Quotes from Carolyn Brown

She watered her pepper plants with the water she used to rinse out her unmentionables....

You've got to do what your heart tells you.

Guess you can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can't take the bossy out of the teacher.

She started up the car and sighed. If only her fiancé, Ethan, could be as passionate as the men that Candy Parker wrote about. It didn't matter if they were cowboys, firemen, Navy SEALs, or even mechanics. They all had one thing in common. They knew how to turn a woman on until all she could think about were their hands and lips on every part of her body.

Everyone hides something. There's no such thing as a totally transparent person in this whole world

The closer he came, the bigger his eyes got through those thick lenses. It was downright sexy when his eyelids shut and the lashes fanned out on his cheekbones. His lips brushed against hers and heat shot through her body. One arm tangled up in her hair and the other snaked its way around her midriff. His tongue gently parted her lips and he made love to her mouth.

Friends and family, and a man who loved her just the way she was. Life didn't get a bit better than that!

Would you pray for her?" Amelia saw a faint sliver of light at the end of the dark tunnel. "Yep, I would pray that God would send her straight to hell." Liddy's tone had gone ice cold.

Jayden could make her squirm for a little while, but that wouldn't be right. Gramps always told her to do what she knew was right and not worry about those folks around her who were doing wrong.

leave everything to God. That way I know it's not my decision

They didn't want to get too close to the crazy woman, since scientists hadn't yet proved whether crazy, like stupid, is inherited or contagious.

and spaghetti was busgetti

A dozen deer stood in the pasture right across the fence. The big buck held his head proud and tall, antlers gathering snow as he watched over his harem. Isn't he majestic? She turned around so she could keep an eyes on him longer. Not as majestic as you look in that coat, he said. It's a work coat, for God's sake, Finn, and that's a horrible pickup line. Just stating facts.

That's weird," she said. "If I stand right here and don't look over my shoulder, it's kind of scary looking. If I turn around, all is happiness and sunshine." "Kind of like life, ain't it?" Elijah opened the truck door for her. "It all depends on what way you're lookin'—backward or forward.

He cocked his head to one side. Callie, this is a ranch. If I remember right, you joined the Army because you hated every damn thing there was about ranchin'. Are you sure you want to live here? Guess I've found out there's worse things in the world than the cows, hay haulin', and calvin' season, she said. I'm not askin' for a handout here, Finn. I'm willing to work. I'll work outside. I'll work inside cleaning and cooking or both if you'll give me and Martin room and board.

Love. Work. Family. The future. Forever.

J. A. Jance is

Thanksgiving when he marched into the house after staying, supposedly, at the hospital with a critical patient all night, to tell her he'd filed for divorce.

Here's to catching a bouquet. If we hadn't grabbed it at the same time, we might have never met. And that would have been a tragedy.

God uses whatever is at hand to work His miracles

His hands were freezing, but he couldn't milk with gloves. Sorry about the cold hands, old girl, he apologized to the cow before he started.

Marriage is built on trust and respect, and when that's gone, it's like sticking dynamite under the foundation of a house and expecting it to go on standing.

Finding a penny faceup meant you would have good luck, but if the penny was facedown, then you were supposed to turn it over and leave it for the next person to have the good luck.

Beggars can't be choosers.