The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

by Beth Brower

I suppose one was bound to look happy in a photograph if you were gazing at Niall Pierce.

Are you a church-going woman?” “Nearly every Sunday.” I spoke in the most holy tone I could manage. “Still waiting for it to take effect, I see.” I very nearly pinched him.

The woman had been silent for ten years, but less than three minutes in my presence and she’d crumbled. I was afraid that one more sentence could derail her life of silence altogether.

I suggest eloping with your Tenant. You’re practically in a common law marriage as it is.”

Is it immoral to marry a man solely to gain a library? And if that man happens to be tremendously good looking, is it more or less of a sin?