She realized now that there was no good or bad, no right or wrong, just people fighting for their lives. Wonderful people, who lived and loved and laughed.
Rosebud. Aren’t you lovely.
Pressing a hand to her chest, Loretta glanced down in bewilderment. She had been so sure…Laughter bubbled up her throat. Aunt Rachel had missed? She never missed when she could draw a steady bead on a...
My arm is yours to lean upon for always. Until snow comes to your hair, eh? For always, until I am dust in the wind.
Many Horses was putting the finishing touches on a bow he had been making when Hunter entered the tepee. Setting the weapon aside, he fastened his wizened old eyes on his eldest son and pursed his cri...
Make me a story.Hunter, I don’t have a stitch of clothes on, she squeaked.One of his dark eyebrows flicked upward. You must have clothes to make stories?
Lowering his hand to her belly, he pressed his palm against her spasm-stricken muscles and kneaded away the tightness. She felt like a sensitive harp string, thrummed by expert fingers. Horrified by h...
Love's not a decision, son. It hits a man betwixt the eyes, and there's no decidin' to it. Right or wrong, doubts or no doubts, he's standin' knee deep in cement that's about to set.~Harv Coulter
Loretta awoke shortly after dawn, alone in a cocoon of fur. She had only the haziest memory of Hunter carrying her to bed after making love to her last night. She sat up, clutching the buffalo robe to...
I’ll die before I let you touch me. You hear me?Ah, but Blue Eyes, I tough you now. He slid his hand up her ribs and gently cupped her breast. You see? I touch you, and you do not die. There is nothin...
It was a fact that he hadn’t lied to her--except for the time he had promised to cut out her tongue and hadn’t. She couldn’t very well hold that against him.
If you flee, this Comanche will follow you. Anyone who tries to keep you from me will die. Think long and hard on this. I paid a fine bride price. You are my woman. What is mine, I keep.You wouldn’t!...
If it’s a draw between a baby and Henry, I’ll kick his ornery butt all the way to the fancy house in Jacksboro and tell him to stay there this time.Appalled and uncertain how to react, Loretta said, F...
I strike fear into you because I am a man?It isn’t funny.I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.She rewarded him with a tremulous laugh, looking at h...
I have the strongest arm in my lodge circle. Her pouting will not sway me. If that’s being bullheaded, then I sure enough am.Many Horses rolled his eyes.You think my arm is not the strongest?I think y...
I have brought you a Black Robe, he said tersely, and nodded toward the waiting priest. He will pray your God words over us, yes?With that, Hunter grasped her firmly by the arm and drew her toward the...
I don’t understand her. I treat her kindly, yet she still shakes with fear at the thought of being one with me. I try to make her happy and make her angry instead.Many Horses lifted an eyebrow. Fear i...
Hunter’s name drifted to him on the wind, the call barely discernible yet shrill, like the whisper of a lost soul searching for solace. He reined his stallion to a halt, bracing himself against the so...
Hunter tucked in his chin to study the girl’s mud-streaked face and found himself wondering how he ever could have thought her ugly. Could a shaft of sunlight be ugly? A sparkle of moonlight upon wate...
How is your woman taking this? Warrior asked.Her heart is on the ground.Warrior sighed. This is bad, Hunter, very bad. Her mother? Her father? She will never forgive this.Hunter increased his pace, gr...