Dylan said as Peter pulled up outside of my building.“It’s not the Dakota, but it’s home.” I smiled. “Or at least it was home. It’s hard to believe that I’m already leaving the place, the day I moved in I hoped to be here for years. I knew that I was starting a new life that day, but I had no ide...
Lottie is a sweet horse. If you sit up in the saddle with your daddy, you’ll feel like a real cowboy,” James said. He was on one knee, trying to convince Jase, our eight year old guest, to get on horseback with his father. Jase looked terrified of the animal and refused to budge from his spot on ...
I didn’t have time to feel grateful for his help or embarrassed that he knew my secret. The mountains around us were alive with the sounds of snapping trees and rushing waters. And James was out there, alone in the worst of it. In my heart, I knew we may already be too late.“I’ll saddle the horse...
Going out for a ride?” Dallas asked as I walked into the stables. He was sitting at the small, dirty table next to the barn door. He let his newspaper fall to the table and gave me his full attention.“Good morning, Dallas.” I took a seat across from the ranch foreman and adjusted my boots. “Yes, ...
I rolled over, stretched, and looked at the time.Jesus, I’ve only been asleep for a couple of hours. I know I didn’t request a wakeup call. Maybe there was a mix-up at the front desk.I pulled the receiver out of the cradle and groaned “Hello?”“Willow, thank God,” Renee said, her voice thick with ...
But now, here he was, hovering over my bed, shoving the hair from my eyes. “Rise and shine, sleepyhead,” he said before planting a kiss on my forehead.“What time is it?” I groaned, voice gravelly.“Early.”I cracked one eye open, just enough that I could see his gorgeous, stubbly face. “How early?”...
We sat in the upper booths, looking out at the Sound through the long windows, watching the ferries cross over. Jace finally got to see why the ferris wheel had meant so much to me. We both ordered fish and chips, took pictures in the seat that Tom Hanks had sat in during the Sleepless in Seattle...
I opened my eyes as Matt gently shook me awake. Soft orange light seeped in through the open barn door, and I realized it was morning.“What time is it?” I asked with a yawn. I stretched and sat up on my cot.“It’s a quarter to seven,” Matt said. He moved to the counter and started a pot of coffee....
I pulled the sheet over my nude body and shook Aiden awake. “Someone’s beating on the door,” I told him. He just mumbled something and turned over as I peered through the window. It was already daylight, so I knew I’d slept longer than I thought. “Did we oversleep?” I asked. “What time is it?” Ai...