Amelia and the Outlaw by Lorraine Heath

Author:Lorraine Heath [Heath, Lorraine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780061756184
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-11-26T17:46:50+00:00

With a desperation born of shame, Jesse shoveled out the horse droppings in the last stall. He couldn’t believe he’d revealed so much about his life to Amelia. Her innocence had just irritated him.

He’d felt as though she thought everyone had the fairy-tale life she did. Everyone lived in a house with curtains fluttering in the windows and the smell of flowers wafting through the rooms. Everyone was tucked into a soft bed at night and went to sleep with a full stomach.

He’d wanted to shock her, and if the horrified expression on her face was any indication, he’d succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. But the success had left a bitter taste in his mouth. He didn’t imagine Mitch Monroe ever did anything except please her.

What had possessed him to reveal all that he had?

It wasn’t Amelia’s fault that no one had deemed him worthy enough to love. It wasn’t her fault that the widow Jones had locked him in that tiny, blackened closet. Of all the places he’d stayed, that had been the worst.

Worse than prison.

Even now it made him shudder to think of it, made him break out in a sweat. He hated small places. Part of the appeal of riding with Pete had been sleeping out beneath the stars, having the wide-open spaces as his home.

Pete had never beaten him, or yelled at him, or made him feel as though he were worthless.

Of course, none of the others had persuaded him to break the law.

He carried the last load of dung out to the field behind the barn. When he returned to the stall, he grabbed up the broom and swept out any bits that remained. As soon as he finished this chore, he’d toss down some fresh hay and be done with it.

He felt a strong urge to apologize to Amelia, but he wasn’t exactly certain what specifically he was sorry for.

For not being the gentleman that her brothers were.

For thinking she was pretty when he had no right to even be looking at her.

For enjoying her conversations even though he detested the questions.

So many things.

Sometimes he felt as though his whole life was an apology.

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