Linda Lael Miller Quotes

On their wedding day?

Than that as Bex turned her back and started to take

Unless you’ve walked in another person’s skin, you don’t know what he’s put up with, what he’s gone through,

All of a sudden the burlap bag in her hands started to squawk and bulge wildly. What is this? Caleb’s good humor was apparently restored. It’s a chicken, sodbuster. After you chop off his head, gut hi...

Are you afraid of me, Lily? She hugged herself and shook her head, aware that she must look very silly in that oversized coat. No. I don’t believe you’d ever hurt me or force me to do anything I didn’...

As luck would have it, Caleb appeared at supper that night. His uniform had been shaken out and pressed, and his butterscotch hair gleamed with cleanliness. He brought Cuban cigars for Rupert and a de...

Caleb resisted an urge to go back to Fort Deveraux, snatch Lily up, and take her with him to Spokane. If she was at his side, no one would hurt her—he’d see to that.

Caleb— He kissed her forehead lightly. Shhh. His hands came to rest on her bare shoulders, the thumbs making soft motions against her collarbone. Lily could feel the hard wall of his torso and his thi...

Cause I’m not a stray cat or something you found by the side of the road. Tully grinned. You mean like Kyle? Tully leaned over and said, His daddy don’t like to talk about it, but he picked Kyle up ov...

Couldn’t you stay? she whispered. Couldn’t someone else go on that cattle drive? He shook his head, then bent to kiss her lightly on the mouth. Be ready, he told her, when it was over, because when I...

Do I have your word? Steven demanded. You know you do, Cyrus replied. Macon won’t lay a hand on her. What did she say when you told her you didn’t want to be her husband anymore? Steven shoved a hand...

Emma. He smiled in the darkness, thinking what a fool he’d made of himself. Because of Chloe, he’d assumed he was in a whorehouse, and he’d taken Emma for a fresh young flower in the madam’s bouquet....

Everyone in Pennsylvania must know what you just did to me, she managed. Caleb chuckled. It would help if you didn’t carry on like a she-wolf, Mrs. Halliday. Lily laid her head on his bare shoulder. Y...

How are you feeling? she asked in the same tone she used on summer afternoons, when some of the town’s children came to sit beside the lake with her and listen while she read stories. He ruined everyt...

I have another problem. Caleb’s grin was at once endearing and obnoxious. You’re naked in my bed, and you don’t own a stitch of clothing in the world, he agreed. You needn’t look so pleased about it!...

The expression in Steven’s eyes showed both understanding and amusement, and he watched with undisguised interest as Emma hastily covered her still-pulsing bosom. I know, he sighed, with a crooked, te...

The moment they were inside, away from the eyes of interested neighbors, he covered her mouth with his in a consuming kiss. Lily felt her bones melt within her, along with all her misgivings. Her arms...

What’s the matter, chile? The debil chasin’ after you? Emma paused to take a deep breath and recover her dignity. Yes, she said. Do you know where Chloe put Mr. Fair—Steven’s pistol? She done locked i...

When they reached Fairhaven, Jubal rushed out to collect her. I knew you shouldn’t have gone to that ole trial, Miss Emma, fussed Jubal. I tried to tell Mr. Steven that. You’s makin’ a baby, you can’t...

Without a word, Carolyn held him...for a long, long time. Then, presently, she stood up, took hold of his hand and led him back to her bed, where she proceeded to put him back together again, piece by...