A Love Forbidden by Kathleen Morgan

Author:Kathleen Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Christian, Colorado, Ranchers, FIC027050, Ranchers—Fiction, Fiction, FIC042030, Sisters—Fiction, FIC042040, Historical, Ranch life—Colorado, Sisters, Ranch Life
ISBN: 9780800719715
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2012-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

They left Carbonville early one morning just before dawn, a little over a week after they’d first arrived. After saying their good-byes and reiterating their deepest thanks to Doc Michaels and his wife yet one more time, Shiloh and Jesse headed down to the livery to fetch their horses. Several days before, Shiloh had disassembled the travois, leaving the poles to be cut into firewood and retrieving the blankets to add to the rest of the ones they’d need for the trip ahead. It took only a short time to bridle and saddle their horses, then mount and ride from town.

They soon reached the Roaring Fork River valley and began their trek down it. Eventually, though, they had to divert off to some smaller creeks that crept through side valleys more tightly surrounded by mountains, some of which soared high into the heavens. Snow still capped the tallest peaks, piercing the sky with majestic grandeur.

Jesse tried to ride until near sunset each day, and though he didn’t meet that goal the first day, each day of travel increased the amount of distance they covered. He wasn’t up to any hunting or spearfishing, however, and they had to suffice with the food they’d brought with them, supplemented by freshly made bannocks and hot tea each evening.

Shiloh didn’t talk much, save to garner information or discuss what he’d like at mealtimes. For that, Jesse was grateful. He didn’t quite know how to approach her these days, leastwise not since that morning she’d decided to heal the breach caused by his ill-advised kiss by graciously accepting his apology.

Ever since then, there had been something different about her. She appeared calmer, more confident, and nothing he could say seemed to rile her. It was almost . . . almost as if she possessed some secret knowledge. Some knowledge that had leveled the playing field between them.

He was no longer an adult male dealing with a young, inexperienced girl. Almost overnight, it seemed, Shiloh had turned into a woman. And that both worried and enthralled him.

Best that he safely deposit her at the front steps of Castle Mountain’s main ranch house, then turn and hightail it out of there, Jesse decided the day they hit the top of the last hill separating them from view of the ranch. He caught himself in midthought.

Hightail it out of there . . .

Exactly how many times, since Shiloh had come back into his life, had he told himself he needed to run as fast and as far away from her as he could get? However many times it had been, it was too many. When he had finally decided to put down roots with the People, he had vowed never to run from anything again, be it man, battle, or any hardship that could befall him. Yet now a pretty young redhead threatened to send him scurrying away with his tail tucked between his legs.

Or rather, Jesse quickly amended, not Shiloh actually but his chaotic mess of feelings for her.

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