Way for new, winter taking away the remnants of the old to clear room for the young growth. Life, in other words, in all its fierce beauty and stark routine. All things went to the soil eventually. It...
Know my way around here now! The group, impressed, followed Kells. Why can’t I go, too? Belinda asked. Because I have plans for you, Miss Jessup, he drawled. He caught her hand in his and led her towa...
And the boys made fun of her skinny legs that were always bruised and cut from her tomboyish antics at the ranch. There was one special boy, Jake Weldon. Maggie pretended not to notice him. He was one...
You’re as beautiful as you were the night we made our son, she whispered, bending to kiss him tenderly.His fingers traced her dark eyebrows, her cheeks, her mouth. I wish we could have another baby, h...
You’re a worse punishment than even he deserves, lady, she bit off as she turned away from the phone. I wouldn’t wish you on my worst enemy!The phone rang again and she picked it up, ready to give Aud...
You have to stop letting me do this, he bit off, half-angrily.If you’ll stop leaning on me so that I can get my hands on a blunt object, I’ll be happy to…!He kissed the words into oblivion. It isn’t a...
What a curse, to want only one person.He drew her into his arms and kissed her again, hungrily. What a glorious blessing, to want only one person and be wanted back, even after thirty-six long years,...
So the bloodline wasn’t pure.He shook his head. It was an excuse, like all the other excuses. I liked my life as it was. I didn’t want ties, especially the sort I’d have had with you. He looked at her...
I wish you’d told me this before.It wouldn’t have changed anything.Maybe not. But talking about wounds can help heal them.You don’t talk about yours, she pointed out. He sat down on the sofa facing he...
How is Tate?He dropped into the chair across from her with an irritated sound. Well, he isn’t the man I used to know.Her eyes held a soft sadness. You don’t know why, Colby.Like to bet? he asked with...
His eyes ran over her hungrily. I couldn’t get it out of my mind, he said, almost to himself, the way it felt, back at my mother’s house. I was never so hungry for anyone, but it wasn’t completely phy...
He needs shaking up, I tell you, he's going to die an old maid. He gets all funny and red when unmarried ladies talk to him at church, and just look at how grumpy he's been since you've been around. W...
He laughed. He had a similar appliance in his truck, a Lo-Jack, and where it was installed nobody knew. I get it. Good man. If you have any questions or concerns, you can call us, right? Right.
He groaned her name as he bent, his mouth so tender, so exquisitely gentle with hers that tears ran hotly down her cheeks. He was the world, and everything in it. She loved him so.
Go ahead. Ask me who the father is.He only smiled. Do I look that stupid to you?She pushed back her short hair with a sigh. He doesn’t know, and you’re not to tell him. In English, Apache or Lakota, s...
Everything goes. But the one thing that separates human beings from animals is a nobility of spirit, a sense of self-worth. I have ideals. I think they're what holds civilization together, and that if...
Emma drew in the dirt with a stick, making curlicues and unconsciously tracing Connor’s initials. GC. GC. She frowned. She wondered if he had a middle name. She’d never asked. Emma!
You’ll get all dusty.He made a sound deep in his throat. You can brush me off.She grinned wickedly. Now that’s what I call incentive!He chuckled. Cut it out. We’ve got a serious and sensitive situatio...
Yes? he said impatiently.There was a pause. You wouldn’t believe how many people I had to bribe to get this new number of yours. But I didn’t think past getting you to answer the phone, Colby said rel...
The milk is long since out of date, the bread all has mold and I think you could start a bacterial plague with what’s in the crisper here…Order a pizza, he suggested. There’s a place down on the corne...