Kayla lifted her hand into the air, snapping her fingers. One of the resort’s waitresses scurrying over to us. “Another round, ladies?” she asked, taking our cocktail glasses and heading off to refill them. Kayla and I were tanning ourselves by the hotel pool, enjoying our yearly girl’s getaway that had become a tradition. Our annual holiday had begun seven years ago, after I had saved my BFF from a disaster. We’d been fr...

Chapter 1 I hadn’t been particularly pleased when my husband, Steven, had asked if his friend Kevin could stay at our house for a month. Kevin had apparently lost his job, and the bank had seized his house. He was completely broke and my husband really wanted to help him out. “No,” I said. “If Kevin can’t hold down a job, that’s his problem. He’s not freeloading off me.” I didn’t have a problem with Kevin. He was a nice g...

I smiled, sipping a lemonade, watching my tiny but gorgeous niece Mia and her friends in the swimming pool. I was hosting a graduation party for them. High school was over and my niece, who had graduated top of her class, was soon off to college. The girls were playing volleyball in the pool when my niece hit the ball high in the air. I watched it sailing out of the pool and right over the fence. “I’ll go fetch it,” I sai...

Chapter 1 She was obviously nervous. “What is it, Sandra?” I asked impatiently, looking at my watch. My neighbour, a woman in her 50s, finally spat out what she had come to ask me. Sandra was a relatively pretty woman for her age, with her pure white skin and dark hair. She wasn’t by any means fat, but she had thick legs and ample breasts just a little smaller than my own. Even though I was only 27, she had to look up at...