For a historical tale, this story was a modern fairy-tale retelling. The heroine was Scottish, and she's sent off to the "Beast's" home in Newfoundland. There's no accented speech, no jingo, and modern language usage, which I found pleasant.Phoebe, our heroine, cries a lot, which is a peeve of mi...
“I am too,” she answered, assuming she was talking to Devon. A whoosh of air passed by her and then Devon’s hand was on her shoulder, startling her. “You are too, what?” he asked. “Geez. You have been awful sneaky lately. I didn’t even see you come into the room,” she said. “I’m sorry. Didn’t mea...
Yesterday she had driven from Mansfield, Ohio to South Bend, Indiana. It had been a pretty spring day after the week of rainy driving she had endured previously. She ran Josh's credit card at a hole in the wall hotel in South Bend then off to Champaign, Illinois. She wrote a note on the match ...
She came into the kitchen again finding Jeremy cooking up some veggies and broiling a big old steak. “Smells good. Where’d you learn to cook?” she asked as she put the backing of her earring on. “Here and there,” he said. “That’s vague,” she retorted. Jeremy raised his eyebrow and planted a big c...
Midnight scowling at them. Summer waved without thinking, catching the doctor’s attention. He, too, waved and said, “Hello, Myrtle!” to which she immediately closed the curtains and retreated. “You know old Lady Midnight?” “I do. My oldest brother Mark was the same age as Myrtle. Is that what you...
Poor girl had been institutionalized locally, no wonder no one could find her. She had fallen off the face of the earth and landed in Belmont, MA at Mclean Mental Hospital, not too far from Boston. Darby didn’t want to bother Mark as she had asked him for too many favors and freebees already. She...
Obviously Hunter’s senses felt a presence, too, as he turned with her. Summer whispered as Hunter pulled her with him behind a huge nearby headstone, “There. You see him? I’ve seen him a couple of times, but I don’t know who it is.” Hunter sniffed at the air; closing his eyes as if that helped hi...
Mina and the doctor had only one emergency that night around 8:00 and by 10:30, the doctor told Mina he was going home. He told her that if perchance there was another patient, to call him at home and he would return. He only lived a couple blocks from the clinic. Chances were no one would come,...