Essie huffed as she hauled the last garment bag inside House Of Payne through the back door held open by Carla. “Payne didn’t want the world to know anything about the fashion show until he’s ready to take the lid off of it, so we were all sworn to secrecy about the dress rehearsal.” ...
That was easy enough, Scout thought as she shut off the car’s engine. Especially when she got a text from Ivar exactly at one in the afternoon, just like he’d promised. Meet me at the end of Navy Pier. I’ll be waiting for you. It wasn’t the best wea...
Thankfully the first part of Parker’s day had kept her on the run, so most of the kinks got worked out. By lunchtime, however, she was running on fumes and ready for a breather. With the site now totally cleared and the initial construction process underway, she headed for the Herald across the s...
Heaven knew it had creeped Sass out, mainly because there was such a vast amount of dreamy hope in it. That hope was almost as bad as what she’d anticipated in the opposite direction—disapproval that she wasn’t good enough for their youngest son. Getting away from Mama Coc...
I’ve just received the latest from the National Weather Service. I’m sorry to say, it doesn’t look good for us getting out of here any time soon.” A collective groan from the passengers of Flight 444 went up, reverberating around the high school gym to which they’d been tr...