I enjoyed this book about Travis and Rose, as they journey into discovering each other. Rose (stage name - Desiree) is a medium who reads people's palms and holds séances. Travis's mother wants to discover what has happened to her missing son, Tanner, who left to battle in the Civil War. Travi...
He glanced behind him and saw the Harris gang riding hard toward them, sending his heart to pounding and his breath straining. He had a choice. Try to get away from them with Annabelle, or stop and act like he was glad to see the gang he belonged to and he’d been busy searching for the outlaws ev...
As soon as the child saw him, he held out his tiny arms, crying. It wouldn’t have mattered that the boy was his son; his heart would have melted at the sight of any child in this situation. But the fact that this child was his boy left his heart aching, and he had to swallow the lump that suddenl...
Mainly she hated being indoors on such a beautiful spring day. So she took the hiking path away from the recreation center until she came to a clearing in the midst of the tall pine trees. In a remote section of the park, she practiced the first circle of Buddha's stamp, her mind focused on her b...
Somehow, the ugly rumors had traveled three hundred miles to reach Sabrina. Now, everyone stood, watching and waiting for his response, while he attempted to regain his composure. “Honey, I’m surprised at you. Why in the world would you ask that question?” “The telegram sa...
In seven days, she’d completed seventy pieces, and slowly the stack of work was going down. She had at least another weeks worth of work before she’d be caught up and could handle the pieces as they came in. Before she went home, she had an important question for her boss....
She prayed something would make Wade come to his senses, realize the worthiness of their love and return to her. But with each passing mile her hope dimmed, and she knew she was alone. Around noon, the children finally penetrated the fog that had descended on her with Wade...
Sweat beaded on her forehead as she swayed in the saddle to the rhythm of her horse. Spring was coming to a close, and hot summer heat would soon fill the days. And yet, her life felt like a cold winter blizzard had frozen her in time. She was sick of this life. She was ti...
He wondered again why Jean would give up Marian and all of this to live a lie with two other women? Marian was beautiful and witty and more strong-willed than any woman he’d ever met. Their verbal sparring both challenged and excited him. Even when things were tense, there was something about her...
She'd been civil all day and Katie hoped they could get through one meal without her starting something new or revealing another of Daniel's secrets.She was tired from cleaning, though in the last two weeks she had worked until the house sparkled from top to bottom. Now she was going to start on ...
There was a hotel, a mercantile, a saloon, the sheriff’s office, a barber, livery stable, blacksmith, and a church. Several homes were on the outskirts of town, and then there were the shanties. Those tiny buildings, built of scrap, where men and women lived with barely enough room to survive. Ru...