Club Dead
Chapter One
Bill was hunched over the computer when I let myself in his house. This was an all-too-familiar scenario in the past
month or two. He'd torn himself away from his work when I came home, until the past couple of weeks. Now it was the
keyboard that attracted him.
"Hello, sweetheart," he said absently, his gaze riveted to the screen. An empty bottle of type O TrueBlood was on the
desk beside the keyboard. At least he'd remembered to eat.
Bill, not a jeans-and-tee kind of guy, was wearing khakis and a plaid shirt in muted blue and green. His skin was
glowing, and his thick dark hair smelled like Herbal Essence. He was enough to give any woman a hormonal surge. I
kissed his neck, and he didn't react. I licked his ear. Nothing.
I'd been on my feet for six hours straight at Merlotte's Bar, and every time some customer had under-tipped, or some
fool had patted my fanny, I'd reminded myself that in a short while I'd be with my boyfriend, having incredible sex and
basking in his attention.
That didn't appear to be happening.
I inhaled slowly and steadily and glared at Bill's back. It was a wonderful back, with broad shoul ... read full excerpt from Club Dead ebook
