“All finished!” Detective Bowen Taggert sounded entirely too cocky as he stepped back with a hammer in hand to admire his work. “I say it looks as good as new. What do you say?” He tossed an annoying grin over his shoulder, looking more handsome in his long,...
“You’re getting married where?” Griffin Jameson wanted to kick himself for not seeing this coming. He should’ve known his delightfully hoydenish soon-to-be sister-in-law wouldn’t mind stretching the boundaries of propriety — even on her wedding day. “You heard me.”...
Christmas evening Laura stood by the window in her upstairs bedroom, unable to settle down for the evening. She was too restless to take a seat and read by candlelight, like she normally did. So far, she’d done nothing more than lay out her nightgown on the bed. Sleep...
“By the power vested in me by the State of Texas, I pronounce you husband and wife,” the minister from El Gato droned. He was one of those old-school fellows who adopted a singsong voice every time he preached. It was silly to use that tone at a wedding ceremony. Then...
Early December Penelope wrapped her arms around her middle and shivered at the sight of the fat white flakes falling faster and faster on the other side of the window. She wasn’t sure why she was shivering, since the fireplace in the living room was doing a marvelous...
One month later Annabelle bent over her hoe in the morning sun, putting her back into turning the soil. It was discouraging how little progress she’d made on her tiered garden in the past month. She’d been hoping to impress her husband soon with several blooming...