Luke made fast work of his first drink and was nursing his second, through many jokes and soft, respectful laughter, when Mike came into the great room holding a very small bundle wrapped in a pink re...
Luke was welcomed by the brothers and drawn in with friendly approval. The conversation quickly turned to missions and commands as they compared notes, trying to figure out if they had mutual friends...
My world is so huge right now—when a Wide Iwish Rose puts her arms around my neck and calls me a silly daddy, my heart almost doesn’t fit in my chest. That Rosie—she isn’t just an idea. She’s more tha...
Nikki— I had a wonderful weekend with you. You left too soon and broke my heart. I want to talk to you again, see you again, and according to Vanni, you don’t want to be contacted by me. I don’t know...
No man can, for any considerable time, wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true one. —Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oh Jesus, you think I’m letting you come over and pester me all the time because you’re the only available man in my age group! He lifted one black bushy brow. But am I? That’s so irrelevant! Chasing...
Oh, there was another swearword, not even on the cusp, even though he is definitely a shitbag. She smiled at him. I bet you’ve just about had it with me, huh? He pulled her close. I’ve had it with you...
On some bizarre instinct, he peeked into the master bedroom. He saw a couple of suitcases on the bed. And he thought, This isn’t happening to me. He went to the kitchen. Hi, honey, he said tentatively...
One thing she absolutely couldn’t take—Cameron and Paul both in Virgin River for the weekend—Cameron trying to seduce her, Paul shyly and clumsily trying to find a way to tell her he had a girlfriend....
Our relationship was stable. This thing you’re trading it for, it’ll be a disaster because he isn’t moving to Humboldt County. Even if he could, you and I both know he isn’t the kind of man who will g...
Paul felt his knees almost buckle when he saw her. Now, he knew this was one fine-looking woman, and since he’d been the best man at her last wedding, it wasn’t as if he’d never seen her all dressed u...
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...
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...
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...
So. That’s all you got? A wrecked SUV and a bear? Must be a little anticlimactic for you, she said. You calling that bear anticlimactic? Baby, that is a huge frickin’ bear! There must have been about...
Someone’s going to have to wipe up the floor… Hmm. Luke Riordan, you’re in a bubble bath. Yeah, he said, breathless. What would people think? Big, tough, womanizing Black Hawk pilot, in a bubble bath....
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...
Tell you what, Walt said. Let’s meet him in our birthday suits so he knows how it is with us. How about that? That’s just plain cruel. You’re the only one I plan to subject to that sight. Now, be civi...
Thanks a lot. You could have cut the girl some slack. We haven't had anything pretty to look at around here since Bradley's old golder retriever died died last fall.
That woman is my woman, Jack said [...]
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