With Open Arms_Song of the West Her Mother's Keeper by Nora Roberts

With Open Arms_Song of the West Her Mother's Keeper by Nora Roberts

Author:Nora Roberts [Roberts, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Anthologies, Adult
ISBN: 9780373285044
Goodreads: 114205
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1983-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


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Later Samantha indulged in a hot, steaming shower, attempting to forget, as she soaped her skin, the feel of Jake’s hands running over her. In the bedroom, she noticed her clothes piled neatly on the spoon-back chair. She slipped them on and wandered through the house in aimless exploration, the Saint Bernard lumbering at her heels.

The house abounded in small, delightful treasures, an oak rolltop desk, a wall box with Friesian carving, a Windsor cradle. With a small sigh, she wondered if the latter had rocked the baby Jake. Opening yet another door, she found Jake’s library.

It smelled of leather and age, and her fingers ran over volume after volume. She pulled out a small volume of love poetry and opened the cover. Light, feminine handwriting adorned the top corner, and her mouth turned down at the inscription.

Darling Jake … To remind you.

Love, Lesley

Shutting the book with a snap, Samantha held it for one heat-blinded movement over the wastebasket, then, grinding her teeth, stuck it firmly back in place.

“It makes no difference to me,” she informed Wolfgang. “She can give him a hundred books of poetry, she can give him a thousand books of poetry. It’s her privilege.”

She nudged the big dog with her toe. “Come on, Wolfgang, let’s get moving.”

She returned to the living room and built up the fire, which had burned down to a hissing pile of embers. She curled up beside it.



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