It was still a little early for the noon rush, and she found Bethany refilling the salt and pepper shakers and her sister bustling around in the kitchen, taking care of the last-minute preparations. “Hello, sister dear,” Ellie said, pouring a steady stream of thickening in...
. . “He’s here!” Kate dropped the lace panel at the window and ran to the mirror, where she pursed her rouged lips and arranged a curl of her auburn bangs just so. Eleven-year-old Lilly didn’t know who the man was, just that her mother had met him when they were in Springfield four months earli...
Nita must have supper ready. Meg felt a pang of guilt for leaving the older woman to do her work, but she’d been crushed by the news that she would not be snuggling with Teddy and Lucy just yet. Knowing Rachel was right didn’t lessen her disappointment. Holding her babies would have been a sweet ...
Grace’s younger sister, Lydia, warned softly. “I am persuaded it would be better if we did not get involved.” But Grace was already walking toward their parlor door at the Blue Swan Inn. Sitting quietly over a pot of tea in their private parlor, Lady Grace Endicott and her...
The piece of oak split beneath the satisfying show of strength. He’d been married to Abby for three weeks now, and November was more than a week old, but the tactics he’d decided to utilize in his marriage weren’t working out as planned, or as he’d expected. After realizin...
When he arrived, Caleb joined her in trying to convince his mother. Libby finally agreed to get some rest but vowed that nothing could persuade her to leave town until she knew for certain that Gabe was on the road to recovery. Understanding the maternal mind-set, Rachel offered no further argume...