His kiss was soft, almost hesitant this time, not hard and impersonal as it had been a week ago.She was unsure what she should do, so she moved her fingers across his shoulders and into his hair. His sandy-colored hair was brown with dampness from the rain and softer than she would have guessed a...
He stared out the grimy window of the saloon, waiting for a stage he feared would arrive on time. He was blessed with the best stretch of freshwater rangeland in Texas, and cursed with three sisters whose mission seemed to be to make his life hell. Downing the last of his ...
He’d talked possibilities over with the group and come up with only one logical answer. They’d all have to stay together until Austin. The wagon would double the amount of time it would take, but the cooks couldn’t ride a horse, even if they had an extra few, and he couldn’t leave them behind. If...
JESSIE AND MARTHA did the laundry and made bread. Sage took a few hours to take the girls on a hike up to Lookout Point. By the time they got back, the little ones were so tired they could barely eat lunch. Bethie fell asleep on her bread, and the butter made it stick to her face. Jessie cleaned ...
The red in his hair was almost brown in the lantern light and she thought he looked like exactly what he was, an adventurer. He’d come back to Harmony to play cards yet he’d taken her on the adventure with him. She knew then that it wasn’t the prize but the journey that mattered to him. &nb...
All through dinner when he’d talked to everyone else at the table, he’d been thinking of what to say to her, and now that they were alone for a minute, he couldn’t think of a word. She was prettier than he remembered, with a sweet round face that a man could get used to lo...
She’d spent an hour longer at the office than she’d planned. Bryce had dropped by the office as if he thought he’d be welcomed back after two years. Though he’d been polite to all, it set her nerves on edge and she couldn’t get back to work for an hour after he’d left. Whe...
She almost collided with him in the shadows, but his warm, steady hand reached out in the darkness to steady her.For a moment she didn’t speak, but only stood, so close and yet beyond his reach. Finally, she found her voice. “Cherish is home and she looks wonderful.”“Is her friend with her?” Gray...