This crowd of men, each one of them what would be called a man’s man, so driven in the masculine pursuits of soldiering, hunting, fishing and the like, loved women, pregnant women especially, and the...
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...
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 ride back to Virgin River wasn’t exactly quiet—Jeremy was a literal motormouth. Jack heard the details of the surgery several times. While Jeremy’s wife was in recovery and his son in the nursery,...
The expression on his face should be enough to terrify the man who held her. Bare chested, barefoot, his jeans zipped but not buttoned, his shoulders and arms frighteningly huge, big tattoos on his sw...
The door jerked open and he glowered at her. What do you want? Hey! Why are you mad at me? I just want to talk to you. I don’t want to talk, he said, pushing the door closed. With inexplicable courage...
That doesn’t surprise me, Paul. She take you up on it? Nah. Like I said, she’s a decent person. I’m sorry she’s going through this. Glad Vanni isn’t going to have to put up with it, but sorry— But Jac...
Stop it, he said. You don’t have to draw me any more pictures. I know Shelby is nothing like Felicia. I wasn’t talking about Shelby, Maureen said. I was talking about you. In this case you’d be the on...
Still can’t believe you did that to me. I just fucking can’t believe it! Like you didn’t know how much I loved you! Jesus, I gave you everything. Ever think you’d live in a house like the one I built...
So—you made it. Jack, you are my hero. It was such a challenge to just be there, I don’t know how you delivered David. Honest to God, I don’t. I had directions, he said, lifting his glass. I’m not doi...
Sometimes you learn your best lessons when you add up all your losses. She
So, I invited my brother to go over to the coast to have a beer, check out the women, and what does he tell me? Not interested in doing that—he wants to go to this little bar in Virgin River. But he d...
So this was what it felt like when you loved someone, when you wanted to please someone rather than just be pleased. When you paid attention to what made her purr and sigh. He hadn’t known about it. A...
So Luke went to the back of the SUV where Sean was unloading way too many suitcases for five nights. You’d think she was taking a fricking cruise. Your death is going to be slow and painful. Aw, come...
Shelby is a wonderful young woman. You’re good together. Mother… It isn’t just her. Oh, it’s obvious she loves you. But it’s also you. The second she’s near you, all those tense lines in your face rel...
She woke up crying three days running. Jack had asked her if anything was wrong, if there was anything she wanted to talk about. PMS, she told him. It’ll pass. Mel, have I done anything? He wanted to...
She turned, looked up at him, and they both jumped back in surprise. She was likely startled because Preacher looked intimidating—he was six foot four, bald with bushy black eyebrows, a diamond stud e...
She shrugged.I always put in long hours. I really wanted a wife.He leaned toward her.Jilliam, honey, The whole world wants a wife. But we're gonna have to make do...
She saw a side of him she didn’t know existed. This gentle, tender giant was gripped with fury, and it was a silent and impressive fury. He held her through the night, both of them in one small hospit...