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Breakdown: Season One
The less attention they drew to themselves as they pillaged the dining hall, the better. The large metal doors creaked open; it wasn’t a loud sound, but to Brian, Red, and Bruce, it was deafening. Brian motioned for silence, and the group paused and listened. Nothing. &nbs...
Bear's Kiss (Bear Heat Book 2)
No one was paying any attention to her. All eyes were on Terrence. That snake. She never thought that Terrence would get himself involved with the Mob. But then again, Ray Shapez and Terrence did have much in common. They were both willing to murder, rape and plunder, betr...
Big Guns Out of Uniform (2003)
I kept chewing on my bottom lip and giving it nervous glances. What if he doesn’t like it? This was a dumb idea. Really. Really. Dumb.I’d dressed up in one of my favorite outfits, tight jeans with flared legs and colorful beaded embroidery on the back pockets, a fitted white dress shirt, and high...
Broken Cheaters
I grabbed my robe, pulled it over my shoulders, and followed the sound of Trevor’s quiet cries. “I had a nightmawe,” I heard him say. I stood outside the door as Axel turned on the night light. “Can I get you some water?” I whispered. &n...
The Other Side Of the Game (2012)
The only fancy item I planned to take was a black Dolce & Gabbana snakeskin bag with a zodiac buckle that Nick had bought for me. “Meet me tonight at the Sherry Netherland,” he had whispered into my phone at work. We never met at the same hotel twice. The poor fool honestly believed that this...
Lost Innocents (A Servant of the Crown Mystery Book 3)
They'd been delayed while he waited to meet with the former sub-abbot. It had been well after Prime when the anchorite at last sent a reply through a novice, saying he was too ill this day to entertain a conversation. With geese and swans flocking noisily overhead, departi...
Claws! (2011)
22 “N-no!” I tried to scream, but my cry came out in a choked whisper. The glowing red eyes seemed to burn my face. I jumped up. Sent my chair toppling onto its back. I staggered away from the table, my eyes on the open backpack. I spun to the door and saw Amanda enter the lunchroom with two or t...
The Silver Lining
These are delicate times “I haven’t been to the movies forever. That was fun. My side still hurts from laughing so much.” “Your side? I think I cracked a rib.” I pretended to bend over in pain. “It didn’t help that you almost choked to death on po...
Graduating (Covenant College Book 5)
I complained. I was pacing from one end of our living room to the other, with Paris, Kelsey, and Aric sitting on different couches watching me. “What do you want me to do about it?” Aric asked. “I want you to grab Mark and be...
The Bake-Off
The change in expression was so fast, anyone else would have missed it, but Linnie caught the nanosecond of pure panic in her sister’s eyes. “Ty and Tai,” Amy echoed. “You don’t say.” “I know, crazy, right? Obviously we were meant to be.” Tai craned her neck to give her husband a quick buss on th...
2 Knot What It Seams
“You’re a smart, accomplished woman,” recited Karen in a detached voice. “And you’ve got a great daughter. She’s really going to miss you.” Beatrice decided to ignore that last bit. She glanced around her to see if there was anything she could use as a weapon or if she could see anyone who could ...
An Air That Kills (2002)
Jill brought out a second handful of flowers from the other pocket of her raincoat and let them trickle on to the chest. ‘What on earth have you been doing?’ Philip asked as he shut the front door. ‘Embezzling from the Earl Haig Fund? Don’t tell me you’ve betrayed your sacred trust?’ Jill smiled ...
Claiming Noah
Partly because they knew Sebastian would enjoy celebrating his birthday with his friends, but also because it was James’s fortieth birthday a week later. They had it all planned: they would have a lunchtime party for Sebastian with his day-care friends and then, after the kids went home and Sebas...
The Islanders (2015)
Jake saw the center move the ball back between his legs to the quarterback. Jake lunged forward, knocking Tony DeSantos aside, and began to run downfield. He ran ten paces and cut sharply left, turning to see the ball flying through the air. A good, rifled pass, a little high but within easy reac...
To Reign in Hell: A Novel
—Dante, Purgatorio, Canto xvii:115-120 Abdiel got as close to the Southern Hold as he could. “This is probably stupid,” he told himself. “There isn’t anything I can learn here, and eventually someone will see me.” He shook his head. “What did I come here for, anyway? I should be on my way home ...