So much Where are you, Blue Eyes?He started to lift her dress. Loretta reached behind her and caught his hand. Wha--what’re you doin’?He lifted his head, eyes alight with teasing mischief. I search f...
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 was a kid once. When you meet my dad, ask him about the time my brother and I decided we wanted a yellow lab instead of a black one and spray-painted the dog.
As she reached to hug Amy, Loretta heard someone shout. She glanced back at the small cluster of wagons and saw a woman waving her arms and beckoning to them. Something’s up.Amy squinted into the sunl...
Seeing that he was about to leave, Loretta worked one arm loose to touch his shoulder as he stepped around them. Their eyes locked. Pausing midstride, he touched his hand to her cheek. Once again Lore...
Loretta was stuffing her belongings into her satchel when Hunter stepped into the lodge. He stood in the shadows a moment, watching her. The firelight fell across her, shimmering in her golden hair, f...
Loretta turned her face against his chest, inhaling the scent of his skin, loving the blend of leather and smoke and oil that she had once found so abhorrent. When had he become so important to her?
Over the next few weeks, the Comanches attacked with a vengeance. News came that the mercenaries, en route to attack another village, were all killed. Tales of Hunter filtered to the Masters farm, som...
Then it came Hunter’s turn. The priest asked the usual question, adding at the end, Forsaking all others, taking one wife and only one wife, forever with no horizon?Hunter, eyes narrowed suspiciously,...
Opening it, she withdrew her neatly folded bloomers. Creeping to the bed, she laid them on the fur beside Hunter. Tears stung her eyes as she straightened. So many memories. Sadness twisted through he...
Even at a distance he recognized the way she sat a horse, the tilt of her head. He couldn’t believe she had come so far and so quickly. Fate had indeed led her in a circle back to him.Ordering Blackbi...
You will drink?Her eyes glittered up at him, so filled with hatred that a chill ran up his spine. Hunter grasped her chin again. Her nose, Warrior. And this time, turn loose when she starts to swallow...
He wasn’t sure when it had happened or how, but the small woman beside him was no longer his captive; he had become hers.
Loretta snuggled deeply into silken furs, trying to escape the persistent hand that shook her shoulder and the voice that called to her. Not her name, anyway. What kind of name was that?Blue Eyes, yo...
Perhaps we have acted wrongly, sending you to fetch her. Perhaps it was meant for her to come of her own free will.Hunter swallowed back an argument. Though he didn’t believe his little blue-eyes woul...
Peace filled Hunter. With so many Great Ones, both his and hers, surely they would be blessed. Relaxing his body, he surrendered himself to fate. The Great Ones would guide them. Loretta’s God would l...
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...
Strong is right?Well, yes, I suppose you could say that.You say a woman cannot be bought. I say she can. I am strong. I am right.Just when she started to relax around him, he jerked the rug from under...
You hurt?Loretta knew he had gone to great lengths to be gentle with her earlier, but she was sore nonetheless. The ache was to be expected, she felt sure, and probably would disappear in a day or two...
No more fear, eh? If I grow angry, I will bring you my mother’s spoon.She sniffed and laughed. A lot of good a spoon would be.
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