23 is too old to be a virgin. That is what society says. Tessa knew it. She just did not care. She was too busy surviving double shifts and keeping...
Open your legs. I will only stop when my child is in your womb. The ruthless mafia boss roared these words directly to the American girl standing frozen before him...
Cormac Brennan opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was a ceiling full of plastic stars. Little glow-in-the-dark ones. The kind you buy in a bag at the...
The first mistake Arya Bennett made that night was answering her door at 3:00 a.m. The second was thinking she had a choice. She’d been dreaming one of those weightless...
Part 2 His voice cracked across the cemetery. “Lieutenant General Jennifer Whitaker, present, ma’am.” A ripple went through the crowd. Not a sound, exactly. More like everyone sucked in the...
Part 2 To them, I was the underachieving older sister who drifted into operations work, dressed like a woman with no social life, disappeared for long stretches without offering details,...
Part 2 The private in front of me didn’t recognize it. Why would he? Most of the army didn’t. Most of the army wasn’t supposed to. But somebody across the...
Part 2 I looked past Dana into the hallway. My grandmother’s quilt chest had been shoved against the opposite wall at an angle. Boxes I didn’t recognize sat open on...
Part 2 A younger cousin, Stella, leaned toward me. “He says he’s taking us all inside on Saturday. Like, private access. Restricted areas.” I turned my head slowly and looked...
Part 2 I could still remember the smell of my father’s office from when I was a teenager: coffee gone stale on a walnut credenza, legal pads, the lemon oil...