Only Love
Chapter One
Summer 1868
Echo Basin, Colorado Territory
She's frightened frightened.
She has a walk like honey.
The two impressions came simultaneously to the man called Rafael 'Whip' Moran. Whip didn't know which drew him to the girl more immediately, the fear or the honey.
He hoped it was the fear.
The heat in Whip's blood told him otherwise. Underneath the girl's threadbare mans wool jacket and trousers there was a very female body. And beneath her straight spine, high chin, and determination, there was very real fear.
Whip didn't know what caused the girl's fear or why it should matter so urgently to him. He did know that he was going to find out.
For a moment longer Whip stood in the cold mud in front of Holler Creek's only general store. The chill of the, high-country wind cut through his thick wool jacket. The girl must have felt the chill too. She shivered as she hurried through the grubby door of the mercantile.
With the easy motions of a man who was both fit and thoroughly at home in his own body, Whip followed the girl inside. The wind blew the door shut beh ... read full excerpt from: Only Love ebook
