Memories… Tye Hatcher returned to Aspen Grove to find that life in the sleepy Western town hadn't changed much. The townspeople stubbornly refused to see the man he had become. That is, everybody but Meg Telford. Meg definitely took notice of the reticent rancher and gave him a chance in life whe...
Annie Sweetwater Wasn't Like Other GirlsAll her life everyone she'd ever known had told her so. Except Luke Carpenter, who never let her limp blind him to seeing her as she really was: a woman grown, full of dreams, desires and hopes for a future—with him!Luke couldn't remember a time when he had...
Kidnapped as a child, sold to a con man, she'd fast learned how to sweet-talk her way out of trouble. Now all Sophie wanted was to be left alone to build a new life--one that was honest and decent, based on truth, not trickery. Clay Connor was the last man she should care about. Upright and honor...
No mother should have to bury her child Amy Shelby had learned this sorrow well. Her heart had gone into the ground a year ago along with her boy's tiny casket. And not even her husband, Jesse, wrestling the same pain, could resurrect any hope in her.Jesse Shelby mourned two losses his baby son ...
She was drawn to the side porch every five or ten minutes to see how Simon was doing. He and Flynn were a team against Caleb and the younger boys, which seemed pretty fair, considering Flynn was the best and Simon was just learning.From the laughter and jibes that were flying between the two team...
Clara said, “but he did this to her. You saw him last night.”Oh, she’d seen him last night, and she’d been nothing but eager to get away.Clara dabbed her nose with a hanky. “One of the hotel residents on the third floor complained at the desk last night that there was a racket going on up above. ...
She’d carried her belongings to the Silver Angel, straightened the interior of the cab and retrieved her clipboard, fastening it to its holder on the dash. As she worked in the tilted cab, a speck of disappointment inched its way into her thoughts, but she dusted it away. ...
Back then she hadn’t known how important it was to fit in and not make a poor impression for Nathan’s sake. She changed her dress three times, finally satisfied with her choice. The dress she deemed appropriate had a close-fitting midsection made of deep blue velvet, and the bodice had been desig...
She shared that she’d had a husband once, but he’d deserted her and their two small children five years ago. After she eked out a living in a mining camp that was eventually abandoned, her last coins had brought her this far. She’d been ready to foster out her children to spare them starvation wh...