The bands were forever changing their names or breaking up, the money was terrible, the venues were fleapits and the promoters were vile. It was great. The largest and most prestigious venue in the inner north was Bombay Rock, a former wedding reception centre on Sydney Road just past the Brunswi...
"Did she eat?" he asked in a cold tone. "Yes, boss," Wilson answered. "Did she say anything?" he asked, against his will, but unable to stop the question from coming out of his lips. "She tried…" Garcia started, but Wilson cu...
Cottage Secrets 6. Cottage Secrets Sarah helped Jack stack the stage pieces just inside the front door. They probably had a proper place to be stored – but all of this would vanish sooner or later anyway. With no heirs, Brendl’s isolated getaway would be sold, his possessions as well. “Want to br...
Kate followed the river of people, her eyes searching for blond hair. Not Mandy, but Sandra. She couldn't -- she refused to act as a barrier between Sandra and Ethan. After he told her about his stalker, she could understand his reluctance to put the blonde in her place, but he would have to get ...
Rebecca didn’t even bother trying to stem the tears. And what was all that rubbish about it being nothing she had done, they just wanted different things? She wanted the same things as him, didn’t she? Three years wasted. Theirs was the first long-term relationship she’d been in, and now she had ...
When I lived with Richard, there were always people around us, and unless they were friends of ours, I had to worry about what they might do. When we first moved to New Orleans, we lived in a rooming house, a sagging wood building at the far end of Bourbon Street. It was a dump, but we were lucky...
POW! 29 That plump, golden goose is now nothing but a pile of bones. The boy leans back his corpulent body and exhales loudly, the expression on his face one of intoxicating, after-meal contentment. Bright sunlight falling on his face paints an enchanting image. Lan Laoda walks up to him, bends ...
At various times she wanted to be a veterinarian, teacher, cheerleader, TV star or a famous singer. The one thing she always wanted to be was a writer. Starting at about age ten, she penned romance as she envisioned it in one spiral notebook after another. When she's not working at the day job s...
Soft breath escaped his nostrils fanning her face. He slept with his leg thrown across her thigh. She stared up at him in the pitch-black darkness. The lantern had long gone out. But even in the shadows she could see his handsome features. The man was full of surprises. She didn’t think Lewis had...
Well, thank God this is about to be over,I thought as I drove—well, blew—past the sign that marked the Westchester, Connecticut, city limits. Traffic sucked, not surprisingly; rush hour was still in full swing, and I had to moderate my impatience and ride the brake while I watched for my exit.Cal...
“Last week Ludo the lion had to have all his teeth out - imagine it - a lion with no teeth. It was a tragedy. But Sandro - he’s very clever with his hands - managed to make him a new set in wood. But - Dio Mio! - they fell out just as Vittorio put his head in his mouth. You should have heard the ...
Kyer! The name that had been signed to the letter he’d found among Cavelgrune’s belongings! He’d never expected to encounter him, or any other of Talibrand’s confederates, on this voyage—he’d assumed that when the letter, along with everything else he owned, fell into Talibrand’s hands emergency ...
Being a unit that was off the beaten track, they had never been furnished with a grand arsenal. Between them, there was one rifle that was taken home each week on a rota basis and an assortment of broom handles and sticks that passed for guns. Instead of grenades, they had brown paper bags filled...
Holding her under her arms, he manoeuvred her over to a corner and lowered her so she was sitting in the corner, slumped against the wall. Then crouched down in front of her. He shook her gently. ‘Julia, wake up. You need to wake up.’ She stirred slightly, muttering someth...
THOMAS WAS a nice enough guy, but Ethan was fuming as he left the man’s office after his second visit. The guy had listened to Ethan on his first visit, and Ethan had thought the doctor would be someone he could talk to, that Ethan would be able to wrestle with his demons with the help of this k...