Fifteen years is a long time. I should have telephoned. What if my brother doesn't remember me? What if he throws me off the ranch? Where will I go then? Using her knuckles, Mariah rapped lightly on the door frame of the ranch house. The sound echoed like thunder, but t...
He understood the acceptance and intimacy implied by the small caresses. He doubted that she did, or she would have bolted. “What’s your schedule?” he asked quietly, reluctant to end the warm silence. “Dev, Dev, and more Dev....
The theory just states that we were premature in attributing a fortress mentality to the Anasazi. They could just have been preserving the top of the mesa for crops and didn't build on the canyon bottom because of floods. That left the cliffs themselves for housing." Ten grunted. "What did the pr...
Mac let the boat idle for a moment, feeling what the tidal currents and the wind were doing to Blackbird. The brisk northwest wind was strong enough that even the yacht felt its push and pull. The customs dock and its claustrophobic modular shed waited for them. It didn’t look like there was anyo...
Luke looked in the mirror, swiped a last bit of axle grease off his chin and had no fast answers for his silent question. In fact, he had no answer at all as to why he had stayed on at Cash McQueen's apartment knowing that Carla McQueen was coming to dinner. It wasn't unusual for Luke to drive ...
But even before he spoke, his hands clamped around Hannahs upper arms, preventing her from turning toward the sound. Theres some I know, he cut in, his voice still soft. Talk to me. Tell me about Pearl Cove. Or else Ill have to kiss you. Either way will work as a cover for...
She carried the box to the Jeep along with the tarp that had covered Sand Dancer. Though it was not yet ten oclock, the sun cut through her thin blouse like a laser. The sky was blue-white and brilliant with water vapor. Even now the first clouds were forming against the h...
“Can you mount unaided?” Meg asked. “Yes.” “Good. We wouldn't want to hurt you again.” “And Duncan can no longer bear to touch me,” Amber said with outward calm. Reluctantly, Meg nodded. Her intent gla...
“Yes,” he said simply. “Sometimes they are.” Hazel eyes focused on Nevada. Eden smiled despite the traces of tears still shining on her eyelashes. “The memories aren’t sad, not completely,” she said. “Justbittersweet. Aurora was ten months old, and alive the way only a healthy baby can be. Tears ...