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Chapters (66)
  1. Cover
  2. THE HEATWAVE
  3. Readers love The Heatwave
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Acknowledgements
  58. Keep Reading …
  59. The second book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  60. The third book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  61. The fourth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  62. The fifth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  63. The sixth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  64. About the Author
  65. Also by Katerina Diamond
  66. About the Publisher

Jasmine had kissed exactly seven people before that moment. None of them felt like this.

He brushed her hair away from her face again and moved towards her again, kissing her neck. She had goosebumps. Was this really happening? His fingers cupped the back of her neck and her skin was full of electricity. She moved in closer so that he was leaning over her; the weight of his body pressed against her turned her legs to jelly. He was so gentle, so tentative, that it put all thoughts of danger from her mind. She didn’t feel threatened; she knew if she told him to stop that he would immediately. Maybe she had judged him too harshly. Maybe he had nothing to do with the death of her teacher. But if he had, he had done it for her, so that she would feel safe. She pushed all thoughts of Mr Morrell from her mind as she fell deeper under Tim’s spell.

Chapter Thirty-One

Now

I have been sitting in front of the television for hours. I ordered room service and ate my way through two sharing platters. I didn’t want to drink. I wanted to keep my wits about me in case I need to drive again. I can’t fall apart in case I need to be in control. The past is catching up with me and when it finally hits I want to be ready. It’s dark outside and I can feel the sea calling to me. The infinite blackness I want to submerge myself in. It’s cloudy outside so there isn’t even the reflection of the moon on the water. There’s just beach and then a complete void. I wonder what it would feel like to just walk towards it and keep going. I wouldn’t have to think any more, I wouldn’t have this feeling of impending doom plaguing my every breath.

I have thought about death many times since that summer, not just my own. I stroke the back of my phone, wondering if maybe it’s set to vibrate and I just haven’t heard it ringing. Meeting Chris saved my life – before him I thought I had a different destiny altogether. I didn’t think there was any good in me at all. When Daisy was born she was so pretty, so delicate and perfect with her little rosebud mouth and stormy blue eyes. I knew as soon as I saw her that if I was evil then someone so perfect couldn’t have come from me.