Cordelia Renfroe stood motionless on the weather-beaten porch, her feet rooted to the rough planks as if they'd grown into the wood. The ancient boards creaked beneath her weight, their protests lost to the pulse of blood rushing through her ears. She sta...
Ryan Averdick knew better than to mess with trouble. As a FEO (fire equipment engineer) with the Sulaco County Fire Department and a swashbuckling bachelor, the forty-year-old had a legion of badge bunnies at his disposal. God Bless all my firefighter gro...
The firm where I work was negotiating to acquire a smaller competitor. That was great news because it meant an increase in the number of journals we publish and a major promotion for me. More responsibility for substantially more money. But naturally, lif...
Lindsay’s lingerie skirt fanned out and surrounded her hips as she sat cross-legged on the carpeted floor in her assigned bedroom past lunchtime. Oversized pink roses with muted green leaves appeared as if they’d been thrown onto the flimsy white material...
Stretching both arms behind his back, Anthony Dinallo gripped one wrist with the opposite hand as a muscle in his jaw spasmed. The fifty-year-old married man and father of two had been pacing about in the baggage claim area for three hours … and counting....
