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Chapters (56)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for the novels of Mia Sheridan
  3. About the Author
  4. NOTE TO READERS
  5. Dedication
  6. prologue
  7. chapter one
  8. chapter two
  9. chapter three
  10. chapter four
  11. chapter five
  12. chapter six
  13. chapter seven
  14. chapter eight
  15. chapter nine
  16. chapter ten
  17. chapter eleven
  18. chapter twelve
  19. chapter thirteen
  20. chapter fourteen
  21. chapter fifteen
  22. chapter sixteen
  23. chapter seventeen
  24. chapter eighteen
  25. chapter nineteen
  26. chapter twenty
  27. chapter twenty-one
  28. chapter twenty-two
  29. chapter twenty-three
  30. chapter twenty-four
  31. chapter twenty-five
  32. chapter twenty-six
  33. chapter twenty-seven
  34. chapter twenty-eight
  35. chapter twenty-nine
  36. chapter thirty
  37. chapter thirty-one
  38. chapter thirty-two
  39. chapter thirty-three
  40. chapter thirty-four
  41. chapter thirty-five
  42. chapter thirty-six
  43. chapter thirty-seven
  44. chapter thirty-eight
  45. chapter thirty-nine
  46. chapter forty
  47. chapter forty-one
  48. chapter forty-two
  49. chapter forty-three
  50. chapter forty-four
  51. chapter forty-five
  52. chapter forty-six
  53. chapter forty-seven
  54. chapter forty-eight
  55. epilogue
  56. acknowledgments

“Good point.” I came to stand in front of him and our eyes met, the moment weighty and full.

He tilted his head, his gaze moving over my face. And there was something sort of assessing, and sort of soft in his eyes that made a small shiver run over my skin. Whatever he was thinking made him smile in that secretive way of his, and I very suddenly loved that secretive smile when I knew thoughts of me were behind it.

And though I’d been needy and desperate and ready to have sex while seated on a horse just a short time before, now that my blood had cooled and rational thought had returned, I felt a little nervous too. Tuck looking at me the way he was made me feel giddy, but also young and a little bit shy because God but this man meant so much to me, and he always had.

“If you, ah, have to use the bathroom, we should go outside now before I lock up. There won’t be plumbing in here.”

“I’m good.”

“Okay, me too.” He pointed at the staircase, a beam of muted light coming in through the large window overhead. “Go ahead and pick a room. I’m going to make sure all the doors and windows are secured and check to see if they left any weapons behind.”

I nodded, and our eyes lingered, and it was clear that we both knew what we wanted and understood exactly what was going to happen between us. To me it felt destined, like I’d finally arrived at a place I’d been traveling to my entire life. My skin prickled with anticipation and for a moment I found it difficult to draw in air. For a moment I was afraid. But of what, I couldn’t exactly say. It felt like holding something precious and delicate that, left unattended, was very likely to break. Or disappear. “I’ll just…ah…” I waved my hand toward the stairs.

“I’ll find you.” He smiled and it was sweet. It was the smile of the boy he’d been, and it caused a flurry of wings to take up under my rib cage. I turned and ran quickly up the stairs.

I poked my head into a primary bedroom, and a child’s room, both obviously lived in, the drawers open in the primary as though the couple had packed in a hurry.