Reeves stared into the mug of cooling cider and looked for some element of truth in the undissolved powder that settled on the bottom of the cup. They must have different definitions of the term. First, he’d given her a hard time, followed by a meaningless box of chocolates and a thank-you card, ...
Had someone knocked at her door, or had she been dreaming? Another flurry of sharp raps confirmed that someone was definitely in the hallway outside her door."Coming," she called groggily, and moved to the edge of the bed. Sitting there like that, with her feet barely touching the floor, she felt...
Kent Monroe said, laying an arm on the edge of Asher’s desk as he leaned forward in earnestness. “It’s all I have to leave her, you see. My young partner at the pharmacy is making semiannual payments on the buy-in, but upon my death, everything having to do with the business goes to him.” Asher n...
Merrily urged, trying not to hover as Royce pulled up onto the crutches once again. “I will, I will.” His jaw was clenched, his face set with concentration as he positioned his weight. When he was standing firmly, he glanced at her nervously. “That was pretty quick, wasn’t it?” She nodded. “You’l...
Dallas helped, primarily with Grace, who treated Phillip’s sister like her new best friend, which turned out not to be too far from the truth, as Carissa discovered when Dallas left to eat dinner with her family downstairs. “’Bye, bffn!” Grace called after her. ...
“Who wants peach cobbler?” Dale mentally sighed. He’d have preferred to sit right where he was with Petra snuggled against him, but his dad and brother-in-law already had their hands in the air, and he heard sounds of movement from the girls upstairs. While Sudie moved toward the staircase tucked...
How seriously do you think most Christians take them? Why should Christians take them seriously? Why not? Kaylie interprets the commandment to honor her father as taking into consideration his opinions, feelings, fears, wishes and convictions. Is that the meaning of the verse? If not, what is? Af...
Jessa said to Hunter the next afternoon, flipping the textbook closed. “That’s enough for today.” Hunter pushed back the desk chair and hopped out of it. “Yay! Can I go outside?” Jessa considered his request. They hadn’t seen Garrett last night after the prayer meeting or this morning at breakfas...
All her life Lily had formed crushes on unattainable men, usually from afar. Few had even known of her regard; one or two had. The latter had either chosen to ignore her or—in one particularly humiliating case—to laugh at her, treating her short-lived regard like a cross between his due and a jok...
“I’m tickled pink to be here,” Callie told him. “You just don’t know. Now, I’m going to get the baby down for a nap, clean that kitchen floor and start on your lunch.” “Ah, I don’t have much appetite,” Wes said, picking at the coverlet on his bed. “...
He’d been debating with himself all morning whether or not he should offer Becca and the kids a ride to church. John Odem might well be on his way over here to pick them up, or she might be planning to walk. It was only a few blocks, after all, but the weather had warmed up considerably, and with...
However, Mitch had hardly noticed as he’d sat brooding over his dinner. Only when he looked up to signal the waiter for his check did Mitch realize that the place was alive with movement and conversation. He glanced around him in some surprise, and his gaze snagged on a head as bright as a shiny ...
It wouldn’t dare, Logan decided, for fear of being plucked and banished. She looked down her lengthy nose at Amanda Sue, who sat in her father’s lap, his tie once again clamped firmly between her teeth despite all his efforts to prevent it. She looked like a pink-and-white puppy with a favorite s...