Just a damn minute, Caleb barked, bringing her up short with a quick grasp on her elbow. Where do you think you’re going? To my brother’s home, Lily replied, her chin high. Kindly unhand me, Major. If...
Let me go, Steven. Mr. Fairfax, he corrected, to her utter amazement. What? I told you before, he said, pulling her back into his arms when she would have fled. In public, I want to be addressed as Mr...
Lily came suddenly and violently awake a few hours later, and she stared up at Caleb with wide eyes as he held her in place on the bed, her hands pressed into the pillows. Who was it? he demanded. Lil...
If you want to play this game, then so be it, he snapped. We’ll play settler until you finally learn what a miserable, hardscrabble life it really is! He’d swept his hat off his head, and when he slap...
There’s a baby inside you right now, he said, leaning forward to trace her collarbone with kisses as Emma gave in and let her hips move of their own accord. And as soon as you’re over having this one,...
Caleb had taken his son out of the room to be bathed, and when he returned carrying the squalling bundle his face glowed with delight. He’s mad as hell, isn’t he? Lily smiled despite her weariness. Yo...
Your Lily is a pretty little thing, but she’s as fractious as my Susannah. Caleb grinned. It’s going to take two hands and all my wits to keep her in line, he confessed. Unwillingly,
Lily remembered Sandra saying that Caleb’s mind couldn’t be changed by a blast of dynamite once he’d made it up on a subject, and she had a hunch both women were right. Caleb was the most hardheaded m...
Thanks for everything, Daisy, he said, and as he passed the big woman, he kissed her lightly on the cheek. You’re the best cook north of New Orleans. She beamed at the compliment, then made herself gl...
Tal vez había cambiado de verdad. Y tal vez, si ella se ponía unas zapatillas rojas y entrechocaba los talones, aparecía en Kansas.
I suppose you’re wondering where I’ve been, Caleb said, sounding damnably pleased with himself as he climbed down from the gelding’s back. I wasn’t wondering any such thing. Lily’s arms were folded, a...
He ached, not just to have her beneath him, but to have her beside him. He wanted to tell her why he needed to go home and face Joss, why he was tired of the army, why he wanted sons and daughters. He...
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...
Steven looked wan in the light of the lantern, but he smiled when he saw Emma. That distracted him from the fact that Sing Cho was opening a large brown bottle. Just when Sing Cho doused the long cut...
How are things out on the Circle L? Big John shrugged shoulders the size of a grizzly bear’s. We’re shorthanded, as always, and Joellen’s a handful. I sure wish Chloe would break down and marry me, so...
No matter what Sandra says, he told her, I want you to remember this. Lily stared up at him. What? she asked as he pulled her close. She could feel the brass buttons on his paneled shirt pressing agai...
He’s never made you feel like a woman, he said, with insultingly accurate perception. You’re as luscious as a ripe peach, and the fool’s left you on the vine. To my way of thinking, that makes him an...
He was a man. He should have acted more like one - thought about how all that self-indulgence might affect his daughter, if not his wife.
When will you be back? he asked. It was an odd question, Lily reflected, coming from a man who usually went wherever he wished without so much as a word to her. She shrugged. I don’t see where that’s...
Some of the stitches have come out, she fussed to Sing Cho, who was squinting in the darkness and giving his handiwork a solemn inspection. Should not ride, Sing Cho scolded. Should not herd cattle. H...
Showing 81 to 100 of 298 results