Money can’t buy love. Love buys love. And hard work is admirable. But loss is inescapable.
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You can’t try. Trying is a struggle and doing is an act. You can’t witness the act of trying, but you can see the results of doing. Trying brings on stress because not only do you have the problem, bu...
You and I come from such completely different backgrounds, Viv. I was planning to be a nun! Viv’s eyes widened in shock, but very briefly. Well, you’d have been some kick-ass nun, that’s for sure. I’v...
We’ve been sitting on a little news. We’re having a baby. Well, damn! Paul said. He looked at Preacher and grinned. You finally came through on ovulation day, huh, buddy? He puffed up a little. I did...
Well, hello, Cameron. Vanni, how are you? Very well, thanks. And you? She chewed her lip a little bit. Why couldn’t this just be Paul? I’m good. Listen, I know Virgin River is perfection, but I was wo...
We should at least stay for the sunset, Mike suggested. There’s nothing like a Pacific sunset. Would you like that? I would. Do you think I should call Jack? Let him know? Mike shrugged. I don’t know...
Want me to do baths while you cook lasagna? That would be good, she said. And please, don’t forget the hard-to-get places—neck wrinkles, backs of ears, between toes. Your mother checks those things. H...
Vanni, I’m sorry, he said. What can I do? She just shook her head. There’s nothing you can do, Paul, except go quickly so we can get on the road… Vanni, tell me you understand what I told you. I can’t...
Vanni, I barely know Luke Riordan, but it’s real clear he’s not my knight in shining armor. He’s done everything he can think of to discourage me, but let’s be honest—this was no frontal attack from h...
Vanessa, just what the hell’s going on? I’m…ah…I’m going on a little weekend trip with Cameron. I’ll be taking the baby, of course. He had heard her side of all three conversations and she knew it. Th...
There’s no danger of disease, he said. I haven’t been with a woman since before the shooting, and in the hospital every cell in my body was screened. But there is another matter…. Are you taking pills...
Terrified to touch that emergency money she had stowed away, she was stretching her money as far as it would go—rent for Penny took the top position because she was certain the elderly darling needed...
Stop judging how everyone else treats their faith and study your own, George had counseled.
She smiled up at him and put her arms around his waist. I’ve had some special pieces of furniture in storage. The movers are coming tomorrow. Will you stay with me when the bed’s made up? I will gladl...
She sighed deeply. I really thought about trying to explain them, she said. And why I really didn’t want to— He reached across the console and picked up her hand, holding it, giving it a squeeze. He s...
She must have wanted to kill you for bringing an old girlfriend’s baby home. Pretty much, Paul said. Mom, I liked Terri, but it wasn’t out of affection for her that I took Hannah home. Have you held t...
She loved watching John—his movements so slow and steady, confident. And to talk with him in the evening after closing, even for a while, was like a reward. The sound of his voice as he read to her so...
She looked over at him as he drove; he was grinning. Why are you smiling? she asked him. He turned to look at her. I’ve never been shopping with a woman before, he said. I didn’t hate it.
She could feel Cameron move up behind her; the warmth of his body was right there, though he didn’t touch her. Then one hand caressed her upper arm while the other pulled her hair away from her ear. T...