I knew in the end I’d hurt you, and I never wanted to hurt you. Shelby, I want everything for you. I believe you. I absolutely do. You couldn’t have loved me the way you did if you didn’t care, if you...
I have a feeling I might need some child-care assistance at the house, he said. If Paige needs Mel during the night, can you and Mike come out to my place, stay with the kids, so I can stay here with...
I asked Phil Prentiss what he would do if they never got a baby and he said they’d die with a lot of excess love in their hearts…. And let’s not, Jack said. Let’s spend every drop. On the kids, on our...
He’s starting to get on my nerves when he does that thing about the women, he said, taking her elbow and steering her toward the bluffs. We’ve been all over that. He can give it a rest anytime. He had...
He’d held Brie’s hand for a long time that day, and she hadn’t pulled it away. It was the first time he’d realized he was taken with her. A crush. At thirty-seven, he felt it was an old man’s crush, b...
Hey, Jack, John said. Why don’t you go ahead. I’m right here. Go ahead, bring her out. No way, man, he said, backing away. Come on—you know you want to. Might as well. You did the hard part. You put u...
Her relationship with Paul went back much further, of course. It wasn’t as though they became friends because of Matt’s death. In fact, that night long ago when she met Matt, it had been Paul across t...
He was wearing a very sharp dark suit, blinding-white shirt and royal-blue tie. It brought out the sheen in his black hair, which had finally been trimmed, and his magnificent blue eyes glittered. Who...
He was grateful to have a big cooking job ahead to take his mind off things. He was making his lists, getting out his recipes. And he stopped shaving his head the day she left. Within four days a cap...
He urged the horse a little faster and when he was within her hearing, he whistled. The piercing sound cut through the air and Vanni turned her mount toward him. She took one look at him, turned and k...
He poked his head in and found Paige and Preacher in a serious lip-lock. Feeling somewhat the author of this hot embrace, he watched for a minute. Paige had her arms around Preacher’s neck while he ha...
He grumbled something. And grumbled and grumbled. What’s that, sweetheart? she asked. I said, you’ve gone from the nun wannabe prude who wouldn’t have a date in twelve years to a crazy woman who plans...
He entered the bathroom just in time to see her lowering herself into the tub. Her long hair was pinned up on her head and there were bubbles. It was in his mind to pass her a beer and sit on the clos...
Everyone in Virgin River knows where I live. And probably half the people in Clear River. God, he said, tightening his arms around her. Did it ever occur to you that you could have been at risk? he as...
Every time his eyes even fell on her, he felt himself swell with pride that she would choose him. It
Ever since that happened, I feel like trash. When you first started talking to me in school? When I told you I’d been sick? I hadn’t been sick. I’d been knocked up while I was passed out. You are not...
Ellie! No! He rushed to her. God, no! You can’t be leaving me! Don’t! He grabbed her face and covered her mouth in a hard, desperate kiss. Her eyes flew open in stunned disbelief; she stopped breathin...
Do you date a lot? I suppose you could say I do, he answered. There are women I’m friendly with and we share certain interests. There’s a neighbor woman I’ve known for years who is a food critic for t...
But I guess we don’t have much in common there, huh? There was no competition, except maybe Joe was competing with a rotten memory. If there was anything about him you thought was worth a damn, you ne...
Because, shit for brains, she’d like you to disappear and leave her alone. I’m sure she’d like to stuff you in a hole, but since that isn’t going to happen, second choice is you go home to your new wi...