He leaned in and pretended to examine every counter of my face, as though he were Lauren Bacall and I was Humphrey Bogart from Dark Passage. Then he pulled back and did a comical double-take like Cary...
Her face, especially those lovely eyes, filled with amusement. She whispered, Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Her face, especially those lovely eyes, filled with amusement. She whispered, Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? I laughed and she couldn’t help but join me. There was something restful a...
Hill City and Hayward is as close to that area as I’ve ever been. It was a long time back, when it was pretty dangerous. I was on my way to Cheyenne at the time, and in a hurry to get there. I was non...
Unit One, I read you. What's your location, Unit Two? We only had two units, so numbering them was unnecessary, but it sounded more official. I'd given Janie the Mustang because she liked it and becau...
Try as he did at such times, his thoughts would inevitably turn to the pretty girl named Annie. Tony was always able to sense when the cowboy's deep longing for the girl was at its worst, and nudged h...
I don’t know if I’ll get in with all the bad in life I done. But at least when Saint Peter, or whoever they got guardin’ ‘em asks what I did in life to deserve heaven, I’ll be able to tell ‘em about K...
I got him in the ankle, Kelly clarified. She added, The gun was a gift from daddy. He says you never know who you'll run into and it's better to have protection. Jeff tried to look respectful at the m...
I wondered how in the world I could possibly sleep now, knowing a wonderful girl who loved me was just down the hall. Slipping into Johnny's pajamas, I figured I might as well see what Perry and Della...
Wyn could never be afraid of death, because he had already died, that night, so long ago.
Many men along the trail would discover that a man unafraid of death is the most dangerous man alive. Wyn could never be afraid of death, because he had already died, that night, so long ago.
That's the way it is in Miami. There are good guys and bad guys and sometimes the twain do meet.
The late afternoon sky over Paris imparted a softer glow to the city, hinting in a lover’s whisper to be patient with her, because the romantic heaven of Paris by night was only a few hours away, and...
The smell of Jasmine was in the sea air. Any other day I would have adhered to the Victory Speed but I couldn't wait to reach the village. I smiled to myself, thinking what a stir it would cause when...
A light and intermittent snowfall kept my world white over the next several days. The air was fresh and pure, nature's white medicine removing all that was wrong in the world. I was glad I had taken...
We sat next to each other. The sound of the locomotive and the smell of the sea drifted in through the open window. It did not go unnoticed by either of us that we were alone and without recent memory...
Finally he turned to me, his eyes shifting from compassion to business in a heartbeat. You didn’t bring me out here for that, you must need something. Who exactly are you, and how are you playing this...
I also suspected that lo romantico might be involved as well. Americans so easily fall in love.
It heightened the tension while we listened to Suspense. Nearly all the girls leaned forward, wide-eyed in dread at the heroine’s predicament. She was trapped on a lonely country road, and a killer wa...
My first night across the border I stopped at a ramshackle cantina that had a warped bar counter and dirt floor, like in the old west, and bought a drink for a tiny but curvy little Mexican girl named...
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