Pastry-shop owner Reilly Chudowski has spent most of her life squelching her secret cravings. But when delicious Ben Kane shows up with an offer she can't refuse, Reilly can't help indulging a little. Only, the more she has, the more she wants. But Ben is known for dating L.A.'s creme de la creme...
Mariah drove back to the office feeling psyched and energized, mentally ready to deal with anything and everything, even the news about her latest ex and his wedding plans. Well, mostly ready, anyway. If the handsome man next to her made her think of hot and heavy honeymoons, it was solely becaus...
She wanted to be somewhere, anywhere other than here. “Grammy!” she whispered fiercely. Penelope glanced at Aidan. “Good evening, Ms. Moon,” he said, a tinge of amusement in his voice. “Don’t ‘Ms. Moon’ me. Get in here and let’s have a look.” Penelope watched helplessly and hopelessly as Mavis op...
She might be as different as light and shadow from them, but she was pleasantly surprised they were connected in a comforting way. She’d spent so much time fraternizing with the guys in recent years—partly because she’d believed them easier to be around, mostly because as a female in the military...
Considering that she’d been on them more than off them all day, that wasn’t a surprise. She absently rubbed the arch of her right foot under the kitchen table at her parents’ house in the upscale twelve-block Garden District, close to the French Quarter yet worlds away. She sipped her herbal tea,...
The place was small and cramped, but suited Gauge just fine. Small and cramped was all he needed. So long as there was enough space for a bed and for him to play his guitar, that was all he required. “She wants another night,” Kevin said finally, spilling what was on his mind.Gauge lay his guitar...
Damn it all to hell, he couldn’t seem to free himself from the numbness that coated him like thick tar. He’d have a thought of what he might do to salvage the company’s plans and then Kendall’s face would come into focus and sweep everything from his head. Patience came in. “Didn’t you hear my bu...
the electrician told Ben and Lance a little while later. “Clean cut, too. No mistaking this was done purposely.” Ben rubbed the back of his neck. That didn’t make any sense. Who would want to cause him trouble? “I ain’t gonna be able to fix it, either,” the electrician went on. “Edison’s gonna ha...
It was when she most profoundly recognized the reality that there was nothing she could do to help what was going on with the hotel. When long, quiet hours stretched out before her devoid of hope. It was when the ghosts came out to play. The muted night amplified the panting sound of the ceiling ...
The cold water she’d doused her face with dripped down over her chin, spots dotting her black T-shirt. Over a week of grueling days spent scouring thick thatches of dark woods, hampered by rain and heat. A sensation of sheer exhaustion combined with growing fear that they may not find little Finl...