She had curled up with those books on more than one occasion, and yes, she had dreamt of a handsome, red-haired man of action, but it hadn’t been Dead-Eye Dan, drat it all. She’d dreamt of Daniel Barr...
Scripture instructs God’s people to give our best to whatever task we turn our hands to, to conduct ourselves as if we work for the Lord himself, not for man.
One of these days, I’m going to learn not to sneak up on you. The fiasco in the barn flashed through her mind. Yesterday she’d showered him with oats and today she’d pummeled him with a broom. At this...
MAY 1895HARPER’S STATION, TEXAS Claire Nevin
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, Ben, Tori soothed, her hand cupping his shoulder as she blotted the excess wetness from his nape with a towel and waited for the liquor to evaporate. I’m almost done. Too bad. He was rather...
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...
I’m not going anywhere, dear heart. I have a happy ending to write with you. Addie stiffened. You heard that? she muttered against his chest. Gideon chuckled, his joy too large to contain. He pulled b...
I’d like to build a house there someday. One with a big plate-glass window in the front so I can sip my tea and watch the flowers grow. Eden leaned into his side as she stepped around a hole dug by a...
Is that any way to talk to your betrothed? His syrupy voice set her skin to itching. Eden gathered her shawl a bit more tightly about her. I’m not your betrothed, Sheriff. I refused your proposal thre...
I should have died. Not her. Nicole stiffened against him. There it was again, that woeful statement belittling his value, his worth.
I might know a way we could repay that debt. Everything inside Darius sharpened at that comment, just like it did when he stumbled across an idea for a new experiment. Oh? he asked, trying to keep his...
I know you’ve been hurt in the past, Tori. She closed her eyes against the compassion radiating from the man beside her, fumbling for the shield that used to fortify her so well. She couldn’t relive t...
How often had he wanted to believe that he was created for some higher purpose?
He’s been known to steal a kiss under the branches of that big oak, too. You’d never know it to look at him, but my Arthur can be quite the man of passion. Nicole giggled, charmed by the idea of the s...
He wished Nicole’s problems were as easily solved. He watched the light green skirts ahead of him sway as she extended her lead. Why did he get the feeling she was putting more than physical distance...
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...
Guilt leads us to confession and repentance, she told me, but after we take it to the cross, we're suppose to leave it there, not carry it around with us. Jesus's burden is light. Guilt is heavy. Sata...
God, forgive me for my impatience. I saw what I thought I wanted, and when you made no move to give it to me, I took matters into my own hands. I wasn’t content, and I didn’t trust you enough to wait....
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...