Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.

Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried.

It isn’t what you say that counts, it’s what you don’t say

I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.

Love can't be forced into existence,(...)It won't come simply because you will it to happen

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

(...)Did she really tell Roddy Carstairs she could outshoot him with his own pistol?" "No," Jason said dryly. "She told him that if he made one more improper advance to her, she would shoot him- and if she missed, she would turn Wolf loose on him. And if Wolf didn't finish the job, she had every faith I would." Jason chuckled and shook his head. "It's the first time I've been nominated for the role of hero. I was a little crushed, however, to be second choice after the dog.