He Knows When You’re Awake: A Naughty or Nice Novel

by Alta Hensley

“To new beginnings,” he says, raising his glass. “And sweaters that die heroically in the line of duty.”

“The background check on her friend Chloe came back. She’s clean, but chatty. High risk for asking uncomfortable questions. She’s in a relationship with a firefighter who also checks out.”

Don’t forget the pepper spray! And if he turns out to be serial killer, at least get his Wi-Fi password first so you can live-stream your last moments.

If I die, be sure to empty my bedside drawer. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT let my mother open that drawer.

Oh my god. I have a billionaire stalker.

“If I were a serial killer, I’d have much better pickup lines than ‘Come live in my tower and make pretty things.’”

“You have the entire route planned down to the minute.” “Give me some credit, Sloane.” I pause for dramatic effect. “Down to the second.” She laughs. “And if I wanted to go off-route?” “Chaos. Devastation. The complete collapse of Western civilization.”

Bad decisions never looked so good in Tom Ford.

“You want to yell ‘cryptocurrency’ in the middle of sex?” “It’s definitely a mood killer,”

“Does that make me Bruce Willis in this scenario?” “Yippee ki-yay,”