He never should have invited Josie and Frank on this tree-cutting excursion. Oh, Frank was just fine. No problem. But Josie was a different matter entirely. Mainly because of what she made him feel whenever she was around. An uneasy premonition he didn’t understand. He par...
Finally, it was closing time. Finally, she could go home and soak her aching feet. From the wide windows fronting the restaurant, she saw that bright stars glittered in the night sky, the tall lights outside adding a yellow glow to the street below. Slinging his jacket ove...
He’d discovered a small lake where ducks nested along the shore and understood how Callum got fresh drinking water. Gara stood upon one of the low hills, using a long staff to help Callum herd the sheep. Wulfgar’s temper had cooled. It did little good to tell Ariana he was no murderer of women. H...
By early morning, Gudrid seemed rested, her appetite returned, her color less pale. Ota awakened and complained of pain. Kerstin gave her a single drop of nightshade mixed with water to ease the discomfort. Gudrid cried with bitterness. “Who will marry my daughter? No one will want her. She’ll be...
He couldn’t wrap his mind around her words. He couldn’t make sense of it all. If only he’d heard some news about the transfer to Portland he’d applied for. But nothing had come of it. Not one word. Which wasn’t a good sign. Without a job, he couldn’t support a family. And yet, he couldn’t lose Zo...
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I can’t.” Lily tugged off her mother’s ring and handed it back to him, but he didn’t take it. Instead, he came to his feet and placed his hands in his pants pockets. “Why? Why not?” “I don’t want your pity.” “I don’t want to ...
And then the thundering beat of hooves sifted across the valley—a low pounding of the earth that seemed to keep time with the beat of his heart. Sitting astride Flash on the top of a hill far away, Cade used high-powered binoculars to look toward the east. Lyn sat beside h...
Matt greeted Davie as he sauntered up the sidewalk leading to Andie’s front porch. The hot June weather had brought with it a plethora of blooming flowers, fragrant air, and dry lightning storms that cracked across the Ruby Mountains that skirted the edge of town. Matt didn’t limp at all, enjoyin...