A Romantic Suspense by Tina Wainscott/Jaime Rush. Katie Malloy takes her kitten to be adopted and a mean bully hurts it. She goes to Silas to help her get the kitten to the veterinarian. Later she gets mad at her mother when she gets in trouble. So she sneaks out and stays at a friend's house. Th...
More than a hundred people milled about, protest signs at the ready. She sighed with gratitude. Her wonderful supporters, along with the curious public and the valuable press. Several corrals contained rescued animals that were available for adoption. Animal Huggers’ old brown van was positioned ...
Katie asked.“Nothing.” One word that said everything, but I’m not discussing it with you.“I’m sorry I missed the funeral,” she said, just in case that’s why Bertrice was sulking.“Ben said you were sick.”“Believe me, I would rather have been at the funeral, but I couldn’t stay more than a foot awa...
When Carl had asked him to cover the weekend shift so he could spend some time alone, Lyle breathed a sigh of relief that the sheriff was finally grieving.“Hey,” Lyle mumbled to Nolen Rivers as he headed to his favorite booth in the corner. He settled in and scanned the nightly specials. The plac...
Or she thought it was him, anyway. He was tall, had dark hair. He wore it loose, like he did when they made love, and it was curly, the way it looked before he blew it straight. But he had a beard, something she’d never seen on him. And he was wearing the most god-awful clothes she had ever seen ...
She nearly fainted from relief when Jamie strode toward her, towel still intact. “Jamie, I’m sorry I made you go out there.” “You didn’t make me do anything. I told you I was here to protect and love you.” He continued to stare out at the darkness for a moment. His light expression of earlier was...
Watery morning sunlight washed across the swirly pattern in the Formica surface. The place was small, twelve tables in all. The waitress brought them each a cup of the strong coffee with the peppery flavor. Rita found she was actually developing a taste for the stuff. Especially with cream and s...
Now he was coming home a failure. He knew he’d always be a SEAL, but everyone else would consider him a fuckup and a nobody. It wasn’t like he needed to prove himself to anyone, but that they’d see him that way ate away at the calm veneer he’d layered over his anger. The anger, inherited from his...
A huge pool, with a hot tub spilling into the depths at the far end, flowering foliage and palms everywhere on the large deck. But it wasn’t the patio or the festive music or the birthday banners that made her heart swell. It was … well, everyone. Especially Julian, in a pair of swim trunks that ...
Raleigh only knew her as a customer at the garage. She had one of the last T-Bird model years, a light blue convertible she called Birdie. Whenever she picked it up, she always asked him what he’d done, musing that if she ever had time she was going to learn to service her own car. “Nothing perso...