The ivory skin stirred, and his companion’s incredibly long eyelashes fluttered open. Lin’s bewitchingly pretty face broke into a happy smile as he saw Jackie. “Again?” Lin asked in the soft, musical voice that sent little darts of excited anticipation chasing one another ...
The wedding drew nearer, and Helen expected Liza to revert to her old resentment, but she remained a changed girl. She was astonishingly docile and good-natured. She even had a certain enthusiasm for the wedding and from time to time took part in the planning, encouraged by Jennifer. ...
The voice was from the hall outside, beyond the locked door. Jennifer sat up in bed and watched the door as though expecting it to open despite the lock, and despite the dresser pushed against it. But nothing happened. “Jennifer. It’s me, Marcella.”...
“Thank you, Redwing.” Claire stepped from the shade of her open doorway into the morning sunlight. Don Hernando was already mounted, waiting patiently for her. He turned to smile down at her as she came out. “Sorry to be late,” she apologized, checking the girth herself al...
He was surprised and puzzled to find a message for him, asking him to call a Mr. Benton at another hotel. The name meant nothing to him, and aside from Bruce or someone from C.A.M.P., he could not imagine what reason anyone in the city would have for calling him. He waited...
A short driveway curved around neat lawns and planters of geraniums, shockingly red in the December weather, to some architect’s fevered dream of a Mediterranean villa that shouted nouveau-riche. “I’ll do the talking,” Chang said. “All I want you to do is take a good hard ...
One thing was obvious, however. Whether she stayed in the house tonight or went back to Mrs. Johnston’s, she would have to go back inside; she couldn’t stay out here in the car dressed as she was. Never one to put off what had to be done, she pushed open the car door and g...