You about ready for some input? Noah asked. It’s free advice, and you’re under no obligation. Go for it, Sean said. Forget all that—it’s in the past. You’ll work through it, hopefully without hurting...
Would you like to talk about it now? I’m pretty worn out. Would it help to pray about it? he asked. I could— And she laughed a little, shaking her head. If it’s all the same to you— Sometimes it reall...
Women, she thought. Difficult, complex, emotional creatures.
When they got to the house, he lifted her out of the truck into his arms and smacked her head on the door frame in the process. Ow! Sorry, he said. You’ve done this to me before! she accused. I know....
When she heard him in the doorway, she looked up from her place on the floor and a coppery curl fell over her forehead. He couldn’t help but smile at her—she looked cute as the dickens with her hair p...
When driven to the outhouse by sheer urgent need, she carried the big iron skillet. If that beast showed up again, teeth bared, she’d knock him into the middle of next week. She might not be a hunter,...
When do you suppose you’re due? How did you guess? I’ve never seen Luke act like this—hovering, protective, sweet. Annoying, cloying and paternal. I don’t have a date—I haven’t been to the doctor yet....
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
What have you got in the truck? What’s that awful smell? A bear. Wanna see? he asked, smiling. A bear? Why on earth…? He was really pissed, Jack said. Come and see—he’s huge. Who shot him? she asked....
Watcha doin’? Making stuff… Do you like to cook? She nodded and turned toward him. I like to cook on the real stobe, but only wif Mommy or Grandma. Sounds like a good policy, he agreed. She walked tow...
Vanessa, you have the worst goddamn temper. I… And you’re the bossiest woman I’ve ever known. I want you to listen to me—I can’t change what I feel, what I’ve felt for years. I tried, because I never...
Uh-huh. I think she was flattered. It’ll help fill her bucket. Huh? You know—the bucket... What are you talking about? Well, the elementary school teachers talk about the bucket a lot. Everyone has on...
Thinking of her violation filled him with a kind of rage that had never been visited on him before. Although she was a beautiful woman and strong, his vision kept mixing her up with the vulnerable wom...
Thinking about Noah made it difficult to remember that there would never again be a man in her life. Ever, ever, ever. She’d been hurt by men too often. Okay, there hadn’t been many, but the three maj...
There was a big barn and a darling little farmhouse at the end of a drive through the fields. As they got closer Maggie noticed the details. The windows were covered with tinfoil. The weather vane on...
There are very few reasons for identity theft, Ellie. One is to profit from the victim’s bank accounts. The other is to hide who you really are because who you really are is not lawful. Since Dr. Gunt...
The sound of her anguish broke his heart; no way could he let her go, no matter what she said about being alone. This crying made her weeping over baby Chloe look like a mere rehearsal. She was wracke...
The most delicious thing it’s going to see today is Preacher’s lunch, she said, but she smiled when she said it. Thank God, he said, teasing. I admit, I was pretty worried. I wondered—if I gave you wi...
That woman is my woman, Jack said [...]
Thank you, for matching me for stubborn. I’m not all together about this, she said. This is really hard. When you get closer to home, you’ll start to feel good about being with all of them. They were...