Her knees hurt from kneeling on the dirt. But lined along one wall were covered tins containing more than two hundred pounds of clean, dry flour. She sat…
“What are they?” “I’m not entirely sure yet.” Lucy looked delighted. “You planted something and don’t know what it is?” “I know what family it belongs to. Your…
“Then why me?” His gaze stayed on the trail. “Because you’re capable.” “You’ve known me four days.” “I’ve known enough.” Something about the answer troubled her. But the…
“What do you want?” The stranger reached inside his coat. Rufus raised the barrel. “Easy.” Silas slowly produced an envelope. “I’m looking for a woman.” Dela felt the…
She discovered Seth knew every animal track on the mountain but believed he was stupid because letters moved when he stared at them too long. So she stopped…
Mae forgot the cold. “What?” “You heard me.” He rose. She tightened her grip on Samuel. Gideon stepped backward. “I paid Silas Walker one hundred dollars.” Mae went…
“Was that advice or a threat?” The doctor held her gaze. “Advice.” She walked away. Callum heard about it before she reached home. “I’ll speak to him.” “No.”…
At Twenty-Four Martha Claimed the Ranch Everyone Had Abandoned, Then the Sealed Smokehouse Gave Her a Dead Woman’s Last Choice One night without wondering who could order her…
Sometimes twenty dying men moved simply because none of them wanted a stranger to risk more for them than they were willing to risk for themselves. Abigail reached…
“Why didn’t you?” Maren’s expression hardened. “Because people don’t invite women like me into respectable homes.” “Clara did.” “I thought she pitied me.” Callan opened his mouth. Hoofbeats…
