“Sorry?” Kate recognized Lily’s voice immediately, and concerned that there was a problem, pressed the receiver to her ear. Glancing outside she saw it was already growing dark. “Would you like me to come and walk home with you?” “No. I mean you should be here,” Lily insisted. “Why aren’t you her...
MARCO HAD gone to have lunch with the mayor. Should she feel quite so relieved when Maria told her this? Was she jealous? Crazy girl! Get back out in the garden where things made sense! Brushing her hair out of her eyes, she rammed on her cap after ...
It was impossible to know what to expect once she went beyond the outer the walls of the old fortress, and she didn’t want to risk the horse stumbling. She felt sick and weak with disappointment—although pregnancy might have had something to do with it, Antonia conceded worriedly, unscrewing the ...
Because of the biker, Magenta concluded. With his larger than life personality, he didn’t even need to speak to command attention; he just had to be. Having changed her clothes, and kicked off her shoes with relief, she picked the mail up and headed for the kitchen. The phone stopped her dead. Sh...
‘Yes, you should go,’ Dante agreed. ‘Why don’t you just give up and go home? I’m sure you can find a replacement to organise the polo cup.’ He shook his head with annoyance. Karina was annoyed with herself. Luc had taught her not to be a victim. Her brother had instilled i...
THE HEADLINE BLARED at him. His sister Britt had placed the newspaper on her desk, where she knew he couldn’t fail to see it. Britt was trying to tell him in her usual no-nonsense way how much he’d been missed, and how words could never express his three sisters’ happiness now he’d returned. The ...
Odd for midweek, but perhaps not when you considered that this was the lead up to Christmas… Peering in through the tinted windows, she felt daunted. She had only been for a drink in a crowd before. She tried to identify a free table before taking the plunge, but then a few spots of rain hit he...
He made her look at him. She could see in his gaze what came next and how incredible it was going to be. His hand felt warm and gentle on her face. For such a big man, Heath could be incredibly sensitive—and intuitive. It was this mix of soothing balm and fiery passion she craved now. She was hun...
With a soft sigh Grace opened her eyes, the sight of Javier’s face so close to hers making her heart leap, as it had done every morning for the past two months.Two months—the time she’d spent at El Castillo de Leon—had passed so quickly, but rather than hoping that the next ten months went as swi...
‘Wouldn’t I have been better buying a tweed jacket, or something?’ she said, feeling increasingly anxious as the moment of truth approached. Craning her neck, she stared at her bottom, which was very tightly clad indeed. ‘A tweed jacket?’ Quentin demanded as if she had suggested wearing a homespu...
The breakfast meeting with the Black Sheikh’s representative had been arranged for nine and it was already twenty past when she rushed through the doors of Skavanga Mining and tore up the stairs. It wasn’t as if she was unused to business meetings, but this one was different for a number of reaso...
This was wonderful. This. Was. Hell. On. Earth. And to make the polar storm they were currently braving even less amusing, she was being forced to help Mountain Man pitch their tent. Shouldn’t he have one of those ones that popped up fully constructed with the push of a bu...
‘I’m truly sorry I couldn’t tell you sooner, but the right moment never came.’ ‘The right moment?’ Luc scoffed. ‘And when would that have been?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Emma said honestly. ‘But I do know I didn’t want it to be like this, with both of us angry and upset. But we still have to find a way fo...
She kept this going until the elevator slowed and he pulled away from the wall where he’d been leaning. ‘Very interesting,’ he assured her. ‘But the fact that you played hockey for the university team, and have Grade Eight piano with Distinction, isn’t really relevant to m...
Well, that’s where I am now. I could do with a gang of you turning up at the penthouse to drag me back from the lustful brink. But I should warn you that if you do I might not be all that pleased to see you. Tomorrow’s another day? Yes, and I might need a hug by then. Mayb...