Take one gloomy cliff top castle, mix in several mysterious happenings, a band of smugglers and an unsolved murder. Then add a generous helping of romance, top it off with the special gift of ‘sight’ and voila! - Shelley Munroe has created the perfect recipe for an enthralling read.At Castle St. ...
The fancy art on the walls, the rich jewel colors in the lounge, the state-of-art appliances in the kitchen mocked Laura. Money didn’t purchase contentment. Happiness came from within. Happiness came from friendship, from mutual trust. Happiness was the emotion she experienced with Dallas. ...
“Hey, I thought you’d never get home.” “You look beautiful,” Liam said, and it was nothing less than the truth. She’d done something with makeup to make her eyes mysterious and smoky. They were used to seeing her in jeans and T-shirts. Today she wore a figure-skimming dress that hit a touch above...
In a daze, she directed the boys to the path winding past late-blooming roses, toward their home. Her mind spun, going in endless circles of disbelief, unease. Shock. She thrust her hands in her pockets and seconds later, dragged them back out to fiddle with the strap of the bag containing the bo...
The two weeks since the party had been pure bliss. “You’ve got customers at table six,” the manager sang out. “I’m on my way.” Zoe pulled her order pad from her black apron pocket and hurried outside. Her steps faltered when she saw who it was. Mari...
I’ll admit I wasn’t in the best frame of mind to attend a ball, since I’d rather continue with my investigation into the mystery child. But, no. I didn’t have time to myself. Father and Ben had me in intense training during the day when I wasn’t working for Ruth. Each night we went to check out p...
They’ve found mates. If they can catch a woman, so can you.” My father sat at the head of the table, the flat of his hand thumping the tabletop and punctuating his words, laying down the law. While he was busy lecturing me, I stared at my mother. She stood by the stove, stirring a pot for our din...
Charlotte’s cell phone appeared out of order, and his calls went through to a recording stating the number was no longer in use. In the end he’d left a message every night at the McDougal house, and whichever stepsister he’d spoken to had promised to give Charlotte his messages. That was one week...
Excitement flared in her at this declaration. He seemed genuine with his interest, and if it wasn’t for her sister’s murder… “I’ll walk you back to the bed-and-breakfast.” “Thanks.” It was darker out here, even with the streetlights. Not a single star peeped through the clouds, and the sense of b...
Hopefully her clothes, or at least Saber’s shirt, would dry better now than they had in the cave, because at present the fabric clung with uncomfortable clamminess. The blue nightgown she’d discarded as next to useless. She took two steps down a narrow path before strong fingers banded her upper ...
Camryn said. Ry opened the door and urged her inside her cottage. “It was. Marcus seems like a decent man.” “He’s not stupid. Nanu slipped a couple of times. He needs to remember his English because we don’t want to attract attention.” A tap sounded on the door Ry had just closed. Camryn scented ...
The clock on the microwave showed it was ten minutes past seven. Heck, she hadn’t even managed to start the coffeemaker yet. She stumbled to the door, yawning. Years of living alone made her pause to check the security hole. She muttered a naughty word and flung the door open. “What a...
Every part of him ached to sweep her into his arms, to whisk her to the nearest sleep-bed. Grata fire, he’d do it—her—on the floor if need be, but she was right in her warnings. He’d barely met her, so it was ludicrous for him to think of a future. Their future. Aware of the futility ...
The funny blue bird that Felix said he was looking after for his brother waddled after them, trailing like a pet. She wore a floaty dress, one of her own designs, and early this morning she’d made a decision not to shave her hair again. She was going to grow it longer. Funny how liberated the dec...
The elderly lady who approached Jess’s table carried a cane and appeared frail, but her eyes were full of curious intelligence. Jess Whittlebury held back a smile, aware she’d been under observation from the moment she’d strolled the cobblestone street with its quaint bow-window shops and entered...
Her nostrils flared at the scents of moonflower, her arousal and the masculine musk that surrounded her. He pressed a kiss to the tender skin behind her ear. “I’m going to make love to you now, Hinekiri.” “Yes,” she whispered, acknowledging the feelings that coursed through her mind, her body. Sh...
“No, don’t lift me.” Lily belatedly struggled against his firm hold. Heedless to her pleas, he splashed through the water, heading for the bank and paying no regard to her strangled protests. “You’ll hurt your back. I’m too heavy. You can’t have sex with a sore back.” She paused to take a breath....
Sebastian had kept her mind off her first day by keeping her busy for all of Saturday. Now it was Sunday and school loomed like UFOs on the Sloan horizon. Sebastian buzzed a kiss across her cheek. “What’s up?” “I’m apprehensive about school tomorrow. All the kids are so much younger.” “You’ll be ...
“What? You’re not going to rush me off to the bedroom?” Her attempt at humor fell flat. He hesitated once she’d dropped into a chair at the table in the dining room. Her gut churned on seeing his expression. Surely, he wasn’t going to ask her to marry him, to mate officially? Although she was tem...
Scarlet Woman Copyright© 2005 Shelley Munro Edited by Mary Moran. Cover art by Syneca. Electronic book Publication: November 2005 This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from the p...
She left Susan’s flat at quarter to nine and dithered. She went home and rang her father to say hello, to ease her guilty conscience.“Hi, Dad. It’s Maggie.”“I thought you were going to ring during the weekend.”Maggie only just caught her sigh. It was always the same, and it didn’t matter what she...
Nerves. Her hands couldn’t seem to stay still and jerked to a new position on her cart each time she thought of what she was about to do. In contrast she was thrilled the first man to touch her with tenderness would be Jake. “What do you look like when you don’t have a beard?” She eyed the edges ...
The races weren’t like any Camryn had witnessed before. Men. They were everywhere. Men who looked like humans and others who were…different. Extra arms. Weird skin colors. Strange protuberances from their heads. Extra heads. And everyone seemed to wear bright clothes. With color everywhere...
Marie’s mouth curved into the requisite smile but inside she died a little and chastised herself for a coward. An opportunity to tell the truth, to tell them about her confusing feelings, her love, and she’d let it get away with an insipid smile and a feeble request for release instead. Jeesh! Th...
“Look at that!” His finger drilled the newsprint page. Janaya grabbed the paper from him and smoothed it out on the tabletop to read. Flying Aliens Land in Sloan? “At least they have a question mark. You’d think they’d grow tired of publishing UFO stories. I’m tired of reading the stupid speculat...
Jocelyn’s mind danced over the possibilities, each one worse than the next. Terror made her shake, the punch she’d drunk earlier sloshing uneasily in the pit of her stomach. When Leo settled beside her in the carriage, she clutched his arm. “Is it Mother?” “She’...