Lane, it said curtly.I was afraid you were still out of the country, Cecily said with relief. Are you all right?A few new scars, he said, with lightness in his tone. How about a pizza? I’ll pic you up...
Jason looked down at her with smoldering eyes in a taciturn face. You’ll have to do something about Mumbles before we come back for Thanksgiving, Gracie, he told her quietly. Kittie’s allergic to cats...
It seemed such a short time ago that Erin had comerunning toward him, laughing, her black hair like silk around an elfin face. And he'd melted inside just atthe sight of her, gone breathless like a bo...
In a private room down the hall, a tired but delighted Cecily was watching her husband with his brand-new son. Cecily had thought that the expression on Tate’s face at their wedding would never be dup...
Don’t make that mistake again, he said in a voice so quiet it was barely audible. He looked as if all his latent hostilities were waiting for an excuse to turn on her. If you throw that cup at me, so...
Colby’s resourceful, I’ll give him that.You used to be good friends.We were, until he started hanging around Cecily, came the short reply. I’m not as angry at him as I was. But it seems that he has to...
She spotted Matt Holden and her eyes began to twinkle. He was a handsome devil, even at his age. His wife had died the year before, and the husky black-eyed politician with his glimmering silver hair...
Oh, do you think I broke his wrist? Cecily asked, puzzled, as she wrapped her arms around her chest and stared at the writhing form on the floor.You might have, Tate returned in a voice like steel. Bu...
Her green eyes went up to the sky. Well, it wasn’t such a very bad place to die, she mused as drowsiness swept over her. She was near Winthrop, even though he didn’t care anymore. Maybe he’d bury her...
Eleanor… He hesitated, and she felt his other hand come up to tilt her face up to his. I need you…just for a few minutes…She read the hunger in his voice, the ache for what hed lost, the grief…Take wh...
But you’ll get used to it. Life has to be lived. You can’t sit by the road and watch it pass.
Be careful. Be extra careful.I will. You do the same, she added with a chuckle.I’m a tough old bird, he told her. Otherwise, I wouldn’t still be alive in the first place, he assured her. You eat prope...