I could see myself in the mirrored wall over his head, and it wasn’t a pretty sight. Between the plaster dust on my hair and clothes and the fact that I looked like I’d been hit with a car, I was a little bit of a mess. But that had nothing on Guy, whose face was stained by a trickle of blood lea...
Before she could respond, before she could even think of a response, Zia came running down the hall. “Come quickly! Special Agent Driskell’s on the phone. She thinks they have a link to the kidnappers.” Gina spun on one heel and raced for the sittin...
Heshu Yones, killed by her father, London 2003 It was the unpredictable in herself that she used. Eve Arnold on Marilyn Monroe This book begins with the story of three women who create their lives in the face of incredible odds. Whether they do so despite or because of those odds is a question wh...
Before I went to sleep last night, I started a to-do list for the fundraiser, and it would give anyone a headache. I had put it aside to finish today. It also bothered me that I couldn’t dump much of the work on Sergeant Morehouse. He could drum up volunteers for the day o...
“That didn’t take long,” he said, referring to Bashir’s check-in. “Routine,” Bashir said, affecting a nonchalance he didn’t feel, responding to the man’s friendliness with a smile. He was nervous, dead tired from the long series of flights, but high enough on adrenalin to play the game. “Phillip ...
We didn’t spot anyone watching nor did we see a black BMW M5. By the time we circled back, Enrique was parking the limo against the concrete island across from the entrance. The cop pulled in beside him and as I got out, I almost choked at the shirt Enrique was holding.Charitably, the color could...
What shall we now take in order to secure the Philippines?…We shall need to take China, Japan, and the East Indies, according to the doctrine, in order to ‘secure’ what we have. Of course this means that, on the doctrine, we must take the whole earth in order to be safe on any part of it. WILLIAM...
Miami, Tuesday morning, February 7th Gloria drove her rented red Toyota Camry down Brickell Avenue in Miami. Another couple of blocks and she’d arrive at the agency. Gripping the steering wheel tight, she thought of what a full morning it had been. The day had started out well enough. She had w...
Bastien said into the tense silence. Not in the mood to make conversation, Kirby nonetheless found herself captive to her endless curiosity about Bastien. “I didn’t think a leopard changeling would like an apartment.” He’d done his best to hide it, but he’d been edgy in he...
My head spun like I was hungover from lack of rest. After a quick shower I pulled on the same wrinkled clothes I’d travelled in. My travel insurance would replace the cost of my luggage, but it would take a couple of weeks for them to courier travelers’ checks, at the earliest. At the earliest? I...
“No swimming, no swimming, no swimming,” she says over and over. He sits down with her on the edge of a chaise lounge and tells the boys to sit next to him. They don’t. One picks up a towel and wears it as a cape. “I am Super Monster Blake Man, and ...
It had been raining for days, and the gloomy weather seemed to fit her mood. She was finding out that being married to Howard was not all she had hoped it would be. He never spoke a civil word to her. The only time he paid her the slightest attention was at night when they went to bed. He had cur...
Carson was leaning over the pool table to take his shot. Jack froze with a tumbler of alcohol half-lifted to his lips. Declan stood on the opposite side of the pool table, his legs braced and his arms crossed as if he’d only been waiting for her and Case to return. One step into the room and she ...
“Here we are!” Monty proclaimed enthusiastically. “Like I said, right around the corner. I knew we’d get here.” Isabella grumbled a sarcastic congratulations from her carrier. Rupert still lay on his back in the crate beside her. He yawned sleepily and stretched his front legs up and over his hea...
I rolled onto my side and faced him. “Morning, sweetheart,” I said. Mike’s fingertips grazed my bicep as I dozed in bed beside him one Saturday morning. I rolled onto my side and faced him. “Morning, sweetheart,” I said. Though we had been together for years, I still thought Mike was the most han...