Tag: historical romance
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Fiction: Purity
Buck sat tucked back in bed, trying to read his small Bible while swatting gnats. William, with the occasional sideways glance at his roommate, smoked cigarette after crummy cigarette, wondering how things had gone so wrong. How had Thankful ever loved him? And how had he not seen it? Soon the doctor strode in, leading […]
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Fiction: Thankful Crenshaw Misses a Step
“William, I’m so ashamed of myself—truly—you must forgive me. I’m just so annoyed over Miss Peckham.” “Why? Because you need to be the center of the universe at all times? Come to your senses,” William said as he pulled a bottle of whiskey from under the tablecloth and filled a large glass to the rim. […]
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Fiction: Taken By An Officer
“Land sakes, the soldiers I’ve seen so far are barely handsome at all,” Thankful whispered.
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Fiction: Pretend We’re Cousins
William agrees to take Thankful to Fort Grant “Call me Bill at the post,” William coached. “Lieutenant Bourke is the only one to hold to my childhood name, and it gives too much a laugh to the others.” “Maybe it’s not your name they’re laughing at,” Thankful said, poking his side with her thin, gloved […]