“There’s always rain this time of year,” he told her. “Then we’ll all be safe. Until then, the men have formed committees. I come into town and join a brigade from the woodenware mill whenever John can spare me. We take care of any fires that get too close to Peshtigo. I wouldn’t worry. Someone’s always keeping watch.”
Reassured, Hannah put aside her concern. But another nagged her even more insistently. She hesitated for a moment, unsure of how bold she might be. Then she took a deep breath and plunged ahead. “What will you tell your brother about me?”
Again he turned his dark eyes to survey her in a way that sent a cold thrill up her spine. “I’m going to tell him you’re too beautiful,” he answered. “And that I wonder why you’ve really come.”
Table of Contents
Books by Colleen Thompson:
Books written as Gwyneth Atlee:
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
EPILOGUE
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PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
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