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 treated her like a china doll that needed to sit on a high shelf and be admired but never handled. Marietta didn’t want to be admired from a distance. She wanted to be touched. Held. Embraced. By h...
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....
Forgive yourself for the child you were unable to save, Darius, and praise God for the many who are alive today because of your actions.
Darius? Are you sure you’re all right? Back turned to Nicole, he closed his eyes. Of course he wasn’t all right. The woman he loved was bound and determined to leave him in six days, and he had no fea...
Ach. Now, there be a lass with a bonny look to ’er. And I’m thinking it’s nae me she’s coming to see.
A man who made her feel stronger just by holding his hand.
She glimpsed Levi cutting through the crowd to get to her. Smoothing her hair and finding a smile, she greeted him as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Would you like a piece of cake? Levi...
Postmaster’s
Collar,
Your kite, milady?She curtsied and handed it to him. Why, thank you, Sir Tucker. Take care, though. The fabric is wont to snag.
You might of put Travis from your mind, but I still think he claims a piece of your heart.
Ye comin’? Ben shook his head. Nope. I’m just the driver. Ms. Adams owns the shop. She makes all the buyin’ decisions. McPhearson nodded. Seems my woman’s determined to make a few buyin’ decisions of...
That’s it! Anton, her mother gasped. You startled me. Sorry, my love. Papa patted her hand as she returned to sit beside him on the edge of the bed. But I’ve just had the most astounding idea. What is...
She glanced at him and winked. Gideon found himself enchanted all over again. Her clothes might be a wrinkled, mismatched mess, and strands of her hair might be sticking out at odd angles from the kno...
She couldn’t tell him the truth—that she was here to wrangle a proposal out of him. How desperate would that make her look? Besides, no man wanted to think he was being manipulated into marriage. He w...
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...
Mollie blushed as Mr. Walters released his hold on Jacob in order to embrace her in an enthusiastic hug. Jacob frowned at the sight of another man’s arms around his woman, but it was only right that s...
I’ll fill a tray for Mr. Thornton, she offered, eager for any excuse to check up on the man and judge the severity of his injuries for herself, and take it to the workshop. That won’t be necessary, Mi...