“I know something is bothering you.” Cat studied her cousin from beneath her lashes. “Something’s been bothering you ever since we got you back.” Nadia recognized that look. Sometimes, Cat was like a pit bull with a bloody bone. When she sank her teeth into a juicy...
Always a bridesmaid. Eloise Cantona stood in front of the dresser mirror in her luxury hotel room at the Corpus Christi high-rise. In a twist of irony, it was a building her family owned. In a double twist of irony, she was about to have to witness the only man she’d...
You’ll never make it on your own. Yeah, East Whitlock had heard that line before. Too many times. Yet here he was, proving everyone wrong. As of this morning, he’d owned and operated his own security firm for the past three years. One of the perks was that he was...
Christmas morning Dave Phillips woke up to an empty house, just like he always did. He preferred it that way. Holidays were no different. Every Christmas, though, he made one exception. Slinging his legs over the side of his bed, he reached for his cell phone. It was...
I miss him. Nothing felt right without Jace Countryman within hugging distance — not even winning her latest string of races. Alina Paddock pulled off her sparkly gold helmet and ruffled her hands through her long, dark hair to unflatten it. Then she leaned out the...
It was one of those cars that was too beautiful for its own good. Jace Countryman had smelled trouble on it the moment his youngest brother had driven it into the bay. Still did. He leaned over the butter-gold hood of the Toyota 2000GT, anxious to finish the tune-up...
Two months earlier I still can’t believe I let my brothers talk me into doing this! Ella Clearwater trudged through the ankle-deep snow with a small suitcase in each hand, blinking past the fat, icy flakes blowing against her cheeks and eyelashes. Her faded blue Volvo...
“Eyes right, Kingston.” Josh Hawling drawled in his business partner’s ear. Before answering, Decker Kingston piled an extra dinner roll on the plate of the man standing across from him in the buffet line. Like a good percentage of the male guests present at Heart...
Before the van explosion Tina Nez watched the wiry police chief jump from the rolling van with her nephew in his arms. He seriously reminded her of Spiderman, a strong and fearless superhero — well, in every way except for his mane of black hair and bronze Comanche...
The front doorbell jangled, notifying Harper James that her first customer of the day had arrived. She’s here. Harper reached for the black jacket she had draped around the back of her chair in her office. Standing, she shrugged into it. Her hands shook a little as...