Ella reached back in an instinctive effort to shield her bottom, but York caught her hand and easily trapped it at her side.“You are hardly in a position to give orders, young lady.”“But I didn’t do anything wrong!” she cried.“No? Will this will guarantee that you won’t even consider it…”She felt...
For that night a cold wind came in that howled and howled. She was used to winds like this on the downs of her homeland and knew when it came with a chill it would end berry picking until spring.The warm glow of candlelight filled the kitchen, the smell of baking and the warmth of the crackling b...
Little Clara Beck's face would light up when she saw the shawl. "Ooo. It matches my hair," she would say as she rubbed the soft garment against a cheek no longer sallow but rosy with good health.Lark smiled at the vision. She'd been treating the child for a fortnight now, both with herbal tinctur...
"Because, Evan, Mommy has to work. It's the busiest time of the year and we have bills to pay." She glanced over at the growing stack on the kitchen counter, the source of the gnawing, ever-present worry in her stomach. "You remember what Mommy told you? That this is the busiest time of year for ...