Miss Adams. He repeated. Are you giving me permission to call on you? Tori did her best to play along. She gave a prim nod. I am, sir. As long as your intentions are honorable. Ben dropped the façade,...
Lewis! The boy jumped and spun around. What? Keep that animal away from my crates. Tori drew in a breath and deliberately calmed her voice. Have him play on the other side of you, dear, where there’s...
I’m sorry for taking so long. Tori straightened her shoulders as if readying herself for battle, then traipsed down the steps to the street. I had a few last-minute details to see to. Ben hurried arou...
It’s not just anyone, Lily insisted. It’s Dead-Eye Dan! I know it is.
I should have died. Not her. Nicole stiffened against him. There it was again, that woeful statement belittling his value, his worth.
I also wrote them about you. His blue gaze bored into her with paralyzing force. She couldn’t move. Couldn’t flee. Could only stare at the social travesty of his ungroomed features—the scruffy half be...
He smiled and lifted a finger to stroke her cheek. Meredith’s stomach roiled. Oh dear. She quickly covered her mouth with one hand and her stomach with the other, thanking God for the excuse to cut th...
He needed to get Mollie out from under that woman’s roof as soon as possible. The most desirable option being moving her into the clinic as his wife. But she deserved a proper courtship, not some rush...
He hated the their first kiss was up for public consumption, but if she expected him to give her a polite buss on the cheek, she was fixin' to be disappointed. He wanted no doubt in anyone's mind, esp...
He had six days to solve Nicole’s mysteries and claim her heart. He’d not waste a single minute.
Hang in there, Mollie. Jacob’s voice rumbled just beneath her ear. She tried to pick out his words as the darkness rose to claim her. I’ll patch you up, I swear it. Don’t leave me, sweetheart. Please....
God desires his people to be abounding in love and good works. To be people of integrity and honor. People who reflect his character. But we are human—sinful people capable of evil deeds.
God always provides other options for His people when they are tempted to take an unrighteous path. But if we depend only on ourselves to solve our problems, we narrow our vision and see none of those...
For a man who had gone out of his way to avoid her during the first few days of her employment, Darius Thornton had become annoyingly attentive of late. He’d dined with her each of the last three nigh...
Etta, you don’t have to . . . I never meant . . . You love those books. No, Daniel. She yanked her arm from his grasp and slapped the remaining book against his chest. I love you. The books were just...
Dr. Jacob was tearing a piece of white cotton into strips. White cotton that must have belonged to his shirt at one time, for the man was bare to the waist. Well, not completely bare. He’d put his bla...
Call me Levi. Duncan nodded. Levi, then. ’Tis a fine name to be carrying. Levi shook his head and chuckled softly. Keep your flattery for the women, Duncan. Why do ye think I’m practicin’? Duncan wink...
But when you continue clinging to your feelings of guilt, this God-given mission becomes nothing more than self-imposed penance.
But when this slip of a girl with trust blazing in her bright blue eyes looked at him, all he could think about was protecting the one piece of the outside world that had found a way in.
Ben! You should have waited for me. The wagon wobbled a bit, no doubt from Tori climbing up into the bed. An instant later, her hand clasped his shoulder. Here. Wrap your arm around me. She reached fo...