Money can’t buy love. Love buys love. And hard work is admirable. But loss is inescapable.
Possible
Underage and everyone knew
Was—there was already a lot of activity
A truck came flying into town, horn honking. Corny, also a professional firefighter, climbed out and yelled, Hey! Forget anyone? Greetings ripped the air. What about that new baby? Aw, she’s not so ne...
And you’re still feeling okay? I’ve been sick as a dog with this one. But I hang in. Jack promises he’s not going to do this to me again. And I’m leaning toward a surgical procedure while he sleeps. *
But only seconds seemed to have passed before there was a huge blast that caused her to sit up straight and catch her breath. Then the outhouse door opened sharply, and Ian stood there with a startled...
Dammit, Shelby, he said. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. And warned me and warned me and warned me… You should be with a serious young man who will protect you and take care of you, not someone like me....
Ellie had quite a few questions for the man who was creeping into her bed night after night, questions she was not planning to ask. What should we do about us? was first on her list. When he said he l...
Even though I don’t stand a chance with Vanni, I have to come clean about how I feel. It’s still too soon after Matt. You gotta believe me, I never wanted anything bad to happen to Matt. Joe gripped P...
Eventually Jack said, in his sensitive and mellow voice, Eat the goddamn fucking sandwich. And I mean it. A few seconds later, Rick peeled off the wrapping paper and took a bite, then another bite. Bu...
For the past several years, he’d avoided romantic relationships that could gut him in the end. That whole not-sleeping, feeling the deep ache that came from failure, enduring the sudden loneliness of...
Gonna be fun today, he said. You boys, you sure know how get the women all spooled up. Save it. Want me to help you get the bird ready? Yeah, we should do that. Then we make brunch. I’m good with brun...
He couldn’t resist. He touched her hair, gazed into her eyes. Out of Paul’s earshot he said, I hope I get a chance to show you I’m a better deal. I can be there for you through all this crap. I’d neve...
He didn’t want it ever to end and he concentrated on making it the longest kiss in history, hoping to get caught, hoping everyone would go on notice—this was his girl. His woman.
He frowned and reached out, lifting a lock of her hair off her shoulder. Do you have mud in your hair? Probably, she said. I was standing on the porch, appreciating the beauty of this nice spring morn...
He had known from the moment he saw her that she was dangerous, but he’d had no idea how lethal. She had pulled feelings to the surface that he thought he’d been in control of and now it was here—he f...
He smoothed a little hair off her forehead. I’m proud of you. It was so awesome. See? I knew you’d find something here to sink your teeth into. He reached down, crossed his arms under her bottom and l...
He unbuckled her and lifted her out of the truck. He whacked her head on the door frame. Ow! she yelled, her hand going to her head. Sorry, he said. And thought to himself, Foreplay that was not. S’ok...
He was past the jitters about her age, her uncle. He was moving on this. And when it was over, he was going to be shot, he was pretty sure. But he was into her; she had him. He hoped his death would b...
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