Caleb told himself it was none of his business, went back to work, but the unease persisted. That evening he was having dinner at the…
” But her voice was tight, and he could feel the tension in her body. Minutes passed. The fire crackled. The wind screamed. Caleb, Mara…
Never could. Mara was quiet then. I used to write you letters. What? When I was pregnant, when James was born, when he died, I’d…
Caleb felt something break open inside him. Not clean, not cathartic, just a raw tearing that left him gasping. I would have, he started, but…
She stopped 10 ft away. “Caleb Hart,” she said. Her voice was steady, but it carried across the street, across the years, across every mile…

“Will You Remain If I Undress?” the Widow Whispered After the Cowboy Saved Her in the River … ” She flinched away when he reached…
It was normal, domestic, terrifyingly perfect. Two weeks passed. December deepened into January. The town’s gossip began to lose its edge. Not because people approved,…
Surprise, maybe, or calculation. Ah, the famous missing husband. Mars told me all about you. Has she? It wasn’t a question. Vernon is a banker…
She turned to look at him and in the firelight her eyes were bright with unshed tears. I kept waiting for you to come back.…
Hell, I barely knew how to be a man. You think you know now? No, but at least now I know. I don’t know. That’s…





