Fulton laid a heavy hand on Emma’s knee, there in the larger of Chloe’s two parlors, and Emma quickly set it away. God’s eyeballs, Emma, Fulton complained in a sort of whiny whisper, we’re practically...
Bridget again.
What is that? Emma asked, as Lucy’s sobs began to subside a little. Laudanum, Steven answered. He got Lucy to her feet and helped her as far as the doorway, where a maid was waiting to collect her mis...
Who lived here? Steven asked, slowing his pace now that they’d reached level ground. Emma reached back to be sure her braid wasn’t coming undone. Just some homesteaders. I don’t know what their names...
She started slightly when someone settled into the pew beside her, forcing her to move over. Lily’s brown eyes narrowed when she recognized Caleb Halliday. The major was dressed in a crisp blue unifor...
She wanted to ask about the McCaffreys' children, but the question seemed too personal. Westerners were private sorts, in Evangeline's judgment, with more than their share of secrets. It scares me a l...
When she twisted around to face Steven, he was grinning at her. What? she demanded. Never mind. She realized she’d displayed her derriere, after a fashion, and the blood flowed to her face again. Skun...
With his arms resting across the back. We’re witnesses,
I’ll never forget this night, he said quietly. Lily held the cup in both hands and took an unladylike gulp before remembering her manners. She dropped one hand and sipped. Neither will I, she confesse...
The thing about love is you always end up losing it.
I don’t believe this, Emma said, temper flaring. I came all this way to help you and you’re scolding me like a child! I’ve got half a mind to take you over my knee and paddle you. He took another swal...
Justice, of course, was an elusive thing, very subjective in some ways, too often more of a concept than a reality, but without the pursuit of that ideal, where would humanity be?
Being a McKettrick meant claiming a piece of ground to stand on and putting your roots down deep into it. Holding on, no matter what came at you. It meant loving with passion and taking the rough spot...
If you don’t take me with you, she said, I will follow you to New Orleans, and if you don’t believe me, just wait and see. I won’t be left behind, Steven. A muscle in his jaw bunched in suppressed ang...
I’m not a loose woman, she said firmly, without preamble, and I won’t be your mistress, no matter how many boxes of chocolates you give me. Caleb rested one hand on the gnarled trunk of the tree she l...
Muggles was back.
You are impossible, Rupert said. I have half a mind to take you straight to the woodshed and blister your behind. Lily wasn’t worried; she knew her brother didn’t have a violent bone in his body. Good...
Our children are going to be remarkably stubborn, he commented as they started down the main street of town. Lily tried to ignore the avid stares of passers-by. We aren’t going to have any children, s...
Scoundrel! she accused through her teeth. You deliberately let everyone see me with you—including Fulton! Steven arched his eyebrows in a counterfeit expression of surprise. Don’t tell me Mr. Whitney...
When she stepped out into the cool spring evening Major Halliday was waiting for her. He tilted his hat. Evening, Miss Chalmers, he said. Lily glowered at him. What do you want? The major smiled that...
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