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’m not sorry for intervening, she said. In fact, I’d do it again. But it seems like in choosing to do so, I surrendered my pacifist principles. Am I a hypocrite? He laid a hand on her knee. No, Eden....
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 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...
Jacob remained by Mollie’s side throughout the night, clinging to her hand as well as to her vow. She wasn’t going to leave him. She’d given her word, and Mollie never broke a promise. He prayed. He t...
She’d not allow Daniel Barrett to escape her so easily. She’d placed a bounty on his heart, and she intended to collect.
Just because they'd lost didn't mean the battle hadn't been worth waging.
She still had a few tender spots that ached when prodded, but Zach and Seth and loved and accepted her into a place where past hurts mattered less than present blessings. Maybe God had brought her int...
Please go outside. I really don’t want to hurt you. Levi pulled up short. No. Not toward me. To the door. The door! She squealed, and Levi bounded forward, taking the stairs in a single leap. He threw...
Love made a man vulnerable in a world that required armor and a shield to survive.
MAY 1895HARPER’S STATION, TEXAS Claire Nevin
Meredith bundled her shawl more tightly around her shoulders before ducking her head and scurrying past his brother. Travis knew he probably looked like a lovesick pup just standing there watching her...
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,...
Well, if it ain’t Meri Hayes. Come to ask me to the church social? Hiram Ellis. Of all the rotten luck. The fellow was just as obnoxious grown as he’d been as a kid. I’m looking for Sheriff Randall. M...
No matter how many people reject or betray you, if you have even one person in your life you can count on--really, truly count on--you can overcome any obstacle. Trusting the wrong person might lead t...
No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority. All we can do is use the good sense he provides and trust him to guide us. Meredith...
The problem with memorizing scripture was that it rose up to prod her conscience at the most inconvenient times. Nothing like having Jesus call her a hypocrite to slap down her indignation over Logan'...
No! Loving him was not a mistake. He couldn’t let her go on thinking it was. Dan lurched to his feet, flinging the book down onto the bed as he rose. He marched out of the room without a thought to hi...
Not that this woman would need chains to capture a man's attention under normal circumstances. Her milky skin,soft eyes,and that mad riot of reddish-gold corkscrew curls that gave her a pixie-like app...
With a tiny cry, Eden jumped from her rocky perch and threw herself against Levi’s chest. The tears she’d thought had been exhausted returned with a vengeance. Starving for comfort, for a sympathetic...
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