He barely noticed. All his senses honed in on her evocative scent.His smile, he knew, would be faintly triumphant as he traced the unique fragrance of night-blooming flowers and hot female flesh that had led him here, to the pulsing heart of New Orleans. For once, he didn’t care about showing his...
Her voice bounced off the marble, echoing first in the large, ornately furnished room of Nick’s villa, then again off the dark water of the lake just outside the balcony’s open doors.Marina was shaking so hard her knees gave way. She landed on the cold black-and-white-marble floor next to the hea...
Tuck stood at the entrance to the conservation lab, his arms crossed, tanned torso bare, looking terribly…distracting. It took a moment for her brain to reengage and actually process what he said, instead of staring at him and enjoying the view. The sound of Rory opening a multiplex container to ...
An owl, hunting by the growing light, hooted in the boughs of the huge fir trees. Pale green moss hung from the branches, making it easy to imagine they were in the bayous of the Deep South, all except for the lack of water underfoot and the far taller height of the trees. They climbed over a tho...
The horses reacted in fear at the sudden attack, twisting at their reins. He had Merlin under control with his legs, but Sorcha’s new mare had wide eyes, the white a flashing gleam in the moonlight, and was preparing to rear. His gut tightened. He wasn’t close enough to grasp the mare’s reins, no...
Alexa shouted as she jolted up, forgetting their precarious position in the unstable skiff. The boat rocked violently, and her sudden change in position tipped Winn over the edge into the icy water. All the breath left his body in a rush. He kicked up to the surface, gasping, and grabbed hold of ...