Breathless (Old West, #2)

by Beverly Jenkins

I wonder what we Americans would do if somebody with bigger guns invaded us and started stealing our land and killing our kin. We’d go on the warpath, too, I’d bet.”

You were looking at the man like he was a piece of chocolate cake.”

he had a feeling that she’d dug a hole for herself that she was going to have a lot of trouble climbing out of.

“There’s something special about a man who knows his way around a skillet. Don’t you think so,

Fear is natural but you get on the bronc anyway, and if it throws you, you keep getting up and getting back on, okay?”

not having to give up your dreams just because you give someone your heart is true. I know how set you’ve been on going through life alone. That doesn’t have to change, but if you can find even a teaspoon of happiness with Kent, take it, because there are women in this world who’d sell all they own to have a man look at them the way he looks at you.”

She moved him like no other woman had before and he was convinced his future would be bereft without her at his side.

Don’t listen to naysayers about what you can’t do, and get up every day and do your absolute best.”

you promised me you wouldn’t badger him. He’s chosen his life, and you’ve chosen yours. Let him live his the way he wants, for

“Not if that wife shared her husband’s dreams and could spend his time away chasing her own.”

each passing day brought them both closer to their own deaths, and he wanted to spend every second of his remaining time on earth by her side.

“Love is also patient,” he added quietly. “Love is kind. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends.”

“No. It’s from the Bible. First Corinthians. Chapter thirteen verses four to eight.” “The

you are old enough to direct your own life. I just have to accept that. I don’t love you any less.”