The only thing worse than having a hot neighbor you’re too intimidated to talk to is accidentally hitting his cat with your car. Felix Lane was perfectly content to spend the rest of his days with Sunny, his canary life companion, in their quiet little corner of the suburbs. But then Kirk Shoo with his unusual eyes moved in across the street, and Felix’s carefully constructed life is starting to unravel. When your every bad-boy fantasy lingers at the mailbox, stands too close and smells too damn good, what’s an under-appreciated administrative assistant to do? Besides sneak out the backdoor to go to work? But when Kirk’s cat runs out in front of Felix on his way home, he has no choice but to face the music and his dream man. Unless ... What starts as a tragic accident turns into something far more bizarre. And when Felix’s backyard begins to look like a pet cemetery, he has no choice but to come clean. That is, if he can manage to find his sexy neighbor at all.

Nine Stones

It was late, and he’d been about to go to bed when he’d remembered the laundry. It had been tempting to leave it till morning, but he’d grabbed his toothbrush and gone to the basement to hang it. Bed clothing was quick work to hang, and he could go to sleep without having to think.


Who had put a dead cat in his washing machine?


His entire body shook. Shit, what if the chocolate wasn’t from Kirk? He’d seen it and assumed, but simply because a guy bought you flowers didn’t mean he’d give you chocolate as well.


What if a sociopath was stalking Felix, breaking into his house, and hiding dead cats for him to find? Maybe it was the one…Ice filled his chest. Was it thecat? Had someone seen him bury it in his garden and gone to dig it up to use it to threaten Felix?


But why? Felix didn’t have any enemies, at least none that he knew about. But who knew what anyone was up to in a world where ninjas had secret societies.


Chapter 19