Yet there was something about Phoebe Kitzke. An innocence, maybe. No, that wasn’t right. It was how she seemed trusting. More fool her. Or maybe him.
Whatever emotional distance she might have been able to maintain was lost the second Zane lightly squeezed her hand and smiled. She’d never seen him smile before. If she’d been able to breathe, he wou...
We all have to deal with something. I know that to be true. They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but I say sometimes He assumes we’re stronger than we are. Life is a challenge.
So it can be done, if you’re willing to work at it. There’s no magic, there’s just believing.
My grandma taught me a lot of dirty tricks. I know places to dig in a knuckle and make a grown man scream like a little girl.
Love is very real and it's dangerous. People do crazy things in the name of love. Bad things. Love is powerful and shouldn't be played with.
Life wasn't meant to be easy. It was meant to be lived.
I’m sorry, she whispered.Zane shifted off of her. What?I shouldn’t have done that.Done what?She heard the caution in his voice.I was too…you know.I don’t know, he said. Too, what?Wanton.There wasn’t a...
I'll have you know I was wildly in love with Ford long before he was dangerous. No one truly loves like a fourteen-year-old girl.
I better see how everyone’s doing, he said as he tossed the rest of his coffee into the fire.Before you go, Chase said and held out something in his hand. I wasn’t sure if you had enough with you.Zane...
He supposed that was the problem. That he’d gotten over loving Katie, but he’d never recovered from losing their friendship.
He moved toward her and cupped her face in his hands. You are so beautiful that sometimes it hurts just to look at you. Your eyes are a thousand shades of brown and gold with hints of blue and green....
Forgiveness is a gift given by those with a full heart.
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
At first he set the various items on the foot of the sleeping bag, but after a couple of seconds, he simply turned the container over and dumped out the contents.Be here, be here, be here, he muttered...
Zane moved his horse next to Lucy’s and simply grabbed the girl around the waist. When she settled on the saddle in front of him, he unbuttoned his coat, tucked it around her, then fastened the bottom...
Zane isn’t for me, she said firmly.Maya laughed. That sounds really good, but I can’t help wondering who you’re trying to convince.
You’re not mad?Because I had to go out in the rain, in the middle of the night, pull up the stakes on your tent, resecure it somewhere else so it would dry out, then cart your saddlebags over to Cooki...
You did good today.Chase shook his head. No, Zane. I made a big mistake. Phoebe could have died out there. We could have lost the steers. All because I pulled some stupid stunt. I’m sorry.Zane’s throa...
Without thinking, she reached down and grabbed his wrist. Holding his hand still, she thrust her hips forward and back, finding the right pace until the heavy tension returned, and she felt the tellta...