I’ll do everything I can for her, but we’re not going to be a couple. Send him away, Vanni. Send the doctor away. What if I’m involved with him? This isn’t Matt we’re talking about, Paul said. I’m not...
If you want to say good-night to Rosie before you go, now’s the time. Her light is going off in… She looked at her watch. Fifteen minutes. Fine, he said, standing. Did I do all right today? I mean, sh...
I thought I explained this, Luke said, sounding annoyed. She’s a beautiful young girl. She might be a chronological twenty-five, but subtract a few years of her being tied to an invalid. She would be...
I think loving someone and losing them can leave a hole in your heart.
I should get out of here before there’s trouble…. No, you can’t go, he said calmly, firmly. He really didn’t want to play hardball with her, but he shouldn’t have to tell her what she would be able to...
I saw your daddy tonight, Franci whispered. There’s a reason you’re so beautiful.
I needed a purpose greater than myself.
I just want everything to go smoothly for you and Vanni, and for the children. I want Hannah to be content. And… She paused for a moment. And I want you to get one of your own, like you and Vanni were...
Hey, there, Jack said. How you doing? Paul got right up close to Jack. Listen, Jack, you have no idea what she wants me to do, he said under his breath. Yeah, I do. She told everyone. Mel will be righ...
He stopped chopping again and, looking at her, asked, What made you decide? Bear’s new leg. That old blue plaid flannel... Old? Preacher asked, smiling slightly. That was a perfectly good shirt. *
He couldn’t let her get away again, or he’d never be the same. She could push him back, be angry about his screwup, but he was going to keep coming at her until he had her attention. She was going to...
Have you ever actually had a church before? Not exactly. Listen, I’ll make something work with those colors. Even though they’re pretty dorky colors…. He had a fleeting thought that this was not the w...
You know, Pastor, how we always say God won’t give us more than we can handle? Yes, Lydie. She sighed. I wish God didn’t have such a high opinion of me. *
Wouldn’t a guy feel funny about his girl getting raped? Like maybe not wanting to… You know… Seems like a guy wouldn’t want to touch her after that. Like she was dirty? Come on, he said, laughing. Don...
We’re men, Rick. We’re idiots. Ask Mel, he said. Yeah.
We can continue this conversation later. I don’t think so, she said. You boys gossip worse than a bunch of old women and I think it’s high time you mind your own bloody business. He leaned toward her...
They stood on an incline in the middle of the cemetery and he stepped closer. He lifted her chin to look into her green eyes. You lost all track of time because we were enjoying ourselves. That means...
They had their Christmas-gift exchange right before he left town, and when she opened her gift and saw the boots, she wept. No one had ever given her a gift like that in her life and he enjoyed succes...
There might as well have been no one else in the room. As she walked toward the bar, he came around it. I’m sorry I didn’t get here in time to help, she said. Preacher stooped to pick up Christopher,...
The vulnerability in her eyes warned him he’d better be very, very careful. One wrong move and she’d jump in that little BMW and shake the dust of Virgin River off the soles of her shoes, the town’s m...