from a husband?” Ron asked. Brett shrugged, not wanting to explain. “Something like that.” “I’ll make sure no one bothers her tonight.” “Thanks.” Brett shook the man’s hand. One thing he could always count on ...
Another woman had died last night.Another one the killer had gotten away with.Was Jean-Paul blaming himself? Beating his head against the wall wondering who might be next?Hating her for letting him believe that she had been on the streets the night before?She had almost picked up the phone a doze...
A Bride Killer in Graveyard Falls By Carol Little Local police in the small town of Graveyard Falls and FBI agent Cal Coulter have not yet solved the recent murder of twenty-five-year-old Gwyneth Toyton, whose body was found at the base of the falls. Sources have revealed ...
A second later, she realized a gunshot had nearly taken off her head.She scanned the area for Paul, but he was racing away again.Her knees hit the pavement as the detective shoved her behind an SUV. Other cars fired up and careened from the parking lot, and the wait staff ran inside for cover. Th...
And hundreds of blonde-haired women lived in Atlanta, dozens with blue eyes. No, violet. The caller specifically described her eyes as violet.Mentally he ticked off the facts of the case. Logic told him that she could be involved. She was alphabetically inclined. The first robberies occurred the ...
Which meant she either needed to see a shrink or to find out if some cursed psychic power she didn’t know existed ran in her family.The answer lay with Grammy Rose.Hannah’s fingers trembled as she punched in her grandmother’s phone number. Please let her be there, she prayed, her stomach lurching...
He approached Thursday, the day he would see Mimi at the support group, with both trepidation and giddiness. He’d hoped she’d had enough space. He’d missed her, her bright smile, her vibrant eyes, her soft voice. The morning dragged by. By lunchtime he’d already dealt with two seriously ill patie...
He had loved her with all his heart, but she had betrayed him. Worse, his father was dead, and for years, she had allowed him to wonder what had happened to him, to hope that he might find him someday, that there would be some kind of explanation. Dammit, he had joined the military to find him. T...
When she hadn’t immediately answered the door, he’d nearly gone out of his mind with worry. And now, feeling her in his arms again, her chest rising and falling as she gulped in air, her slender frame trembling against him, the scent of her feminine shampoo invading his senses, he was helpless to...
Grammy screeched. Wiley pulled Hannah into a hug, and the other Hartwells joined in.Rebecca’s eyes misted, her gaze meeting Thomas’s over the chaos. He gaveher an odd look, then glanced away. Wiley hugged Grammy. “Happy birthday, Mom.” Grammy Rose punched his arm. “Oh, heck, son, I’m thrilled y’a...
Learning she’d had a child and that the baby had died was almost too much to bear. Snow flurries dotted the air, her shoes crunching the icy particles as she pulled her coat around her and rushed to her car. Freezing, she flipped on the defroster an...
The salesman returned. Alison’s cell phone rang. And the fire alarm sounded. They both jerked apart to see the manager’s beefy face turning red. “We’re going to have to evacuate.” Alison answered her phone as she headed to the door. “Dad, hey, no, everything’s okay.” She paused. “Yes, it’s a fire...
“Hey, this is James. Just wondering how it went with McAllister today. I’m sure you have him wrapped around your finger by now, ready to sell. Oh, and I have some more information on his family, it’s about his father, some pretty shady stuff. If things get desperate, we might be able to use it. C...
How could she have made such a mess of things?She’d only meant to help Timmy and console Miles, but the moment his lips had touched hers, a heat had lit up inside her.She hadn’t felt this intense an attraction to a man in ages.Maybe never.What was she going to do?Nothing. Absolutely nothing excep...
But how could she trust any man when it appeared her husband might have deceived her as well as Rice? “We’re going to find Petey,” Colt said gruffly. “You have to keep telling yourself that. You can’t lose faith.” “I don’t know what I believe anymore,” she said on a pained sigh. “It seems like ev...
PACE’S COMPLEXION paled when Crystal walked into his office alongside Agent Dubois.“Reginald?” Agent Dubois said tersely.Crystal’s head jerked sideways as she realized that the men knew each other personally.“Special Agent Dubois, I thought you’d left.”“I was on my way out when I noticed one of y...
His stomach knotted when he saw Tawny-Lynn’s number on the screen. “Hello.” “Chaz, I hate to bother you—” “What’s wrong?” “Someone left a slaughtered deer on my front porch with another message.” ...
Canton, can you think of anyone who would want to hurt Tracy?” Vincent asked.Although the temperature in the small unair-conditioned house had climbed to at least a hundred, she cradled a cup of hot tea in her hands as if they needed warming. “No, everyone loved Tracy. She was a sweetheart.”Clari...
“I told you I’d never let you go.” Her ex-husband’s sinister voice made her body convulse with fear. Rex had found her. Again. “No,” she whispered in a raw voice. “Please…” She tried to pry his hands from around her neck, but his grip tightened, and his fingernails dug into her throat, closing of...
Various articles on its causes and treatments had been written, although none of them seemed to offer any concrete solutions.Keep the same routine. Go to bed at the same time every night. Drink hot herbal tea. Avoid alcohol and caffeine in the evenings. Exercise regularly.Hell, the night before h...
If the victims shared a sperm donor father, then they were technically half sisters. His mother had worked at the clinic where these women had received in vitro fertilization—had she known about the treatments? And if these victims were related through a sperm donation, could Darlene have been a ...
Dugan swerved sideways and sped up, but the car behind them roared up on their tail.“Stay down!” Dugan shouted.Sage ducked, clutching the seat edge as Dugan veered to the right on a side road. The SUV bounced over ruts in the asphalt, swaying as he accelerated. Suddenly he spun the car around in ...
The tire marks needed to be photographed and studied—maybe they could discern the make of the car from the prints. They might even get lucky and find some forensics evidence to help them. The tech cleared his throat into the phone. “Okay, the text f...
Had she said too much? Given away too much? Would he keep her secret or would she get caught in her lies?She had to extricate that man from her mind.He had been sexy and powerful and too damn charismatic for her. Just as Lenny had been in the beginning. Only even more so...But she'd remedied what...
The warmth from his body collided with hers and in spite of the cool evening temperature, heat engulfed her. “There’s no need to be rude, son,” Mrs. Blalock said, sliding her fingers through her short curls. “I’m sorry, Mom. I didn’t mean it like that.” He inclined his head toward Morgan. “But yo...
He’d hoped he’d gotten through to Will earlier, maybe triggered some memories, but apparently not. The boy would rather go back to his abuser than stay with him. That hurt. “If you need to go somewhere, I’ll be glad to drive ...