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...
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...
Flick
You’re wrong about one thing, though, she said. Daniel looked quizzically at her. What? Etta reached up to his brow and brushed his hair off his forehead with a gentle caress that set his blood to pum...
You think I married you because I lost when we drew straws? He chuckled softly. Oh, Meri. Sweetheart. I won the straw draw. I didn’t lose it. She stared at him, not comprehending the difference. What...
You didn’t have to say it. It’s written all over your face. You think more of that oversized iron-bender than you do of me.
Ready for dessert? Darius held the plate of tarts out to her. Nicole quickly swallowed the bread she’d just popped into her mouth and dabbed her lips with her napkin. Yes. Thank you. She reached for a...
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.
Josiah
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...
It’s not just anyone, Lily insisted. It’s Dead-Eye Dan! I know it is.
I love you, Victoria Adams. I have for a long time. And what you’ve told me today only makes me love you more. I admire your courage, your fighting spirit and inner strength. I hate the path that carr...
I have clean clothes and the salve you requested in the workshop, sir, the butler intoned. Miss Greyson insisted I tend to your back. Threatened to do the task herself if I refused. Did she? Darius gr...
His gaze moved from her face to the gun, then back to her face, an annoyingly smug expression creeping across his features. I don’t think so. You ain’t got the first notion how to shoot that thing. Ca...
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 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.