Body at Buccaneer's Bay (Secrets and Scrabble, #5)

by Josh Lanyon

the most popular reasons people did away with each other could be broken down into the infamous L words: Love, Lust, Loathing, and Loot.

Besides, could you be both shiftless and ruthless? Didn’t ruthlessness require a certain amount of focus and energy?

It was that kind of thing, little things, really, that kept him from feeling completely secure in their relationship. Yet hands down, Jack was the most considerate, caring, and, even, candid boyfriend he’d ever had. He trusted Jack. But he didn’t entirely trust Jack’s feelings. Did that make sense?

“The Wallaces of the world get all the pain medication they need when they need it. There wouldn’t have been so much pain and suffering. There would be indignity, of course, and that would have been hard on his ego. Death is very hard on control freaks.”

problem was, he’d had a lot of experience getting slapped down by Jack, and he just didn’t have the heart for it that night. Jack wasn’t unkind, but he sure was efficient in handing out rejection.

Jack’s hand locked on his shoulder, Ellery glanced back in surprise, read the longing in Jack’s eyes, and the next instant they were in each other’s arms—Watson yipping in alarm as he narrowly scooted out from between them.

“Christopher Holmes will be on a book tour in December,” Nora announced.

“This one’s a keeper,” Talia had whispered, her eyes very bright.

Ellery rolled over (to Watson’s displeasure) so that they were face-to-face. “Two? You must have a high pain threshold.” “No. They’re…” “Bad.” “I wouldn’t say that.” Ellery grinned. “Well, no, because you want to sleep with me.”