Lily was exasperated, but she knew arguing with Caleb would only waste valuable time. It was like having words with a hitching post. They
Lily was left feeling disgruntled and confused. She didn’t like Caleb Halliday. He was rude, arrogant, and insufferable. His intentions toward her were not at all honorable. So why had she agreed to h...
Lily, if you don’t stop that washing and look at me, I swear I’ll throw you over my shoulder and carry you inside like a sack of grain. Because
You’re going like that? In trousers? Lily nodded. They’re much handier for riding than a skirt, she informed him, though she privately thought any idiot would have been able to figure out such an obvi...
Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's a...
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.
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...
Macon grinned as a white-haired man with pale, bushy eyebrows approached. He was wearing a light-colored suit, like most of the men around him, and there was a black string tie at his throat. His blue...
Why won’t you give up this silly idea of homesteading? Gertrude went on. Her tone of voice was moderate, but her blue eyes were snapping. I can’t help thinking you’re just being stubborn, Lily. Caleb...
Mind you don’t fall in love with him, Emma. I’ve got Fairfax pegged for a good man, but I suspect you’re right in thinking he’s in some kind of trouble. I won’t have you caught in the middle of somebo...
Attitudes
Muggles was back.
My good man, he said to Charlie in a serious tone of voice, this young woman is a fugitive. Charlie looked horrified. You mean she done broke the law? Rupert favored Lily with a brief, triumphant glan...
The thing about love is you always end up losing it.
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...
Well, I won’t be here when you get back. He grinned at her, but there was no fondness in the expression, no light in his eyes. You won’t get far, will you? he asked, and Lily saw mockery in the curve...
Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.
When it comes to letting another man lay his hands on you, I have no honor, he said bluntly. She
Obviously enjoying her dilemma, Macon made a point of reiterating his plan to make Emma his paramour. We’ll begin the evening of his funeral, I think, he said, grinning as furious color rose in Emma’s...
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...
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