Take nothing of mine,” the Duke of Harriate said. And Cordelia Ashworth, 3 and 20, wed 11 months and widowed…
The buckets were full when she started, and they were still full when she stopped. And that was the thing…
The storm came in off the coast on a Wednesday in October, the kind that comes fast and cold from…
She arrived at his ranch on a Tuesday afternoon in September and Amos Briggs came out of the barn with…
She wore a veil, not to signify purity, but to hide the dark yellowing bruise blooming along her jaw. Gideon,…
Desperation carries a distinct metallic scent on the dry Colorado wind. When a penniless widow stood before a ruthless crowd…
In October 1885, winter ambushed the Texas Panhandle. By the second night of the blizzard, every fire in the dry…
The notice Kate Harland put in the Crestfall register had been plain enough to discourage anyone looking for something other…
Out here, the dirt doesn’t care if you’re grieving. It doesn’t care if your belly is swollen with a child…
What would you do if a duke offered you a flock of sheep no other buyer would touch? Animals so…