
Steam lifted off the Manhattan asphalt like ghosts exhaling, and the rain stitched silver lines through the glow of a…

The crack of bone on marble split the Grand View Hotel Ballroom like thunder over Puget Sound—one heartbeat, two, and…

The sunlight hit the gold-leaf letters like a blade, and the card trembled in my hands as if it knew…

The chrome door handle was slick under my shaking palm as Nolan floored it down Maple toward Route 46, Riverside…

The test strip trembled in my grip like a fragile confession caught in a Denver autumn wind, the kind that…

The flames from the 43 candles danced like vengeful spirits on my birthday cake, casting flickering shadows across the dining…

The first thing I saw was the condensation trembling on the glass, the breath of someone hiding in a car…

The champagne flute shattered against the cold marble floor of my penthouse gym, exploding like fireworks on the Fourth of…

The suitcase looks ordinary in the early California light. Hard plastic, scuffed corners, the kind you’d see spinning on a…

The champagne flute shattered against the marble floor of the luxurious Chicago hotel suite, its golden bubbles fizzing out like…

The knife was still in my hand when I heard him ask her to marry him. The sound didn’t belong…

The wineglass explodes against polished tile, a spray of crystal and California pinot catching the pendant lights like a burst…

The smell of burnt coffee lingered in the cold morning air when Emma Carter’s world quietly began to unravel. It…

The glass tower on Wall Street caught the first light of dawn, its mirrored surface bleeding gold into the skyline….

His laugh ricocheted out of the MacBook like a fire alarm in the middle of our quiet American kitchen at…

The candlelight flickered across my mother’s smile, and I knew something was about to break.It was supposed to be a…

The moving truck blocked my driveway like a declaration of war. Its metal frame glinted beneath the Tennessee sun, doors…

The lobby carpet at The Plaza Live on Bumby Avenue held the night like a secret—a soft red hush under…

The balcony glass caught the city like a net of stars—Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California—where the wind climbs up Mound…

The headlights cut through the fog like knives of light. A beat-up pickup truck slowed on a lonely street outside…