Kit had never seen such a marked change in the seasons. The deep cold and snows of winter melted into a hesitant spring and frost appeared at night long after the snow was gone. And then, almost overnight, the world turned a deep, rich emerald from horizon to horizon. Only the th...
The warm water was like silk against her skin as she slid in. She turned quietly on her back and spent the next while in slow laps, considering her life and the amazing turn of events of the last few months. The massive logs on the ceiling above her seemed a tangible proof of the ...
She’d been there for a few months and was completely comfortable with both her duties and the patrons when, for the first time, she questioned working away from home and her mother. A new young man had come in with some of the locals and he began to pay attention to her. She ignored him or brus...