It wasn’t so much the large cauldron of hot water steaming over a slow fire that came as a surprise—people did laundry and made soap that way all the time—but the fact that Luke was sitting in it, lik...
The driver tried to help Emma down, but he found himself elbowed aside by a tight-jawed Steven. Where the hell have you been? Emma’s husband demanded, grasping her shoulders in his hands. Emma met his...
Why the devil do you dress like that, he rasped, when you’re easily the most beautiful woman in the territory? Emma’s cheeks pulsed. She started to protest, then stopped herself in confusion. Had Stev...
Emma awakened Steven rudely by arching her back and letting out a howl of startled discomfort. He sat bolt upright in bed, shoved one hand through his hair in agitation, and babbled that he was willin...
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...
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...
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...
Insanity, the saying went, was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting to get different results.
Oh my god Meg ranted. Her water just broke! Margaret Eve said, get a grip - and a towel. I'll be there in five minutes. (After her sister is off to the hospital and Meg comes close to hyperventalating...
She wondered why Caleb had been so uncomfortable when she’d eaten that first piece of candy. Wasn’t that why he’d given it to her, to eat? With a shrug Lily took another chocolate from the box and pop...
Did you see the fight yesterday, when Lem Johnson didn’t want to cross the river? Joellen nodded. I was hiding in the supply wagon, and I watched the whole thing. You were masterful. If you saw what h...
Emma looked up at him and kissed him lightly on the chin. We’ll make up for all the unhappiness, she vowed rashly. We’ll fill Fairhaven with noise and babies. He held her close. Judging by what happen...
Love is like a fire, he decided. You could try to control it, but it wasn't always possible. Sometimes the flames burned you and sometimes they just warmed you from the inside out.
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...
What did he say to you? he demanded, when they were alone in Chloe’s study, with the doors closed. Emma rubbed her eyes. Who? she replied, stalling. Steven only looked at her, his expression wry, his...
So you do care about me, just a little? Just a very little, Emma said primly, sitting up straight and smoothing her skirts. We’ll see how little you care, Steven told her, his eyes slipping from her m...
She was outside in the back yard, seated in the swing Big John Lenahan had made for her when she was eleven, and watching the spring sun shimmer on the lake when she felt masculine hands encircle her...
Than that as Bex turned her back and started to take
What you gonna do when Mr. Fulton Whitney hears about this debilment? It isn’t devilment, Emma protested, bending close to the little mirror beside the door and pinching her cheeks to make them pink....
I was hoping—er—thinking— He went crimson from his neck to his hairline. Would you dance with me, Miss Emma? She smiled and offered her hand. I’d like that very much, she said, hoping her face didn’t...
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