She stretched to her tiptoes to peer over the misty spot and checked the road again. No sign of Henry. When he first slipped out, without angry words or slammed doors, her shame and pride had pronounced him weak. With the passage of time, his meekness turned to strength against the memory of her ...
She worked so hard to convince her uncle they weren’t really in love, Tiller had started to wonder himself. Even when they were alone, in the hallway or passing in the yard, she shrank from his touch and pulled away if he tried to whisper in her ear. She seemed to be a different woman, and it sca...
Like an oasis in the desert, an assortment of trees grew along the banks, stretching in a line as far as the eye could see in either direction. As Emmy and the Rawsons drew closer, the sparse ground cover and mesquite gave way to lush green grass and live oak trees, a scene not unlike the banks o...
Thunder and lightning in a pitch-black sky had been the worst of it. One of those storms that make empty threats. By the time Buddy drew near the stable, he had made up his mind. A light drizzle still fell, but what of it? He was already wet, and Charity’s mama would be worried sick if he didn’t ...
She’d managed by avoiding him like an infectious plague the day before. He made it easier by staying gone all afternoon and then declining Priscilla’s invitation to dinner. Arising early, she wasted hours of dread and a well-practiced speech intended for Priscilla should she try to force her to b...