A new life. A new beginning. For both of them. It felt good. Right.
Eva leaned in close to Aaron. She gazed up at him and saw his eyes shift down to glance at her.
"Are you happy, Eva?" Aaron asked.
Eva sighed and snuggled in closer to him. "Of course I"m happy Aaron. How couldn"t I be?"
"I"m glad," he said simply.
Eva loved how it felt to lean against him, feel the warmth of his body, smell the scent of him, sense the strength in his chest, hear the beating of his heart. Then she thought about the night to come and b.u.t.terflies started to tumble in her stomach. They hadn"t spoken about that. There had been no time, nor any need. They both knew that the evening to come would hold it"s own promises, and there was nothing she could say to him that would change the antic.i.p.ation she felt about that.
They came to a fork in the trail. One way took them to the Gillespie spread. The other trail would take them to the Stewart ranch. Their ranch. For now.
Aaron pulled the buggy to a halt at the junction. Eva sat upright. Aaron turned and took Eva in his arms and she knew he wanted to kiss her, but he held the impulse in check. Just for a moment.
"Eva. I love you," Aaron said softly, his voice sounding so sweet and true, here in the Montana wilderness.
Eva"s heart raced, and when he leaned in she was more than happy to let Aaron claim her lips, taking possession of her, for a moment that seemed to last forever.
When their lips parted she saw the earnest pa.s.sion and love burning in her new husband"s eyes. She could not hold back the words that had to be spoken.
"Aaron. I love you," Eva said. Aaron smiled and kissed Eva again. The thundering in Eva"s heart seemed like it would never cease.
Aaron took the reins again and looked at Eva, love filling his gaze.
"Which way?" he asked her.
Eva looked at the fork in the trail, turned to Aaron and said one word.
"Home."
With that, Aaron flicked the reins and the horses started up the trail to the Stewart ranch, and a future bright with promise and love.
THE END.
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The Montana Ranchers and Brides series.
Montana ranchers and their search for brides in the 1880"s An Amazon Bestselling series in Historical Romance.
Nathan"s Montana Bride Devlin"s Montana Bride.
Trent"s Montana Bride Joshua"s Montana Bride.
Aaron"s Montana Bride Zack"s Montana Bride (coming in November).
The Brides of Sweetheart Falls.
Three sisters and their struggles finding husbands and new lives in 1870"s Wyoming An Amazon Bestselling series in Historical Romance.
Book 1 Mail Order Vows (Ca.s.sie"s story) Book 2 Mail Order Beau (Martha"s story).
Book 3 Mail Order Blessing (Rachel"s story) Mail Order Vows (Ca.s.sie"s story).
Brides of Sweetheart Falls series: Book One. A sweet, full length, complete mail order bride romance novel with a happy ending.
Wyoming 1878.
On the verge of giving up on a future in the growing Wyoming town of Sweetheart Falls, and heading back to an uncertain life back East, recently widowed mail order bride Ca.s.sie Miller is given a final chance at happiness.
Soon Ca.s.sie finds out she has no choice but to marry handsome ex lawman Ethan Macleod. However, can she make a new life while trying to come to terms with the loss of her beloved husband Joshua?
Can she really trust Ethan, the man the entire town agrees would make a perfect husband? How come he already knows so much about Ca.s.sie?
And just how far will he go to prove to her that he is worthy of being her new husband?
Book 2 Mail Order Beau (Martha"s story).
Brides of Sweetheart Falls series: Book Two. A sweet, full length, complete mail order bride romance novel with a happy ever after.
Wyoming 1878.
Martha"s story.
After waiting months for the Sweetheart Falls Matrimonial Society to find a husband for herself and her sister, Ca.s.sie Macleod"s sister, Martha is beginning to wonder if she and Rachel will ever get married. Meanwhile, there"s a baby on the way at the Macleod farmstead, and Martha and Rachel need to move out so that their sister and her wonderful husband, Ethan can start their new life as a family, without relatives getting in the way.
However, when town matchmaker Hettie finally provides a selection of suitable husbands, only one of them holds any promise.
Who is the mysterious ranch owner who wants to wed one of the unmarried sisters? Why is he going to such lengths to keep his ident.i.ty secret? And just what will Martha have to do to secure a future for herself and Rachel?
Book 3 Mail Order Blessing (Rachel"s story).
Mail Order Blessing. A sweet, full length, complete mail order bride romance novel with a happy ever after.
Wyoming 1878.
Rachel"s story.
Sweetheart Falls" town matchmaker Hettie Longfellow has finally found a husband for young, eager to marry, Rachel. Or so Rachel thinks. But there"s one obstacle. Aaron Caldigate doesn"t want to settle down in town. Then there"s the problem of Aaron"s past and how it stands in the way of Rachel"s chances of married bliss.
Aaron Caldigate is a man who keeps his word. He"s returning to Sweetheart Falls because he promised he"d come back after completing his training as a lawyer. But he"s not planning on staying, especially since his mother has taken it upon herself to find him a bride!
However he hasn"t counted on a very determined and beautiful young bride-to-be who is going to do everything she can to persuade him that Sweetheart Falls is the only place to settle down, and that she is the only woman for him.
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