Lucy's boss Adam was getting married, and had invited her to the wedding, which would be held on a pink sand beach in Bermuda, the wedding party was travelling to the site on a cruise ship which would depart New York City. Lucy wasn't looking for a romance, but found the groom's brother both attractive and "At my door, he waited while I took the room card off the lanyard which I wore around my neck. While I was looking down, the ship swayed a little more than I was used to, and I lurched towards Nick, and grabbed his chest for support. As I looked up at him, about to apologise, Nick gazed into my eyes, and then slowly lowered his head to mine and kissed me so gently, his lips felt as if they were just touching mine. That felt nice, it had been so long since I had kissed anybody."
Amy was just an ordinary office worker until she stumbled into a kidnapping for ransom. Drugged and bundled into a van with the kidnapper's real target, what would happen to her when they reached their destination and she became a liability?
Eleanor: My life was over. I was sure of it. Or at least, life as I knew it, as I could bear it. After being brought back by Liam McGarrow last year, my father had barely let me have a moment alone. Later, it became clear why my father had decided to guard me so closely, Lachlan had returned, and he seemed to be the only person my father was prepared to let me be alone with. Perversely, I did not want to be alone with him, he stared at me in a way which made me uncomfortable.**I knew when the words were out of my mouth that I had made a mistake. Lachlan's eyes had narrowed when I told him I didn't want him, but when I said he scared me, I had seen the flush run up his face, and his eyes take on a feverish glint. I got really scared then, realising that he was the type of person who enjoyed other people's fear and pain. Donald: Just as I had so often, I found myself riding near the border with McDonnell lands, chiding myself for my foolishness. The air felt oppressive, and I looked up into the summer sky to see dark clouds gathering. My mount whinnied, obviously smelling the storm coming in the air, and I was about to turn back when I saw two horses racing along towards the stream. Even from this distance, I could see that the lead horse carried a woman, her hair had become partially unbound and the red-gold length of it streamed out behind her, and she appeared to be being chased by a man. I watched for a moment longer, not sure if it was a chase or just two young lovers being merry, but something about the man's carriage did not look right. "Da! What are ye talking about! Donald saved me, he didn't hurt me!""Do ye expect me to believe any of that? No wonder ye didn't want to get married, ye had a lover on the side for how long? And ye had me fooled that ye didn't want to get married! Well, it looks like ye got yer way, girl, who will marry ye now?""I will", I said, surprising everyone, not least of all myself
Mary napped in the sun, feeling safe. Unbeknown to her, her guard had also fallen asleep in the warm sun, his back propped up against a tree not far from her.*Liam looked at the sleeping man with scorn, the man’s lapse had just made his plan too easy. He crept up on the sleeping woman, startled to see how beautiful she was. Sending some of his men to scout the surrounding area in case there were more guards, he managed to walk right up to the woman, and place his large hand over her mouth to prevent her screaming before she even awoke.*Sending the lazy guard back to Mary’s family with a demand for a ransom for her safe return, Liam swung the beautiful young widow up onto his horse and headed to the sanctuary of his home. What he hadn’t bargained on was his attraction to this woman, and the complications she brought to his life, particularly when he realized that her family wasn’t interested in paying for her return.
I tried to relax and breathe deeply, hoping that I would go to sleep quickly, but I was too nervous. I heard the TV get shut off, I heard James moving around the room, I assume he was gathering his things together, then the bathroom door opened and closed. After a couple of minutes, I heard the door open and close again, and James’ feet made a little sound as he padded across the carpet to the bed. I felt the depression of the mattress as James climbed into the bed. I laid there a while longer, then I heard James’ chuckle.“Relax Audrey. You are so tense I swear I could bounce a coin off you! I’m tired, I did a fair bit of driving today and the walking tonight made me ready for bed. Even if you hadn’t made it perfectly clear before, nothing is going to happen in this bed tonight, so you have nothing to fear from me. Goodnight”.
