Steele would like you to meet him for lunch at the Laurel Oak Estate. He will have a car pick you up at your office at 11:45 on Friday. Would that be convenient?” Steele’s secretary asked. “That would be fine.” Calleigh had an uneasy feeling about this, although she could not help feeling a littl...
The noise and wild party atmosphere of Mardi Gras was cut off as the heavy wooden gates embellished by scrolled wrought iron closed and locked behind them. The central fountain of the courtyard was lit by gaslights and the music of the fountain masked the faint sounds coming from the house. Lacy,...
One of the great things about weekends at the club was that they could do as much or as little as they liked, and everything they could possibly need was right there. “Do you want to watch a movie?” he asked. “Can we watch a chick flick, or does it have to be action and ca...
Lawrence River, November 19, 2013—Tuesday Morning, Day Ten of the Cruise The ship had docked in the Bassin Louise waterfront area of the Port of Québec at eight o’clock and would be departing again at seven o’clock that evening. Harper looked up from her guidebook as Morgan poured her anot...
Drew called the banker at his office and caught him just before he left for the day. John had always kept banker’s hours, so Drew was surprised and glad to find him working late. He filled him in on all the details of Ivorie’s kidnapping and rescue, as well as Eugenia’s attempt to board the Golde...
Guests were dressed in everything from formal wear and club wear to role-playing costumes from the hotel’s costume department. Waiters circulated with constantly refilled trays of drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Jack and Kaylin had decided that instead of bachelor and bachelorette parties they would h...