The Genuine Lady (Heroines On Horseback) - Plot & Excerpts
By the time he had recovered himself, he was seated on the divan and Hope was sitting up against him, fanning him ardently with her painted fan. The breeze blew her curls in his eyes. “Stop that,” he ordered, catching at her wrist. “Stop playing and tell me what’s going on.” She toyed with teasing him a bit longer; he could see the trouble in her eyes. But something sharp in his tone told her that he was done playing with her. She might lose her temper with him day in and day out, but she had yet to see Jared grow angry with her, and she decided that she didn’t want to. “You own the land in Texas,” she said simply. “A courier brought it to Mrs. O’Keefe’s house, and she sent him to the dance-hall to deliver it to me, and, well… I’ve had it ever since.” She got up and started rooting around in a valise leaning against the wall. “I have it right here, as a matter of fact…” “Have what?” He didn’t think he understood correctly. The ranch-land along the Rio Grande was his?
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