When Molly meets her intimidating new boss, Beatrice, she’s judged by her last name and fancy connections—not her talent. But Molly’s no pushover. She loves her job with the Washington Wolves and won’t let anyone doubt her. A powerful project with Amazon lands in her lap, and now, she must prove she’s more than just a pretty face.
I wanted to shove a towel in her mouth to shut her up because hearing her talk about us together had my palms going a little sweaty. “Kelly,” I said quietly. She beamed. “Stop talking about it.” Kelly sighed. An alarm went off on my phone, and I cursed under my breath. “What?” Kelly asked.…
The bottle opened with a twist of my hand, and as the metal top clattered onto the tile floor of the kitchen, I took a deep swallow. Since the day I retired from fighting, I hadn’t second-guessed any decision I’d made. But today, as I scrawled my signature on a hundred papers in front of…
“Nah. I only say it because I mean it.” “I think you should figure out what your new people like, Daddy. They may not be like you.” “You’re pretty smart, you know that?” Anya sighed, snuggling her face into the stuffed animal. “Maybe you should take The Mommy List with you,” she said quietly. “Just…
I stopped, my heart beginning to tumble over each thudding beat. “Why do you look nervous about the fact that I am?” I’d worked for her and known her for too long to tiptoe around anything. Amy sighed, her face falling in a look that had my stomach falling too. She’d been my boss and…
“You’re so good at that, daddysnap.” She was a little unsteady on her feet when I set her down, and her tipsy expression had me smiling. “Glad I’m good at something.” Anya crouched by the grass and plucked a small weed that resembled a white flower. “I’m gonna go bring this to Mommy!” she yelled,…
Hand on my hips, I stared at the offending item. “I don’t know, gingersnap. It looks like it did last night, right?” That stumped her for a solid thirty seconds. Her blue eyes stared straight up, unblinking and unwavering, and I could practically see her trying to dig up reasons the hot pink tulle canopy…
Bauer spoke too quietly for us to hear anything through the open window, and as he tightened the straps on Gabriel’s helmet, did a quick check of elbows and knees, he said something that made Gabriel laugh. Then my son popped back up and got right back on the board. His smile was wide, not…
My family looked at me expectantly, except Logan, who was staring at the baby again. I smiled. “We’d like you guys to meet Logan Gabriel Ward McAllister.” Paige covered her mouth, sniffing noisily. “Welp, here I go again.” Logan’s eyes flew to mine. “What?” he whispered gruffly. “You named him after me?” I nodded. “We’ll…
The groan is what had the door to Amy’s office opening, the light of her small corner lamp illuminating the space. The shades were drawn over the glass that looked out over the gym, which I hadn’t noticed earlier. Amy’s head popped out. “What are you doing here?” I stopped. “Why do you look nervous…
He always—and I mean, always—replied with, “I’m not sure yet. I like them all.” The stakes grew as the weeks went on. My very athletically gifted son—who, for the record, loved both sports—was being wooed by professional athletes with private training sessions and signed paraphernalia from various teams around the world, because my husband and…