Chris had never met my friends, although they had heard about him from me for a while. I decided to have all four of us meet for lunch one day at the nearby diner. He knew very well that a new girlfriend’s female friends would inevitably vet him in some w...
My slender calf brushed against his muscled, thick one underneath the desk. Any more contact would have revealed too much to anyone watching. Trying to distract my anxiety, I glanced about the courtroom, admiring the polished wood of the dark paneled wall...
Chapter Ten July 1926 I shouldn't do this. I have to stop. But she couldn't. Pearl found herself in Duke’s suite at the luxurious Hotel Elysée, a playground for the rich and famous and, as luck would have it, just a short walk from The Black Rabbit. Seein...
Chapter Six September 1925 Sterling entered Pearl's dressing room without knocking, causing her to jump up from her dressing table, covering herself. Seeing it was her husband, she dropped her arms from in front of the sheer envelope chemise she wore. “Da...
Caitlin Summers had a full day promoting her new movie, The Girls. She arrived the night before in New York with enough time to shop around Soho, buying only a black dress for a party she was going to attend that evening for the book launch of her friend,...
