I have such great love for you, little one. Such great love.
I don’t know why you even want me!A sad smile twisted his mouth as he recalled how she had walked out alone to face a hundred Comanches, one small woman against an army. You make a smile inside me, th...
Hunter’s mother stood over him, wringing her hands, while he gathered his gear to ride out.My , your anger burns too hot. I fear for your woman when you find her.His body tense, Hunter strode past his...
Hunter? She grasped his shoulders for support, digging her nails into his flesh. Hunter?I am here. Be easy. He slid a hand to the nape of her neck and turned her face back to him. Be easy.Loretta’s le...
Hunter, I think I’d better leave you, yes? So you can make peace with your woman.With a grimace, Hunter nodded. Her heart is laid upon the ground.Is it me? I will make talk with her.I don’t think it w...
Hunter! She tried to shove the leather down. Someone might come!No one comes.Fascinated, he touched the rosy tip of her nipple with his dark fingers, watching it harden and thrust upward, begging for...
Hunter tossed another piece of wood onto the fire, sending up a spray of live coals, a few of which fell in Tom’s lap. Tom scrambled backward and tried to shake them off, no easy feat with his hands t...
Hunter made the time pass more quickly by teaching her things while they rode: how to find water by watching the birds and wild horses and by searching for certain types of grass that grew only near u...
Hunter gazed at the horizon for a moment. Loretta’s voice kept whispering to him. Hunter wasn’t sure why finding Amy had become so important to him, and he didn’t care to analyze his feelings. Was his...
Hunter drew her back against his chest and bent his head to press his face to her hair. Blue Eyes… He trailed his lips down one of her braids until he found the sweet curve of her neck. Make a picture...
Hunter bent his head and pressed his face against her hair. The next instant she felt his lips on her neck. She also felt his hand on her posterior. Frustrated by her high neckline and her full skirts...
His knife cleared its sheath before he realized he had drawn it. He held the razor-sharp blade to her throat, his body atremble with the effort it took not to kill her.She had her eyes squeezed closed...
He pulled on her leg and slid her toward him until she lay on her back. Then he released her ankle to loom over her, planting a hand on each side of her. Loretta stared up at his dark face, her heart...
He found Loretta awake when he entered his lodge. She was sitting up in bed, raking her fingers through her tangled hair. When she saw him, she averted her face, still angry, if the glint in her eyes...
Glancing up at Loretta, he said, She is a yellow-hair, and she is mine.
From the hilltop Loretta watched the lone man walking toward her from the village. Relief flooded through her when she recognized Hunter’s loose-hipped, graceful stride. She crossed herself quickly an...
Fate. Today it had brought him a woman, a woman like no other, with skin as white as a night moon, hair like honey, and eyes like the summer sky. woman, and this time she came freely.
Come out, White-Eyes, the voice called. I bring gifts, not bloodshed.Henry, wearing nothing but his pants and the bandages Aunt Rachel had wrapped around his chest the night before, hopped on one foot...
Cautiously Hunter asked, Then what makes your heart sad?She bit her bottom lip and tipped her head back to stare at the smoke hole. After several seconds she sniffed and said, You’re a man.She looked...
Can I have just a moment with the priest?For why?Just to ask him something.Hunter’s grip on her arm relaxed. , hurry. Loretta cupped a hand over the priest’s ear and quickly whispered her request, the...