“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...
“All finished!” Detective Bowen Taggert sounded entirely too cocky as he stepped back with a hammer in hand to admire his work. “I say it looks as good as new. What do you say?” He tossed an annoying grin over his shoulder, looking more handsome in his long,...
“You’re getting married where?” Griffin Jameson wanted to kick himself for not seeing this coming. He should’ve known his delightfully hoydenish soon-to-be sister-in-law wouldn’t mind stretching the boundaries of propriety — even on her wedding day. “You heard me.”...
Christmas evening Laura stood by the window in her upstairs bedroom, unable to settle down for the evening. She was too restless to take a seat and read by candlelight, like she normally did. So far, she’d done nothing more than lay out her nightgown on the bed. Sleep...
“By the power vested in me by the State of Texas, I pronounce you husband and wife,” the minister from El Gato droned. He was one of those old-school fellows who adopted a singsong voice every time he preached. It was silly to use that tone at a wedding ceremony. Then...
Early December Penelope wrapped her arms around her middle and shivered at the sight of the fat white flakes falling faster and faster on the other side of the window. She wasn’t sure why she was shivering, since the fireplace in the living room was doing a marvelous...
One month later Annabelle bent over her hoe in the morning sun, putting her back into turning the soil. It was discouraging how little progress she’d made on her tiered garden in the past month. She’d been hoping to impress her husband soon with several blooming...
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...