“Annie, last year.... That day in the yard.... I made a mistake not strapping on a gun the minute I found you, and it wasn't that I was against marrying you, it was that I was against letting them make… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Anne had lived her whole life following the dictates of others. Now all the decisions were hers. What to do, when to do it,… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Martha said, "Do you have any idea of the kind of surprise your brothers are in for sooner or later? Or are you doing… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“He entered her in a single hard thrust, opening her, stretching her and forcing a moan of surprise from her. She was ready, so… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Jessup said, "Doesn't surprise me somehow. I feel I'm walking out of a wolf den in one piece by the grace of God." He… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Dr. Craig says you're the only patient he ever treated who kept saying nothing hurt when he examined you right until you passed out.… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“You know, Annie, a long time ago an old man told me beauty doesn't mean much in a woman. It disappears with age. But… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Frank actually looked shaken as he asked, "Does she get like that often?" "Nope, you seem to rile her." Cord knew quite well how… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Your skin is white, but I think the white god made a mistake, or maybe he did it on purpose to play a joke.… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Cord put his hat on and pulled it low, hiding his eyes. 'Grown man walks around with his eyes shut tight, he shouldn't be… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“...he wondered if maybe just occasionally the gods designed a woman fit for a king or a prince and then gave her to an… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Well, they came the day after you did, but they made me angry, so I sent them away." Noah did not understand. "Sent them… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
“She made him feel like the king he was sure she had been born for. He thought of her face as she ran into… — Ellen O'Connell Copy Share Image
