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...
I’ll stand by you, no matter what happens. To her surprise and hurt, Steven shook his head. No. You’re going to Whitneyville, not Louisiana. Until I’ve cleared my name, I won’t have anything to offer...
Wait until you see him up on a horse
Than she was, but for the next three days—or was it four?—the kids’ meals would be her responsibility. Let’s go out for pizza! Matt suggested exuberantly. He was standing on the raised hearth of the d...
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...
I’m ruined, she confided miserably. Everyone hates me. I don’t, Caleb pointed out. Lily was not consoled. You’re a man, she retorted, and that doesn’t count. Caleb arched his eyebrows at that but said...
You’re so much smarter than I am, Caleb. So much stronger and so much more persuasive. If I married you, I wouldn’t be myself for very long. I’d soon become the person you want me to be. He sat back i...
Muggles was back.
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...
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?
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...
Liking something and wanting to take it for a ride are two very different things', Joslyn sais, climbing out of the truck to stand on the ground. Hutch's eyes sparkled as he came around to face her. '...
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...
Lily didn’t move until much later, when he crossed the room to swat her lightly on her quilt-covered bottom. Your bath water is hot again, he said quietly. Lock the door when I go. Lily turned to look...
Lily lifted one corner of the chocolate box and peeked inside. Do you suppose Mrs. McAllister would notice if I ate just one piece before supper? she whispered. Eat the whole box if you want, Caleb re...
Lily pretended he hadn’t spoken—that he wasn’t even there, for that matter—but the moment the door closed behind him Velvet burst out in uproarious laughter. If this don’t beat anything I’ve ever seen...
Lily pulled the quilt over her and rolled to one side so that her back was to him. Now that her passion had been appeased, her pride was back in force, and it was painfully bruised. She heard the clan...
Lily pushed up the window and took careful aim at the man who had probably shot Caleb—the fat man with the funny hat. Drop that gun and let him pass, she said clearly, or I’ll blow you into pieces so...
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...
Lily stepped back to admit him, her gaze catching on the chocolates again. It was Caleb’s aim to make her look at him just the way she was looking at that red satin box. He extended the candy and knew...
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