You’re welcome to come back in a little while and break my heart, mija, he said. But right now, let’s go back to town. Let’s grab a cup of coffee and give the lovers another hour together. Breaking a...
You’re very presumptuous, you know, she said, but she smiled. He smiled right back. Confident. You’re very beautiful, you know. She
You’re killing me. Come inside with me for a few hours. No. Not yet, she said. Then she shrugged. Sorry if I’m teasing you. He pulled away and dismounted. Shelby, I don’t think you’re sorry. I think y...
You know, I’ve been hanging around your place, riding with you, throwing the stick for your dogs, and I never asked you about the husbands. Like, how many? And why you think it didn’t work out? What m...
Yeah. You going to hunt? he asked. Jack puffed up a little. I am. I am going to defy my queen and take a rifle into the woods. But if I hit anything, I’m blaming you.
Why don’t you go over there? Say hello? the bartender asked. He looked up at his new friend. Yeah…well… The last time we talked, I wasn’t her favorite person. The bartender laughed. Hard to imagine, h...
Where is she? I thought she’d be down here to say hello by now. And she’s helping with the music for the rehearsal. How much help? George asked dubiously. Noah laughed. Poor girl, she really wanted to...
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 the last of the dishes were put up, the floor swept, the Open sign turned off and the door latched, Preacher trudged slowly up the stairs to his old room. When he got there he found Christopher w...
When he saw her, he leaned the ax up against the stump and went to her. She smiled and walked into his arms. He crossed those arms under her bottom and brought her up to his face. It was perfect, she...
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....
When Franci walked in the house a few hours later, she encountered one of the biggest messes she’d ever seen. Newspapers were spread over the island in the kitchen, covered with pumpkin guts. She coul...
What was your perfect line? he asked. It’s just silly…. No, tell me. I want to know. It’s just a line. A fantasy line. You can’t steal it—it wouldn’t be the same if I fed it to you. And if you use it...
What are you doing here? he asked, stepping toward her. In Virgin River? I came to spend some time with my family for a while before going back to school. Uncle Walt, Vanessa and Paul, my cousin Tom—h...
What am I to do? Oh, you’ll know what to do. Don’t be hasty, sweetheart. But don’t wait too long. There will be a moment of clarity, my little darling, and it will come to you that it’s time to take c...
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 had no trouble imagining how the general could look scary as hell to his troops. But this morning, at the kitchen table with just his daughter and grandson, he was soft as a puppy. She reached...
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...
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...