Melissa needs an escape from home, she escapes to a desert spa with her best friend Elaine. It is at the spa where she meets Derek, an ex-cop, retired Marine now working as a private investigator. Derek is at the resort for a conference. Derek is tall, dark and amazingly handsome, he buys Melissa...
I found this book harder to review than the two other books in this Series. It continues the romances of Derek and Melissa and Patrick and Elaine. The auther adds a few twists and one is down right shocking. What I didn't like was there were too many sexual scenes that really weren't needed. When...
This story of love and loss is not one I could soon forget. Kenny and Slayde both have personal demons and insecurities that they fight on a day to day basis causing a solitary existence. Kenny's only salvation is her little boy, Lane. Slayde on the other hand has no salvation, until a chance enc...
I can’t help wondering what might be happening miles away in Baltimore, and I chew my lip as I watch the talking heads blink and disappear, one after the other. I’m about to give up and start Internet shopping when my phone buzzes. Snatching it up, I touch my best friend’s...
The ache in my mouth has diminished, but my head feels like the top of my skull is breaking open. I’m pretty sure that blow to the temple did more than knock me unconscious. The bright light hurts my eyes, and I try to remember the signs of a concussion. When I try to sit ...
Amy. The girl from the wedding. What are the chances? I guess the chances are pretty damn good, considering our families are connected. She’s just back from Paris, and she’s living in Chicago. God, she was so fucking gorgeous walking in here, just as sexy as that night at the bar when she called ...
I’d started with the database of prostitution arrests in the last five years. She was too good not to be a professional, but I wasn’t convinced she’d have a record. Still, it was the only idea my instincts suggested, so I followed it. My eyes were crossing looking at photo after photo of bleached...
Sitting up, I know what I have to do. I pull my hair around, over my shoulder and weave it into a thick braid then I throw back the covers and stomp over to the window. Still raining. Going to the closet, I jerk it open, pulling out a bright red floral dress and pulling it...
His arm is an iron band around my waist holding me trapped against his doughy body. Harder… The sour stench of his perspiration fills my nostrils, and I start to choke. Adrenaline spikes in my veins, my eyes heat, my nose runs. I’m going to shift. F...
Chapter 22: “Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” Kenny –––––––– Patrick was dressed to go out when I arrived in Wilmington. Jeans and a polo were his standard going out attire, and his dark green shirt made his hazel eyes glow... as he narrowed them on me. “What’s differen...
I needed to get away, but I had one errand to do before I left. Just in case I never came back. After I left Nikki’s, I went back to Derek’s place and tore through a bender. When I opened my eyes again, two days had passed. I was sitting on the bedroom floor with an empty ...