...ame moment, Cade lifted his head with that devastating, familiar grin still on his lips and spotted her at the top of the steps. His smile slowly f... ...g, his cutting words hurt. “I’ll see you inside, counselor.” Julia turned on her heel and pushed through the media barricade. She’d be damned if ... ...their way home, all surely eager to reach their destination. Most likely a majority of them had a wife or husband and children waiting on them. The... ...bowl of ice cream. “Well, nobody spends years working they way you did at baseball then just walks away from it Chrystal Kincaid ... ... why. Cade was Hardin’s Golden Boy. The star pitcher of their high school baseball team, he had been recruited by colleges in his sophomore year. ... ... rumble of the engine. “Even when I was a kid, he used to tell me that the Majors were just waiting for an arm like mine.” Cade’s self-deprecating ... ...t’s for sure. He told me straight out that I’d never make it past the farm leagues. I had a man’s arm but a boy’s head for the game. He said I was... ...ce. “The Big Show is what they call it when you get called up to the Major League.” “I know,” Julia said quietly. The charming, self-confident g... ...e kidding me.” “Nope. Dirtier than anything you’ve ever seen on late night cable. Girl, this stuff would set your hair on fire.” “One man in your...

...For years, Julia Campbell has lusted from afar after her girlhood crush, Cade Taylor. Now the shoe is on the other foot and Cade is limping along helplessly behind her size seven pumps. Two successful attorneys arguing opposite sides of a high profile DUI manslaughter case, there's more than just a failed affair spirited deba...

...edginess. A red-coated man with jowly cheeks trudged through the mud, blasted on his bugle, and the post parade began. Most fans sought refuge in th... ...to us is Kurt MacKinnon,” the shorter one said. “Might be worth putting money on his horse. He trains the good-looking gray.” “They're both lookers,... ...s she'd exercised his horse. If Harrison let her ride in a race, it would be a major step toward acceptance as a jockey. The veteran trainer was well... ...ed her mouth, not wanting to appear too eager…but what a day, what a horse. A major turnaround from yesterday's disaster. And this was the big track.... ...k with my stuff!” Otto pulled the shovel over his shoulder, holding it like a baseball bat. His face contorted, and he swung again. Christ! Kurt ... ...e long side pocket of his apron. “Thought you Woodbine guys were strictly big league.” “I run all types, and she did come third tonight.” Kurt paus... ...is reaction intensified by his rushing adrenaline. From the adjoining room, a television droned. Its whitish light cast surreal shadows. He flexed h... ...! The room was a shambles of clothing, plastic and glass. He stepped over the television cord, covered with shiny shards of glass, and checked the ro... ...d WFAN lettering perched on the edge of the rutted grass, and thick snakelike cables coiled around her feet. “Yes, I knew Lefty well,” she said, he...

...hbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive. Julie West, a dedicated but struggling jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, never suspecting she’s a person of interest—and not because of her riding skills.Kurt didn’t expect his contrary colt to flourish under Julie’s feminine touch nor for his own rusty heart to soften....