She threw the door open. Slipped inside. Pictured Scott kissing Sahara with so much passion watching from across the room had made her feel like a voyeur. Half the folders fell from her grasp as she kicked her office door shut. Her throat locked, and she laughed as tears of frustration stung her ...
She had decided to stay in her room and allow them to search the garden unhindered for the gem she declared they would not find.Catherine, who had slept very little after the storm had subsided and Teresa had gone to her own room, came downstairs to find Ramon seated at the table in the patio wit...
The Bureau sanctioned the Termination Ceremony and accepted Deegan’s smooth mendacity of the situation. Deegan’s status in the hierarchy of the Vampire world was not to be questioned and brooked no refusal. He was lucky there. Tristan grabbed his arm and pulled him aside. “You are not going to al...
The ride back was exhilarating, and I was sorry to get back to the bar so quickly. As we cruised back into the parking lot, I was surprised to see Nick, Chad and Tom pulling in at the same time. I hadn’t expected them to be back so early. In my rush to get off the bike, I stumbled a little and Ja...
. . and Pirates Iride in the procession, sitting numb on my mount, keeping vigil over yet another dead child. The spectacle of a kingdom in mourning is too much to take in. I begin to tune it out: the sound of the church bells, the tears of the crowd, the queen’s anguished face. The little prince...
She glanced at the clock. ‘I have to go.’ If she stayed out all night again Grandad would give her a hard time. She didn’t fancy spending the next week scraping barnacles off the hull of the boat. Grandad always told her it wasn’t a punishment but Megan was yet to be convinced. Sean grabbed her h...
Up ahead, two riders approached the caravan. Nicolae held his hand up and one by one, the wagons stopped. Straining her head, Sahara tried to see what was going on. Finally, Nicolae trilled his tongue and the wagons began moving. Nicolae headed down the line of wagons, qui...
There had already been two failed attempts at a full-scale Poitevin expedition, but this time it had at last come to fruition. Now was John’s opportunity to make good the crushing losses of 1204 and to re-establish the Angevin Empire. Behind him and in his absence he had left the kingdom in the c...
I had seen it in movies. I was happy to be taking in the experience in person. It was a warm spring evening so we sat at table on the patio. Between the greenery on the patio and being at the edge of Central Park, it was easy to forget that we were in the center of Manhatt...
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While Hercules and Owen ate, I sat at the table with a cup of coffee. I was having major second thoughts. Maybe I should wait until Ruby was out on bail, then get her to let me check the bag. But what if she doesn’t make bail? a voice in my head asked. Hercules finished his breakfast, walked over...
The streets are thronged with office-workers by day and theatre, cinema, restaurant and club-goers by night. It rarely occurs to these visitors that anyone actually lives there, apart from the odd posh person: of course, the Queen has her place at the end of the Mall, and the Prime Minister is ha...
Alexander stripped his clothes quickly, as Wyatt’s breathing settled. Alexander was tall and supple, while Wyatt was all muscles and power, but Alexander was still undeniably male. His chest and shoulders were solid and flexed with lean muscles. And he too, had a defined abdomen, with sharply del...
Lexi said. No response. “Hello?” There was nothing, but Lexi was sure someone was there. She hung up the phone, her stomach in knots. She looked to see who the caller was but no number was displayed. It could have just been a wrong number but she was afraid that it wasn’t. Were they going to star...
She’d expected more enthusiasm from her cousin. Obviously she had a knack for decorating, and she must enjoy it to have tackled enormous projects like Aunt Abigail’s house and the summer kitchen. Maybe she just didn’t like being with Anna—Grace. The last three nights of sharing a room hadn’t brou...