Author: tuantr

“Can I help you, Mr. Landry?” “Coffee, if I’m not in your way.” “It’s your kitchen.” He looked around the room, then back at her….

“What is she doing in the mud?” The question was quiet. That made it worse. Pruitt’s smile stiffened. “Mrs. Kincaid has chosen a dramatic posture….

Hank set the blue pot on the porch. “Miss Mae?” She looked at him. His expression was gentler than pity, which made it harder to…

Ruth tilted her head. “Talent?” Lena’s expression changed first. Something like understanding moved across her face, followed by amusement she tried and failed to hide….

Now a child sat in his wagon, silent as a shadow. The ranch appeared near sunset, its main house low and wide beneath cottonwoods, with…

“You want whoever did this to come back and finish?” Eli’s eyes flashed. “You didn’t stop them the first time.” The words struck harder than…

“What would you charge?” “For your headgate?” “Yes.” “Stable for my horse. Stable for me if you still won’t have me near the house. Meals…

Maribel told herself she would not lie down. Lying down meant sleep. Sleep meant the cold would make promises. She knew that somehow, though she…

PART 1 On a stormy night in Chicago, a black father struggles to push a squeaky grocery cart through the streets with his daughter. Desperation…