by Barbara Mack
He leaned forward to brush his lips to hers, and she let her lips part slightly, just enough to send a quick flick of her tongue into his mouth. When he drew back, his face was alight with laughter, and she beamed up at him, bringing up her hand to cup the scarred side of his face. He never even flinched, and Sophie's smile got even brighter.
“Right,” she said briskly. “I'll learn to trust, and you'll laugh more. You've a very handsome face when you smile, you know.”
“So I've been told.”
“You'll have to give up the habit of calling me a stupid woman if you expect me to marry you, Jackson. I have no respect for women who let themselves be pushed around.”
“That's settled, then,” he said, his voice husky. “I won't call you stupid ever again, and you'll stay with me always.”
“Always,” Sophie said, and it was a vow. He took her hand and lifted it to his mouth, caressing it with a kiss.
Then he tucked her arm beneath his. They walked up the stairs and entered the door of the house together.
-End-
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More books by Barbara Mack:
Chasing the Sunset – An Amazon Bestseller for more than 21 weeks!
As a girl, Maggie had been happy, mischievous, and coddled by loving parents. Now her parents are gone, and she's running from an abusive marriage. She has no choice but to take refuge in the wilds of Missouri. When her Uncle Ned gets her a job as a live-in housekeeper to the intriguing Nick Revelle, Maggie feels an immediate attraction - mixed with fear - for her employer. Nick has been hardened by a past marriage, and Maggie's afraid her hidden secrets will make him hate her...
Dreaming of You
Kathleen Donaldson is proud, 26 years old and unmarried. She's a woman of power and strength, and some even might call her sharp-tongued and bossy. That makes her an oddity in the 1800's. No matter what others think, Kathleen has adapted to her life, and most of the time she feels fulfilled and happy. She has purpose, and she follows her conscience. But Kathleen has a secret and keeping it hidden is becoming increasingly hard to do...
Then Dr. Duncan Murdoch arrives in town. He's handsome, smart, and exotic and Kathleen feels an immediate attraction. Before she knows it, he's discovered her secret, and she needs him to keep quiet. Kathleen is determined to find some way out of this predicament. No matter how much her own mother throws her at the gorgeous Doctor's head...or how irresistible she finds him.
Easy, Fabulous Bread Making – A Collection of Quick, No-Knead Homemade Bread Recipes
Close your eyes and imagine the smell of fresh bread wafting under your nose. Are you smiling yet? One of life's greatest pleasures is sinking your teeth into a buttery slice of crusty bread, still warm from the oven.
And yet there is, especially in the United States, almost a universal carelessness about the quality and taste of the bread that we eat on a daily basis. People eat the most appalling trash imaginable, and accept it as a matter of course. The normal bread in an American household is a pasty white bread that is more air than food, devoid of nutrients, and stuffed with chemicals so it has a longer shelf life. And it tastes bad.
The recipes in this book make a homemade bread with complex flavor, no harsh yeast taste, and they require no kneading or hard work. You can have fresh, delicious bread every day, without fuss or muss.
My Pie Heaven – Easy, Fabulous Pie, Cobbler, and Tart Recipes
Pie recipes galore come in this lovely pie book, and it has a clickable table of contents in the beginning of the book to make finding recipes easier.
From the author:
Pie. Delicious pie.
Is there anything more wonderful than homemade pie? I don’t think so. I love pie, and I love making them. I don’t, however, like to work so hard that I can’t enjoy the pie later. These recipes are all easy, don’t require a lot of skill in the kitchen, and they don’t take a great deal of time. They’re hardly any work at all, in fact, but they taste like you slaved over a hot stove all day long.
There are as many pie recipes as there are stars in the sky, and there’s a reason for that: They’re easy to make, easy to transport, and they make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Pies have been around for a long, long time.
Pies in the modern world are mostly sweet, and eaten as dessert. According to historians, ancient Egyptians baked the first pie around 9500 B.C. They made rustic pie shells with oat, wheat, rye, and barley, then filled them with honey and baked them over hot coals.
The Romans made pie from everything; sweet pies, meat pies, and even seafood pies. One of their favorite dessert treats was a cheesecake-like dessert baked in a pastry shell.
In medieval times, the pies were mostly meat pies, and the pie shell itself was inedible. It was basically a container for the food. Eventually, after bringing their recipes to the colonies with them, pies evolved, and became part of our culture. Pioneer women often served pie with every meal. It’s not unusual to crack open a cookbook from long ago and find many, many pie recipes.
Some of the pie recipes in this book have old roots, and some do not. All the recipes have been tweaked and twisted over the course of several years, making them uniquely my own creation.
Southern Gourmet
From the author of Easy, Fabulous Bread Making comes a cookbook that will make you think about Southern food in a whole new way. Contains an interactive table of contents, located right before the introduction by the author.
I’m from the South, and I love to cook. Most people think cuisine in the South consists only of beans, greens and cornbread – and though those are delicious – it’s not all we cook here.
When people think of Southern cooking, they don’t think gourmet, but it’s the very essence of gourmet food, nonetheless. We start with fresh ingredients, and we mix them in surprising ways. We mix sweet, savory, hot, and sour with abandon, creating a menu that is fabulously varied. Some of these dishes have roots all the way back to our ancestors who immigrated to this country, and there’s a fine mix of nationalities represented right on our dinner tables.
I have – like all good cooks – tweaked and twisted the recipes to suit myself, and I think you’ll like the results. You’ll find desserts, starters, breakfasts, side dishes, and meats in this cookbook, and they’re all delicious. I’ve given you some of my very favorite recipes, and I believe that once you taste them, you will understand why I love them. The full color illustrations and the easy to follow instructions will make you love them, too.
The Big Book of Holiday Fudge Recipes – Christmas Fudge Galore
The fudge recipes in this ebook are a collection I’ve gathered over the years. When you pop one of these little slices of heaven in your mouth, your eyes will roll back in your head and you’ll say yummmm. If you give them out as holiday gifts, you’ll have them begging for more. The clickable menu in this book makes it easy to find specific recipes, so there won’t be any searching through page after page to find the one you want.
This ebook contains these recipes, and more:
Tips for Making Fudge
Never Fail Fudge
Vanilla Fudge
Easy Refrigerator Peppermint Fudge
White Chocolate Fudge
Peanut Butter Fudge
Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge
Dark Chocolate Mocha Fudge
Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Eggnog Fudge
Penuche (brown sugar fudge)
Divinity
Cream Cheese Fudge
Maple Walnut Fudge
Decadent Raspberry Truffle Fudge
Pumpkin Fudge
Table of Contents
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
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