She looked back up and into his eyes, then quickly turned away and concentrated on not stealing a glance at him again as he carried her up the rest of the stairs to her room. But she couldn’t ignore the rapid beat of her heart. “My crutches are here. You can put me down no...
She’d forgotten to give him the slip of paper with the building’s address the night before, choosing to take the coward’s way out and hurry upstairs after the last song was sung. It wasn’t like her at all, but then again, she’d never had quite this predicament to deal with...
He’d been pleasantly surprised by Lila’s offer to accompany Violet to work, even though he’d been hoping she would. Had she not, he’d been prepared to suggest it. What he hadn’t been prepared for was the relief he felt that Violet had gotten the position, which meant that ...
By then nearly everything had at least been put into the rooms they belonged in, and everyone began to go their separate ways. It’d been a tiring day and once most of the work was done, Michael and Luke took off to return the wagons back to the livery, and brought back a h...
But there they were, still chatting and laughing. He had to wonder if they were waiting until he came back down. Now that he thought of it, many times the men were just leaving the hotel when he came back from seeing Abigail to her room. The idea that they were waiting to ...