It took a moment to recall where she was. Then it all came rushing back to her. The library in the old portion of the abbey. The love she had shared with Andrew.It felt so good to be here with him. So right. As though everything in her life had been moving her toward this place, this man.It wasn’...
It had been raining for three straight days. She was sick of it. When the housekeeper walked by, Patsy stopped her. “Where are you supposed to be right now?” Inez looked bewildered. “Cleaning the courtyard, Mrs. Colton. But the rain—” “Then do it. That’s what you’re being paid to do. How many tim...
Carmelita called. “I hear a carriage.” Ruby threw open the door and stepped out onto the back porch. Reverend Dan Simpson was just helping his wife, Jade, from the fancy white-and-gilt carriage she had brought from San Francisco. “Dan. Jade.” Ruby hugged them both. “I’m so glad you could come to ...
Every once in a while he cracked the window and sucked in frigid air to stay alert. He’d been awake for more than twenty-four hours now. First the flight from Bosnia to Paris to New York. Then the long lines for Customs at La Guardia. Then another flight to El Paso, where he’d waited yet again to...
When Grant moaned in his sleep she hurried to kneel beside him, touching a hand to his forehead. He flinched and she realized with a shock that the fever was back. His flesh was hot to the touch. What’s more, his pain had not subsided. She could feel it, pulsing through him in waves. Her fault, s...