
The fourth dealership had been Diana Voss’s plan for three years. She did not want it because Millfield, Ohio, needed…

Piper stood on the sidewalk outside the Hargrove Grand with cold wind cutting through her thin blazer and her employee…

Nadia Osman played the voicemail on speaker and watched Tiana Brooks carefully. The message came from a German client speaking…

The terrace door opened, and a group of guests spilled out into the cold, laughing too loudly, holding champagne glasses…

“I’ll drive you,” Marcus said, as if the sentence cost him more than any business deal he had ever negotiated….

By nine o’clock, Owen Mercer had made enough progress to justify giving up for the night. His new bedroom looked…

Bennett’s smile thinned. “Careful, Mrs. Bell. Clever women make tired wives.” “I was a tired wife before I learned to…

“And then?” Caleb asked. “And then I learned that if people are hungry enough, they’ll hire a fat mixed-blood woman…

He took her hands carefully, turned them palms up, then palms down. His touch was clinical but gentle. He examined…

Something hard moved through his expression. “Who sent you?” “The boardinghouse.” “Mrs. Harlan?” Clara nodded. Wyatt gave a humorless laugh….

Silas felt something dark move through him. “What kind of man says that?” “The kind who owns enough cattle that…

Silas’s hand came back at once and gripped her knee, holding her in place until the animal regained footing. “You…

“What name should I give him?” “Mabel June Harper. Isaac Harper’s daughter.” Something shifted in his face. Not pity. Recognition….

“Then they knew,” she whispered. “Who?” Her eyes squeezed shut as another contraction took her. When it passed, she was…

“Caleb said the new cook had backbone,” Elias said. “Caleb has spoken more than four words?” “Not all at once.”…

When spring came, Nora knew exactly what she would plant. And exactly where. By the time Beck Turner noticed…

“Hattie Sloan.” The woman stepped back. “I run this house. I have eight rooms, six regular boarders, a bad hip,…

Lydia knew who he was before anyone said his name. Caleb Stone. The Iron Ridge man. The recluse of the…

She chose the safest one. “How far is your ranch?” “Three days. We’ll stop at Mill Creek station tonight. Tomorrow…

A man’s voice came from above her. “Ma’am?” Clara wiped her face quickly. “I am all right.” “No,” the man…