The sound of the slap was sharp, echoing through the kitchen like a gunshot. It wasn’t the first time Jason, my thirty-four-year-old son,…
“We’ve changed all the locks and the gate code. We don’t trust you anymore.” I reread it three times, feeling the familiar ache…
My name is Sarah, and I am living proof that sometimes, not even all the money in the world can buy what can…
It took hours. The moon outside the penthouse window was replaced by the gray light of a New York dawn. Sofia had fallen…
The twin children of the millionaire widower wouldn’t eat a thing until the new nanny did something unexpected and changed their lives forever.…
Maya held the millionaire’s gaze for a few seconds more, until the silence became unbearable. Then, she spoke, not shouting, but with a…
The call to end my final mission came faster than I expected. One moment I was reviewing the last security report in the…
It was the coldest night of the year in Chicago. The city seemed asleep, wrapped in a blanket of ice and biting wind.…
The loud hum of engines shook the dusty Port City Street before anyone even saw the cars. People eating under Amara’s old canopy…