Roth shoved her off him and ran into the bathroom. She sat there, stunned, as she listened to him retch. She got to her feet and stood in the doorway as he splashed his face with water and braced himself over the sink. As if he sensed her presence...
2025-11-11 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine cocked her head to the side as she considered the words on the computer screen. With a thoughtful hum, she sat back in her chair. Automatically, her gaze went to the windows. She absently noted that from the angle of light, it was probably...
2025-11-09 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostJasmine lay on her side, back pressed against the couch cushions, hemmed in by her sleeping niece and nephew. Bailey lay on the opposite end of the couch, but close enough, so their legs were tangled together. Bailey, who had always been a restles...
2025-11-08 16:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostRoth stood in the aisle. Before he reached her, every seat in the lounge had been vacated as the men relocated to different parts of the aircraft.
She closed her eyes, ignoring his presence until something heavy was draped over her front. Au...
2025-11-06 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"Your only appeal is that you’re a Hennessy. Can’t you see that?”
She tried not to show any reaction to his verbal blows, but despite her best efforts, her eyes filled with tears.
“He saw how useful you were at the pa...
2025-11-04 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve always known you were stupid, but I never imagined you’d be this big of a fool.”
Jasmine flinched.
“An affair?”
Her father’s soft, sinister tone made her lightheaded with terror.
“An affair with Jame...
2025-11-02 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe gripped her wrist. She stilled when she felt his beard scrape against her skin and then her hand spasmed when his lips hit the center of her palm.
“Give me a chance to make this up to you.”
She tried to jerk away, but he was pre...
2025-11-01 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis book is starting to take shape! Previously, I was bouncing all over the place, chasing interesting dialogue and ideas. Now, I’ve gone back to the very beginning and began to flesh out the scenes, adding detail and emo...
2025-10-30 21:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post“No one hurt me!” she shouted back.
His eyes narrowed into slits. “Don’t fucking lie to me.”
“I’m not!” She was cornered, soul weary, and in so much pain she could barely think straight. “It was what was said that......
2025-10-30 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Mrs. Roth, could we get you anything?”
She glanced at two smiling, but scared-looking female flight attendants.
“Ginger ale and aspirin?” she requested.
Relieved, one of the women disappeared into an alcove while the o...
2025-10-28 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostKnowing he was only touching her because he wanted something made her want to vomit. She’d been such an easy mark for him. Five years apart hadn’t made her any wiser. The first time, not even being engaged to another man had stopped her. The s...
2025-10-26 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDespite his threats and cruel words, she played her role and stood by his side and did her best to guide him through the social minefield at the Trentham Ball. But, by the end of the night, he realized what everyone else already did—that she was...
2025-10-25 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s why Lyle tried to talk her out of it—he knew she was setting herself up for an epic fall.
She loved him.
If any other man had taken control of her father’s company, marrying him wouldn’t be an option. It was because it...
2025-10-23 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostShe dropped her face into her hands and bit the inside of her cheek to stop herself from screaming in helpless frustration.
She couldn’t lose it here. Thousands of feet up in the air in Roth’s new jet with Johan, Mo, and a ridiculous amo...
2025-10-21 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Even during the first draft, there's multiple drafts. When I lose my way and I'm staring at my computer screen, at a loss, I go old school. I don't know why but seeing the words on paper gets my brain moving again instead of being at a standstill....
2025-10-19 22:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post“It isn’t for me to say. It’s up to Colette if she wants to confide in you.”
“Why would you protect someone who hurt your sister?”
As the silence stretched between them, his expression altered ever so slightly.
“Yo...
2025-10-19 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe scent of something mouthwatering distracted her from her work. She frowned, rose from her chair, and made her way to the kitchen. Had Roth hired a chef to prepare dinner? But he wouldn’t be home from work for several hours…
She stop...
2025-10-18 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“And this?”
The sight of the ruby heart ring she’d worn this evening made her recoil. Roth’s eyes narrowed.
“You replaced your wedding ring with this one, which meant it had great sentimental value, but by the end of the nig...
2025-10-16 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostRoth examined her bruised arm.
“Tucker’s a dead man,” he rumbled.
“He just saved you the trouble of doing it yourself,” she quipped.
Like he had in the penthouse, his hands dropped away immediately. This time, he eve...
2025-10-14 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostShe spun on her heel and marched determinedly toward the bedrooms, but paused when she heard him type a series of numbers into the elevator keypad. The odd sound and the fact that he’d never done so made her turn to face him with a frown.
She stopped and turned. A man stood ten feet away in jeans and a worn sports jacket. For a moment, she didn’t recognize him and then it clicked.
“Ford,” she whispered.
The polished heir to the Baldwin fortune was almost unrecog...
2025-10-11 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Go fuck yourself,” she snapped and turned her back on him as she started for the door.
The sound of her own voice stopped her in her tracks.
“Hey, baby, it’s me. I just got out of class. I wanted you to know I’m thinking of ...
2025-10-09 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHe undid her jacket so fast, she didn’t have time to react. The long sleeve she wore underneath didn’t discourage him. Without hesitation, he ripped it as easily as if it was tissue paper. A gust of cold air across her suddenly bare chest and ...
2025-10-07 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWarren grunted and wandered over to the chess game in progress. He examined the board for a moment before he used the queen to take a pawn and attack a rook.
Jasmine’s smile faltered when she saw Colette’s vivid blue gaze was glowing wi...
2025-10-05 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHer friends convince her to leave the ballroom to give them a tour. Her friends want to explore her father's library/meeting room, which is strictly off limits. Jasmine tries to shoo them out of there without much success and then...
<... 2025-10-04 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostShe frowned when they pulled up to 432 Park Avenue.
“I said I wanted to go to,” she began, but Roth interrupted her.
“I need to grab something. It’s urgent.”
“Oh.” Contrite, because she knew she was the cause of an...
2025-10-02 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you mind if I sit?”
Before she could answer, Grayson settled beside her and stretched his legs out. Distractedly, she noticed that he didn’t have one hair on his glossy, perfectly sculpted legs. Did he wax?
They sat in compa...
2025-09-30 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“You never brought up wanting to have kids the first time we were married.”
“It’s a good thing I didn’t,” she replied.
“Did you want kids?”
She tried to withdraw her hand, but he tightened his grip. Anger rose whe...
2025-09-28 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostShe glanced at Roth who was staring pensively out the window. He must be happy to be back. He probably had six month’s of work to sort through and weeks of phone calls to return. His first priority should be to reach out to everyone he’d met a...
2025-09-27 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember Recap:
Another month gone?! What the hell? Why has this year passed at supersonic speed?
This month I combined the drafts I had of books 4 & 5. The original draft of book 4 was around 67k words, but I’l...
2025-09-26 20:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post